Accounting, Finance and Business Consulting
Class: LM-77 R -
Call for Applications (international students) - A.Y. 2025/26
- Call One: 2 November 2024 – 2 February 2025
- Call Two: 2 March 2025 - 2 May 2025 (EU and EU-equated applicants only) APPLICATION PLATFORM
Divided into three curricula - Accounting, Control and Corporate Finance; Banking and Finance; and Business Consulting and Management - the Course provides training that integrates economic-business, legal, and quantitative languages, which are useful for understanding the main business and financial phenomena and formulating appropriate intervention and improvement strategies. Offered in both Italian and English, this educational pathway prepares professionals capable of operating in the fields of administration and finance, within industrial companies, financial and insurance institutions, and in freelance professions, even in an international context.
Curricula
ACCOUNTING, CONTROL AND CORPORATE FINANCE; BANKING AND FINANCE; CONSULENZA E DIREZIONE AZIENDALE
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Characteristics and objectives
The master's degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Consulting (MAFiB) aims at training professionals able to successfully operate in the fields of Accounting and Finance in industrial companies, financial and insurance institutions, and consultancy firms.
The Master's degree offers a unique interaction among business, economic, legal and quantitative languages to make graduates able to understand the main business and financial phenomena and to formulate appropriate interventions and improvement strategies.
Graduates will be able to produce and analyze financial information to support the decision-making processes, to prepare reports aimed at informing internal and external stakeholders, and to identify the right investment decisions and properly manage risks.
The programme lasts two years and is divided into three curricula: Accounting, Control and Corporate Finance (taught in English), Banking and Finance (taught in English) and Consulenza e Direzione Aziendale (taught partially in Italian and partially in English).
Occupational opportunities
This Master's degree prepares students for a wide variety of careers.
Each curriculum is anchored to well-defined job descriptions:
- Graduates who choose the “Accounting, Control and Corporate Finance” curriculum will be able to work as Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) or Controllers within companies and public administrations, in roles related to administration, corporate finance, and management control. Alternatively, they may pursue careers in management consulting.- The curriculum 'Consulenza e Direzione Aziendale', is aimed at those who aspire to pursue a career as business consultants or to practice as Chartered Accountants. The study program prepares professionals with a strong specialized education, capable of supporting and guiding companies through complex restructuring or renewal processes.- The “Banking and Finance” curriculum trains experts and managers who can work in financial institutions, insurance companies, investment and asset management firms, stock exchanges, and regulatory and supervisory authorities for financial markets. By acquiring quantitative, financial, and business 'language' skills, graduates are equipped to tackle the complex challenges of today's financial landscape with a multidisciplinary approach. All three curricula allow access to PhD programs that offer an accounting or finance track.
Curricula
ACCOUNTING, CONTROL AND CORPORATE FINANCE; BANKING AND FINANCE; CONSULENZA E DIREZIONE AZIENDALE
Double degree opportunity
Students enrolled in this Master's degree programme will be offered the opportunity to participate in a double degree programme in Finance with the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College - City University of New York (USA) in order to obtain, over the course of 2 years, a double degree: the Master of Science in Accounting, Finance and Business Consulting (UNIPD) and the Master of Science in Finance (Zicklin Business School).
