Università degli Studi di Pavia
Department of Economics and Management
Laurea Magistralis
(2-year Master programme) in
“Economics, Finance and
International Integration”
Why attend the MEFI programme
 This programme aims to pursue advanced studies in
applied economics and finance in an international
perspective.
 MEFI students are trained to start high level careers
as professionals or managers in national and
multinational corporations and within the Public
Administration.
 Students develop a mix of hard and soft skills.
 The programme applies technical and social skills to
international issues
 Students already have the chance to take part in
double degree and exchange programmes, carried
out with a few major European Universities
Why attend the MEFI programme
 Teaching time is devoted to advanced courses
of economics with an applied perspective.
 Students may choose from the start between
three different specializations.
 Students will experience cooperation,
teamwork, challenge, and mutual learning in a
multicultural environment.
 The Faculty includes both Italian researchers
and professors and highly reputed scholars
from abroad
 Students will have the opportunity to attend
lessons taught by Italian and foreign
professionals and well-know personalities.
Why attend the MEFI programme
 Pavia features a unique system of integrated
academic structures (18 Departments, 15
colleges and an Institute for Advanced Study)
promoting:
– a lively cultural environment and a
multidisciplinary approach to higher education;
– the development of social and interpersonal
relationships.
Why attend the MEFI programme
 Pavia is a medieval university town offering many
cultural and social activities and an exceptionally
high quality of life
 It is located very close to Milan, one of Europe’s
business, art and design centres
 The course offers a good combination of technical
skills, multicultural education, lively discussion of
current topics and a touch of the Italian ‘life style’
Why attend the MEFI programme
You can choose your own MEFI experience
The Finance curriculum concentrates on financial
markets behaviour and forecast, asset pricing, risk
management and corporate finance.
The Industrial Organization and Market Strategies
curriculum focuses on theoretical and empirical
industrial organization, regulatory economics and
competition policy.
The International Integration curriculum centres on
international cooperation, economic development
and international economic problems and
architecture.
Finance curriculum: structure of
courses
I year I semester
Data processing systems AFF&I
Economics and finance of multinational
corporations - CAR.AZ.
Probability and Stochastic processes AFF&I
II year I semester
CFU
ING-INF/05
6
SECS-P/08
9
MAT/06
9
Financial Econometrics CAR.ECO.
Capital markets and public companies law
CAR.GIU.
International accounting CAR.AZ.
24
1 exam in the Economic Area (out of 5)
CAR.ECO.
Total I semester
SECS-P/0102-03
9
IUS/04
6
SECS-P/07
6
2nd Language ALTRO
1 elective course
6
30
SECS-P/05
Total I semester
3
6
30
II year II semester
1 elective course
6
Final exam
24
I year II semester
Business cycle analysis CAR.ECO.
SECS-P/01
6
Financial risk management CAR.STAT.MAT.
SECS-S/01
9
Quantitative finance CAR.ECO.
SECS-P/01
9
Applied Econometrics CAR.ECO.
SECS-P/05
6
Total II semester
Total first year
30
60
Total II semester
30
Total second year
60
5 Exams Economic Area CAR.ECO. 6 CFU
International economics and policy -principles (I)
SECS-P/02
Behavioral economics and finance - principles (I)
Energy economics - principles (II)
SECS-P/01
SECS-P/01
Environmental Economics (II)
SECS-P/03
Games theory and related topics (II)
SECS-P/01
Industrial Organization and Market Strategies
curriculum: structure of courses
II year I semester
I year I semester
Applied statistics CAR.STAT.MAT.
Applied industrial organisation or Behavioral
economics and finance CAR.ECO.
Competition Policy and Market Regulation
CAR.ECO.
Economics, organization and management
CAR.ECO.
CFU
SECS-S/01
9
SECS-P/01
9
SECS-P/03
6
International economics and policy or
SECS-P/02
Behavioral economics and finance CAR.ECO.
- P/01
9
Competition law CAR.GIU.
IUS/04
6
SECS-P/07
SECS-P/08
6
1 exam out of 3 in the Business Area CAR.AZ.
SECS-P/01
6
2nd Language ALTRO
1 elective course
3
6
Total I semester
II year II semester
1 elective course
Final exam
30
Total II semester
30
Total second year
60
30
Total I semester
30
I year II semester
Decisions and choices or Energy economics
SECS-P/01
AFF&I
International entrepreneurship and
SECS-P/08
organizational behaviour CAR.AZ.
