Università degli Studi di Pavia Department of Economics and Management Laurea Magistralis (2-year Master programme) in Economics, Finance and International Integration
Why attend the MEFI programme This programme aims to pursue advanced studies in applied economics and finance in an international perspective. MEFI students are trained to start high level careers as professionals or managers in national and multinational corporations and within the Public Administration. Students develop a mix of hard and soft skills. The programme applies technical and social skills to international issues Students already have the chance to take part in double degree and exchange programmes, carried out with a few major European Universities
Why attend the MEFI programme Teaching time is devoted to advanced courses of economics with an applied perspective. Students may choose from the start between three different specializations. Students will experience cooperation, teamwork, challenge, and mutual learning in a multicultural environment. The Faculty includes both Italian researchers and professors and highly reputed scholars from abroad Students will have the opportunity to attend lessons taught by Italian and foreign professionals and well-know personalities.
Why attend the MEFI programme Pavia features a unique system of integrated academic structures (18 Departments, 15 colleges and an Institute for Advanced Study) promoting: a lively cultural environment and a multidisciplinary approach to higher education; the development of social and interpersonal relationships.
Why attend the MEFI programme Pavia is a medieval university town offering many cultural and social activities and an exceptionally high quality of life It is located very close to Milan, one of Europe s business, art and design centres The course offers a good combination of technical skills, multicultural education, lively discussion of current topics and a touch of the Italian life style
Why attend the MEFI programme You can choose your own MEFI experience The Finance curriculum concentrates on financial markets behaviour and forecast, asset pricing, risk management and corporate finance. The Industrial Organization and Market Strategies curriculum focuses on theoretical and empirical industrial organization, regulatory economics and competition policy. The International Integration curriculum centres on international cooperation, economic development and international economic problems and architecture.
Finance curriculum: structure of courses I year I semester Methods and models for financial engineering AFF&I Economics and finance of multinational corporations - CAR.AZ. CFU ING-INF/05 6 SECS-P/08 9 Probability and Stochastic processes AFF&I MAT/06 9 II year I semester Financial Econometrics CAR.ECO. SECS-P/05 9 International accounting CAR.AZ. SECS-P/07 6 2nd Language ALTRO 3 1 elective course 6 Capital markets and public companies law CAR.GIU. IUS/04 6 Total I semester 30 I year II semester Business cycle analysis CAR.ECO. SECS-P/01 6 Financial risk management CAR.STAT.MAT. SECS-S/01 9 Quantitative finance CAR.ECO. SECS-P/01 9 Applied Econometrics CAR.ECO. SECS-P/05 6 Total I semester 24 II year II semester 1 elective course 6 Final exam 24 Total II semester 30 1 exam in the Economic Area (out of 3) CAR.ECO. SECS-P/01 6 Total second year 60 Groups of exams Total II semester 30 Total first year 60 3 Exams Economic Area CAR.ECO. 6 CFU Behavioral economics and finance - principles (II) Game and equilibrium theory: tools and applications (II) Credit Markets, Probability and Spreads (I) SECS-P/01 SECS-P/01 SECS-P/01
Industrial Organization and Market Strategies curriculum: structure of courses I year I semester CFU II year I semester Applied statistics CAR.STAT.MAT. SECS-S/01 9 Applied industrial organisation AFF&I SECS-P/01 9 Competition Policy and Market Regulation CAR.ECO. SECS-P/03 6 Competition law CAR.GIU. IUS/04 6 Total I semester 30 I year II semester Decisions and choices or Behavioral economics and finance CAR.ECO. International entrepreneurship and organizational behaviour CAR.AZ. SECS-P/01 9 SECS-P/08 9 Economics and society AFF&I SPS/07 6 Economics, organization and management CAR.ECO. SECS P/01 6 Total II semester 30 Total first year 60 1 exam out of 3 in the Business Area