Curriculum
Students will follow the same pathway in the first year, after which, in the second year, students will be able to choose between two pathways:
- Curriculum in Innovation Process Management, designed for students seeking careers in large-sized companies, mostly providing new technologies and consultancy. Students will learn how to manage and organise a process of change, including in terms of risk evaluation and financial concerns, and how to implement a plan, both on a corporate and business level.
- Curriculum in Entrepreneurship, suitable for students interested in working in managerial and entrepreneurial roles in small and mid-sized enterprises facing processes of digital transformation or students wishing to launch or participate in new entrepreneurial ventures. It includes courses on: nurturing and managing business initiatives and launching a start-up; managing product development and innovation financing, and marketing new product/service ideas also by innovative tools.
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:
- Economics of innovation - 8 ECTS
- Global challenges and firm strategies - 8 ECTS
- Two elective courses among:
- Management control systems and performance measurement - 8 ECTS
- Omnichannel management - 8 ECTS
- Organising and leading change - 8 ECTS
- Project and people management - 8 ECTS
- One elective course among:
- Cross-cultural negotiation - 8 ECTS
- History of innovation - 8 ECTS
- Privacy and security - 8 ECTS
- Work psychology and smart working - 8 ECTS
Second year
- Applied statistics for business analytics - 8 ECTS
- Finance and risk management - 8 ECTS
- Strategic supply chain management - 8 ECTS
- Strategies for emerging technologies - 8 ECTS
- Elective courses** - 8 ECTS
- Internship or Innovation process management field project - 8 or 4 ECTS
- Master final dissertation* - 12 or 16 ECTS
Curriculum in Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Applied statistics for business analytics - 8 ECTS
- Design thinking and start-up launch - 8 ECTS
- Marketing innovation - 8 ECTS
- Project financing and open innovation - 8 ECTS
- Elective courses** - 8 ECTS
- Internship or Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship field project - 8 or 4 ECTS
- Master in final dissertation* - 12 or 16 ECTS
* Credits assigned to the Master Final dissertation depend on students' choice: if students do an internship experience (8 ECTS), the Master Final dissertation corresponds to 12 CTS; in case students choose the field project (4 ECTS), the Master Final dissertation corresponds to 16 ECTS.
** Elective courses Read
- History of innovation - 8 ECTS
- Cross-cultural negotiation - 8 ECTS
- Internet technologies and Smart working - 8 ECTS
- Privacy and security - 8 ECTS
- Global challenges and firm strategies - 8 ECTS
- Economics of innovation - 8 ECTS
- Omnichannel management - 8 ECTS
- Organising and leading change - 8 ECTS
- Management control systems and performance measurement - 8 ECTS
- Project and people management - 8 ECTS
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; and in universities and other research institutions.
The ITEM master’s 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
A Welcome event is usually organized by the Faculty in the week prior to the beginning of the courses; confirmation and details will be available in early August.
The calendar for the academic year 2023/24 will be available in July 2023.
For reference: find here the calendar of the Faculty of Economics for the academic year 2022/23.
Delivery mode
Learning Italian
In addition, SELDA organizes fee-paying Italian language courses, for more information contact SELDA from the dedicated iCatt function (in the homepage, box “request for information”).