Curriculum
First year
- IT coding and applications - 8 ECTS
- Intellectual property and labour law - 8 ECTS
- Materials physics and technologies - 8 ECTS + Lab. Technologies in action - 4 ECTS
- One elective course among - 8 ECTS:
- Economics of innovation
- Global challenges and firm strategies
- Two elective courses among - 16 ECTS:
- Circular economy and sustainability
- Management control systems and performance measurement
- Omnichannel management
- Organising and leading change
- Project and people management
- One elective course among - 8 ECTS:
- Cross-cultural negotiation
- History of innovation
- Internet technologies and smart working
- Privacy and security
- Theology Seminar
Second year
- Applied statistics for business analytics (8 ECTS)
- Choose one elective course between the following two:
- Strategies for emerging technologies (8 ECTS) or
- Marketing innovation (8 ECTS)
- Choose one elective course between the following two:
- Strategic supply chain management (8 ECTS) or
- Design thinking and start-up launch (8 ECTS)
- Choose one elective course between the following two:
- Finance and risk management (8 ECTS) or
- Project financing and open innovation (8 ECTS)
- One elective course ** (8 ECTS)
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- Master Final dissertation (12 ECTS)
** Elective courses - 8 ECTS Read
- History of innovation
- Cross-cultural negotiation
- Internet technologies and Smart working
- Privacy and security
- Global challenges and firm strategies
- Economics of innovation
- Omnichannel management
- Organising and leading change
- Management control systems and performance measurement
- Project and people management
- Circular economy and sustainability
- Strategic supply chain management
- Design thinking and start-up launch
- Finance and risk management
- Project financing and open innovation
- Strategies for emerging technologies
- Marketing innovation
* The Internship can be replaced by one elective course of the first or of the second year.
Career opportunities
Graduates from the ITEM master’s programme are prepared to enter careers in fields focused on innovation in:
- large companies in the manufacturing or services sectors;
- small and medium-sized enterprises;
- consultancy firms;
- international organizations;
- agencies offering technology transfer and support for new innovative businesses;
- science and technology parks;
- business incubators and accelerators;
- universities and other research institutions.
The ITEM M.Sc. degree not only provides employment opportunities in sectors where innovation is central to strategic action (science-based start-ups, large ICT firms, specialists in/producers of digital technologies, energy sector businesses and organizations), but also in more traditional sectors where innovation is linked to the adoption and conceptualizations of new technologies, such as: textiles and clothing, furniture, agri-food, banking, insurance, health and public administration, and all traditional manufacturing sectors in general.
Programme dates
The calendar of the Faculty of Economics for the academic year 2025/26 will be published here in July.
A Welcome event is usually organised by the Faculty in the week prior to the beginning of the courses; confirmation and details will be available in early August.