CAR.AZ. SECS-P/07 SECS-P/08 6 2nd Language ALTRO 3 1 elective course 6 Total I semester 15 II year II semester 1 elective course 6 Final exam 24 Total II semester 30 1 exam in the Economic Area (out of 3) SECS-P/03- CAR.ECO. 05-06 6 International economics and policy (I) or SECS-P/02 Energy economics (II) CAR.ECO. - P/01 9 Total second year 51 Groups of exams 3 Exams Economic Area CAR.ECO. 6 CFU Environmental Economics (II) Applied Econometrics (II) Economics of innovation and industrial dynamics (I) 3 Exams Business Area CAR.AZ. 6 CFU Innovation Management (I) International accounting (I) Performance Management (I) SECS-P/03 SECS-P/05 SECS-P06 SECS-P/08 SECS-P/07 SECS-P/07
International Economic Integration curriculum: structure of courses I year I semester Applied statistics CAR.STAT.MAT. SECS-S/01 9 International economics and policy CAR.ECO. SECS-P/02 9 European constitutional law CAR.GIU. IUS/13 6 International political economy AFF&I SECS-P/01 9 CFU Total I semester 33 I year II semester International entrepreneurship and organizational behaviour CAR.AZ. SECS-P/08 9 Economics and Society AFF&I SPS/-07 6 Economics of Emerging Economies - principles CAR.ECO. Economics of cooperation and development CAR.ECO. SECS-P/01 6 SECS P/01 6 Total II semester 27 Total first year 60 II year I semester Contemporary economic history CAR.ECO. SECS-P/12 9 1 exam out of 3 in the Business Area CAR.AZ. SECS-P/07 SECS-P/08 6 2nd Language ALTRO 3 1 elective course 6 Total I semester 24 II year II semester 1 exam in the Economic Area (out of 3) CAR.ECO. SECS-P/01-03-05 6 1 elective course 6 Final exam 24 Total II semester 30 Total second year 60 Groups of exams 3 Exams Economic Area CAR.ECO. 6 CFU Environmental Economics (II) Energy economics - principles (II) Applied Econometrics (II) 3 Exams Business Area CAR.AZ. 6 CFU Innovation Management (I) International accounting (I) Performance Management (I) SECS-P/03 SECS-P/01 SECS-P/05 SECS-P/08 SECS-P/07 SECS-P/07
MEFI s Partnerships
MEFI s Internships Thanks to the cooperation with partners, financial companies, authorities and NGOs, MEFI students may have the opportunity of spending internship periods during their course of studies. The teachers responsible for the internships related to each curriculum are: Prof. Giudici Finance Prof. Cavaliere IOMS Prof. Vaggi - IEI
MEFI s Advisory Board A new Advisory Board has been constituted in order to discuss strategies and contents of the MEFI Programme, to improve its performance and better graduates placement opportunities. The Board is made up of the following people: Davide Alfonsi Gruppo Intesa San Paolo Annalisa Aleati Unicredit&Universities Guglielmo Ardizzone Italian Ambassador Roberto Balzerani - Enel Enzo Di Giulio - Eni Elena Fumagalli - Edison Andrea Galieti - Suez-Gazde France Fernando Metelli - Italease - Gruppo Banco Popolare Enzo Rocca Gruppo Credito Valtellinese
Who should attend this international programme? Italian and foreign students strongly committed to developing skills in an international environment Students must possess either an Italian or EU undergraduate degree (three-year University diploma) or any other foreign qualification considered equivalent
MEFI enrollments In the academic year 2014/2015, second year of activity of the English-taught MEFI program, the number of students enrolled amounted to 57 Foreign students enrolled, at the moment, are 2 in the first year and 11 in the second year Incoming and outgoing students on a Double Degree agreement have been on average 3 per year (both in and out) in the last 2 years, but their number is going to double in the next academic year
MEFI Double Degree program Increasing number of foreign universities partners in the Double Degree programme: Bamberg (since 2016/2017) Liège (since 2016/2017) Alcalá Sevilla Hohenheim Strasbourg Tübingen
The recent student mobility Student mobility under the Erasmus programs has increased in most recent years: in the last academic year there were 20 outgoing students under the Erasmus Exchange program, 13 under the Erasmus Placement/Traineeship program and 11 under other international mobility programs.
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MEFI acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge financial support from: MIUR University of Pavia Cariplo