115 Best Economics in Italy for 2024

Taught entirely in English, the programme aims to provide a basic but solid knowledge of economic theory, its principles, and its quantitative and statistical tools. Students will not only acquire the ability to analyze the behavioral mechanisms but also understand the economic systems and regulation policies from an international perspective. It provides critical awareness of social issues in contemporary reality, which are closely related to economic development.

The programme, entirely taught in English, offers interdisciplinary education in political science, law, economics, history, and sociology, with a particular emphasis on the political, economic, and legal dimensions of the contemporary international context. Students will acquire a wide array of skills and tools for the comparative analysis of politics and economic policies. Furthermore they will delve into international relations issues and the political history of specific regions of the world.

The EPS master's programme entirely taught in English aims at providing its students with advanced and complete training in both economics and political science. Graduates will not only be endowed with high-level analytical and operational skills, but they will also be characterised by such an open and critical vision of economic, political and social issues, and such a cultural depth.

The study program is designed to provide students with a solid background through the development of topics of economic theory, analysis of financial markets and the theory of decision making. Students will all follow the compulsory courses during the first year while specialize either in quantitative finance or quantitative economics during their second year. The whole programme is taught in English.

The Bachelor's degree in Economics and Management provides a solid foundation of knowledge in economic and managerial disciplines. Students study economics, finance, marketing, human resource management, and business strategies. The course prepares graduates to pursue careers in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, dealing with financial analysis, business strategy development, human resource management, marketing, and economic consulting.

The Master's Degree in Business Administration, Law and Corporate Governance integrates advanced knowledge of business administration with legal and governance skills. Students study business strategies, financial analysis, corporate law, regulatory compliance, and business ethics. The program prepares graduates for leadership and consulting roles in business, finance, and law, providing tools to manage organizational complexities, legal risks, and promote corporate sustainability.

The 2-year Master’s Degree in Economics and Innovation Management aims to train young managers and successful professionals, in line with market demands. The programme provides students with both specific knowledge to generate concrete skills and transversal knowledge to create an overview. The programme offers knowledge and methods to manage, transform and evaluate projects, products and services in constantly evolving organizational and productive contexts and in a strongly international perspective. The programme uses practical and theoretical approaches and studies, integrating business, economic, legal, managerial and quantitative disciplines with particular attention to the growth and training of the individual.

The Master’s Degree in Economy, Technology, and Innovation provides students with a strong theoretical background as well as practical skills. The Master’s Degree in Economy, Technology, and Innovation offers an interdisciplinary program that blends and applies economics, managerial, legal, and quantitative approaches to innovation studies; the unique opportunity to study at a prestigious university located in the center of Rome; a strong formal training and practical experience.

The Master's Degree Course in Economics will provide graduates with in-depth knowledge of economic issues, good command of analysis tools and the principles and institutions of the legal system, in order to enable them to use economic logic to address the problems of economic systems, companies and national and international institutions.

The European University Institute’s Master of Research in Economics offers a foundational year of economics where you will gain a clear understanding of core and modern economics and a chance to engage with a range of economic issues facing Europe today. The program offers an immersion into a scholarly environment with the chance to interact with and learn from leading professors and advanced doctoral researchers. The Master of Research is a chance to test yourself out, to see if a Ph.D. could be something for you.

The Master's Degree in Business Management is an advanced study program that prepares students for managerial and leadership roles in companies. The course delves into areas such as business strategy, finance, marketing, human resources management, and innovation. Students develop analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills, preparing to lead organizations towards success, facing competitive challenges, and promoting sustainable growth.

The course provides skills in economics, management, law, and accounting, training professionals capable of managing and organizing business activities. Students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge to operate in national and international contexts, preparing for careers in companies, consulting, and public administration.

The Master’s degree in Economics and Data Analysis, entirely taught in English, provides students with the main theoretical and empirical tools for economic and data analysis, necessary in an ever-changing and open international economic environment. The program trains graduates to be able to critically interpret economic phenomena at a local and international level, and use the main modern empirical techniques for business and market analysis. Students will be able to develop such skills upon completion of an interdisciplinary program which includes, in the first year, core modules on microeconomic theory and its applications, mathematical and computational tools, public economics and international economic regulation, as well as on advanced data analysis and management, and econometrics.

The Master's Degree in Economics, Development, and Innovation is a post-graduate course open to Italian and foreign students aiming to pursue advanced studies in the field of applied economics and finance from an international perspective.

Economics Analytics and Decision Sciences is one of the three PhD Programs offered by the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.

The Master's Degree in Economics and Business Administration is an advanced study program that delves into economic and commercial dynamics. The course covers topics such as micro and macroeconomics, economic policy, finance, marketing, and commercial law. Students acquire analytical and practical skills to understand and influence markets, preparing for careers in companies, financial institutions, public entities, and international organizations.

The Bachelor's degree in Economics and Management at Bocconi offers an interdisciplinary education, integrating economics, mathematics, statistics, and social sciences. Students learn to forecast and analyze global economic and social phenomena. With a quantitative approach and an integrated vision, the program prepares for international careers in consulting, international organizations, non-profits, and academia, enhancing the understanding of the interactions between various economic and social factors.

Would you like to learn how to sail into the water of global markets? To use Economics to understand how the global economy works and why and how firms decide to go international? To practice Management, Logistics, and Law to manage such multinational firms? To master Accounting tools to account for and analyze their performances? Born and grown in a region with a strong international vocation, the two-year Master's degree (MSc) in International Economics and Business (IEB) aims to train post-graduate students in the fields of International Economics, International Business, and International Law. The MSc is entirely taught in English in Vicenza, a close-by subsidiary of the University of Verona. Verona is the top European freight village. Vicenza is the third Italian province for total export and the first in terms of export per capita. In such an area, many Small and Medium Enterprises – very open to international markets, i.e., they are referred to as ’pocket-size multinationals’ – operate with a core specialization in the ‘well-done’ and ‘well-designed’ sectors that form the backbone of the ‘Made in Italy’ label. Among the main topics of the MSc courses are the followings: causes and consequences of international trade and development; macroeconomic dynamics of open economies and international financial markets; export, offshoring, and outsourcing decisions by heterogeneous firms and their participation into global value chains; international marketing and logistic decisions; networks and groups of firms as means for firm internationalization; consolidated reporting, performance analysis, and cost accounting; international and European law; international business law.

The MSc in Economics and Development offers lessons and research projects in the heart of Florence. With its interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of economics and an excellent student to staff ratio, this MSc offers an international environment thanks to its students which come from all over the world, and its teaching staff from the Department of Economics and Management, the Department of Statistics, the Department of Law, and the Department of Political Science of the University of Florence together with visiting professors from other universities around the world.

The Joint Master is focused on how to assess, manage and enhance private and public institutions’ governance with a wide range of economic and digital intelligence tools. The one-year programme is taught by renowned researchers and experienced professionals who combine second to none practical expertise and academic credentials. It combines on-site teaching, case studies, consulting missions, research thesis, and distant learning tools.