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First year - Milan, Italy

  • Accounting for investor relations - 6 ECTS
  • Corporate finance - 3 ECTS
  • Speech communication - 3 ECTS
  • Statistical data analysis - 3 ECTS
  • English for business and finance (First level) - 3 ECTS
  • A second language among: - 6 ECTS
    • Français de la finance (First level)
    • Deutsch für die Finanzkommunikation (First level)
  • EU Financial systems and bank management - 6 ECTS
  • Economics of the EU - 6 ECTS
  • Principles of European Financial Regulation - 6 ECTS
  • English for business and finance (Second level) - 3 ECTS
  • A second language among: - 6 ECTS
    • Français de la finance (Second level)
    • Deutsch für die Finanzkommunikation (Second level)
  • Christian ethics in business (in Y1 or Y2)

 

Second year - Lugano, Switzerland

  • Argumentation in finance - 6 ECTS
  • Financial communication - 6 ECTS
  • Communication strategies in financial disclosure - 3 ECTS
  • Banking strategies & wealth management - 6 ECTS
  • Sustainable finance and ethics - 3 ECTS
  • Online communication design - 3 ECTS
  • Current issues in international affairs - 3 ECTS
  • Investor relations - 3 ECTS
  • Conversations with industry experts on private banking* - 3 ECTS or Conversations with industry experts on investor relations* - 3 ECTS
  • Law and practice of capital markets - 3 ECTS
  • Thesis - 18 ECTS

 

*Students may choose one of the two courses, the other course can be chosen as an elective.

Elective courses

Students are required to take a total of 12 ECTS credits from the elective courses in Italy and/or Switzerland.

 

Elective courses in Milan

  • Chinese for business and finance (First level) - 6 ECTS
  • Arabic language and culture - 8 ECTS
  • Chinese for business and finance (Second level) - 6 ECTS
  • Corporate finance (advanced) - 6 ECTS
  • Fintech and sustainable finance: law and practice - 6 ECTS


Elective courses in Lugano

  • Advertising and consumer representations - 3 ECTS
  • Argumentation in conflict resolution - 3 ECTS
  • Brand management: strategic desing and creative applications - 3 ECTS
  • Comparative public administration - 3 ECTS
  • Digital corporate communication - 3 ECTS
  • Intercultural communication - 3 ECTS
  • Multimodal rhetoric - 3 ECTS
  • Social media management - 3 ECTS
  • The Swiss banking system: history, institutions and perspectives - 3 ECTS
  • User experience design - 3 ECTS
  • Sponsoring and partnership management (3 ECTS)
  • Internship (elective) * - 9 ECTS

 

* Students have also the option of completing a 9 ECTS elective internship that can be activated at any time after the end of the second semester.

Graduated from the programme will gain both the technical knowledge and the methodological tools to pursue a career in:
  • Investor relations and financial communication, both in private (financial and industrial sectors) and public institutions (EU Institutions, European Supervisory Authorities, etc.)
  • proxy advisors and shareholders engagement management
  • private banking and wealth management 
  • management and control in financial institutions
  • professional consultancy in investors relations and financial communications
programmeThis MSc degree is offered jointly by the Faculty of Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences and the Faculty of Linguistic Sciences and Foreign Literature at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan (Italy) and theFaculty of Communication, Culture and Society at Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano (Switzerland). The first year of the programme takes place in Milan, while the second year is hosted in Lugano.
Start date and academic calendar for the a.y. 2025/26 will be available in July 2025. For reference:
Classes for the academic year 2024/25 started on September 9th, 2024.
 

Find here the calendar of the Faculty of Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences for the academic year 2024/25. 

SELDA (Servizio Linguistico di Ateneo) organizes fee-paying Italian language courses. For more information contact SELDA from the dedicated iCatt function (in the homepage, box “request for information”), or send an email to selda.lingueper@unicatt.
Students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.