Economics and society AFF&I
SPS/07
9
9
6
24
1 exam in the Economic Area (out of 5)
CAR.ECO.
Total II semester
Total first year
SECS-P/0103-05-06
6
24
6
36
60
5 Exams Economic Area CAR.ECO. 6 CFU
Environmental Economics (II)
SECS-P/03
Applied econometrics (II)
Business Cycle Analysis (II)
SECS-P/05
SECS-P/01
Economics of Innovation and industrial dynamics (I)
SECS-P/06
Games theory and related topics (II)
SECS-P/01
3 Exams Business Area CAR.AZ. 6 CFU
Innovation Management (I)
SECS-P/08
International accounting (I)
SECS-P/07
Performance Management (I)
SECS-P/07
International Economic Integration
curriculum: structure of courses
II year I semester
I year I semester
Applied statistics CAR.STAT.MAT.
SECS-S/01
CFU
9
Quantitative policy analysis CAR.ECO.
SECS-P/02
6
European constitutional law CAR.GIU.
International economics and policy CAR.ECO.
SECS-P/02
9
1 exam out of 3 in the Business Area CAR.AZ.
International political economy AFF&I
SECS-P/01
9
2nd Language ALTRO
1 elective course
33
Total I semester
I year II semester
International entrepreneurship and organizational
behaviour CAR.AZ.
Economics and Society AFF&I
Economics of Emerging Economies - principles
1 exam in the Economic Area (out of 5) CAR.ECO.
Total II semester
Total first year
33
Contemporary economic history CAR.ECO.
SECS-P/12
9
IUS/13
6
SECS-P/07
SECS-P/08
6
3
6
Total I semester
30
II year II semester
1 elective course
Final exam
6
24
SECS-P/08
9
Total II semester
30
SPS/-07
6
Total second year
60
SECS-P/01
SECS-P/0103-05
6
5 Exams Economic Area CAR.ECO. 6 CFU
6
Environmental Economics (II)
SECS-P/03
Business Cycle Analysis (II)
Energy economics - principles (II)
SECS-P/01
SECS-P/01
Applied Econometrics (II)
SECS-P/05
Games theory and related topics (II)
SECS-P/01
27
60
3 Exams Business Area CAR.AZ. 6 CFU
Innovation Management (I)
SECS-P/08
International accounting (I)
SECS-P/07
Performance Management (I)
SECS-P/07
MEFI’s Partnerships
MEFI’s Internships
• Thanks to the cooperation with partners, financial
companies, authorities and NGOs, MEFI students
may have the opportunity of spending internship
periods during their course of studies.
• The teachers responsible for the internships
related to each curriculum are:
– Prof. Giudici – Finance
– Prof. Cavaliere – IOMS
– Prof. Vaggi - IEI
MEFI’s Advisory Board
A new Advisory Board has been constituted in order to
discuss strategies and contents of the MEFI Programme, to
improve its performance and better graduates’ placement
opportunities.
The Board is made up of the following people:
Davide Alfonsi – Gruppo Intesa San Paolo
Annalisa Aleati – Unicredit&Universities
Guglielmo Ardizzone – Italian Ambassador
Roberto Balzerani - Enel
Enzo Di Giulio - Eni
Elena Fumagalli - Edison
Andrea Galieti - Suez-Gazde France
Fernando Metelli - Italease - Gruppo Banco Popolare
Enzo Rocca – Gruppo Credito Valtellinese
Who should attend this
international programme?
• Italian and foreign students strongly committed
to developing skills in an international
environment
• Students must possess either an Italian or EU
undergraduate degree (three-year University
diploma) or any other foreign qualification
considered equivalent
MEFI enrollments
• In
the academic year 2013/2014, first year
of activity of the English-taught MEFI
programme, the number of students
enrolled amounted to 48
•Foreign students enrolled, at the moment,
are 3
• Incoming and outgoing students on a
Double Degree agreement have been on
average 2 per year in the last 3-year period
before the English-taught MEFI programme
started
The recent student mobility
• Student mobility under the Erasmus programs has increased in
most recent years: in the last academic year there were 16
outgoing students under the Erasmus Exchange program, 4
under the Erasmus Placement program and 3 under other
international mobility programs.
•MEFI is also hosting at the moment 3 students under the
Erasmus-Mundus Program (including the Dunia Beam project)
For more information
http://mefi.unipv.it//
MEFI acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge financial support from:
 MIUR
 University of Pavia
 Cariplo