Postgraduate business courses in Pisa, Italy

Department of Economics and Management - University of Pisa:
The Department of Economics and Management at the University of Pisa in Northern Tuscany in Italy offers high profile post graduate Master and Phd programmes with international partners including our Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme. Our approach to teaching results from a combination of traditional academic lessons, exercises, cases studies. We provide an effective learning experience that brings together up-to-date research and best practices from the business world. We welcome international students, organise group Italian language courses for all levels, and provide study materials and advice for independent, individual learning.

Master Programmes:

The University of Pisa welcomes foreign students. The University of Pisa Master diplomas offer a post-graduate training that draws the university scientific preparation near to the complex requirements of the productive world. The courses aim at training specialised professionals and favouring student insertion in the workplace, also due to the apprenticeships and work placements that form an integral part of the course.

* MBA - Master in Business Administration (full time)

Our 12-month full-time programme is articulated in two terms.

In the first term, Fundamental and Specialist Courses provide the pillars of business administration and sharpen the management skills in order to develop professional competences in several key areas. After the first course dedicated to the team building and personal development, the programme deals with basic competences and core management skills in a wide range of disciplines: introduction to management, financial reporting and analysis, marketing principles and corporate finance.

In the following weeks, the programme includes these subjects: corporate finance, financial markets, organizational behavior and human capital, supply chain management, cost management, budgeting and management reporting, marketing management, auditing, corporate governance, strategy.

In addition, you have a course of entrepreneurship and doing business in emerging economies, provided to understand the new trend in the global markets.

The second term is dedicated to the preparation of the project work. The Master Thesis can be either a research project or a case study, it can also be developed through a field project or an internship.

Networking is fundamental to business success, giving you the vital contacts, advice, information, trends and leads you need to compete with the best. You could take advantage of our close connections with our Corporate and Professional Network.