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WHY STUDY BANKING AND FINANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA?

• In order to achieve professional skills and expertise in banking and finance, which are in great demand in the IT, financial, and manufacturing sectors.
• To better explore the main managerial and quantitative features of the investment allocation mechanisms and, at the same time, to know how to evaluate investment projects and select optimal financial instruments.
• Basic language skills can be further deepened and enhanced by relying on the various international mobility opportunities offered by the University of Brescia.
• The bachelor's degree in Banking and Finance offers a strong background to further improve your studies with a Master's degree, but it can also be a stepping stone into the global working world.
   

The Bachelor’s Degree programme in Banking and Finance is aimed at those who wish to pursue a career in the world of credit and finance and, in particular, within the banking sector, other financial intermediaries and the finance departments of industrial and commercial enterprises.
The programme provides the knowledge set out in the core learning outcomes for its respective degree class,
structured in an interdisciplinary manner through a solid foundational methodology that highlights the contribution of economic, quantitative and legal disciplines to complement business and economics subjects.

The economic and business focus of the programme and the specific learning objectives of the course are reflected in the in-depth analyses relating to:
- the main management and market phenomena affecting the credit sector, banks and other financial intermediaries;
- the principles governing the allocation and financial investment of savings;
- the selection and use of information aimed at assessing the financial viability of investment projects.

The programme therefore enables students to explore, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the administrative, organisational and managerial issues facing financial intermediaries, equipping them with professional skills that enable them to interpret monetary and financial phenomena and to understand the key features of the production and distribution processes of banks, insurance companies and other financial intermediaries.

In line with the stated objectives, the degree programme is structured so that, building upon a foundation providing an introduction to the theoretical and applied knowledge of disciplines relating to the economic, business, legal and quantitative fields, it develops a specialised programme that explores in depth the specific features of the management profiles of banks and other financial intermediaries, the regulation of financial intermediaries and markets, and the analytical methodologies relevant to the specific sector of financial intermediation.

The inclusion of basic language skills complements the educational programme for the Bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance.

During the first three four-month terms, the programme provides the knowledge typical of the core modules of a Bachelor’s degree programme, covering topics in the fields of business, economics, quantitative analysis, law and the English language.
The programme specialises in banking and finance-related topics during the second and third years, through both specific modules in the fields of financial and securities intermediation, and commercial and banking law, as well as applied modules in quantitative methods and economics.
The programme also includes:
- the acquisition of IT skills;
- the opportunity to undertake a work placement (internship). The work placement is not compulsory, in order to ensure a degree of flexibility in the programme; however, it represents a significant professional development opportunity that students may take up as an alternative to some of the credits allocated to optional modules;
- a final written examination designed to explore one of the topics covered during the degree programme in greater depth.

To gain entry to the degree programme in Economics and Business Management, applicants must hold a upper secondary school leaving certificate or an equivalent qualification obtained abroad, recognised as equivalent under current legislation.

Fulfilment of the prerequisites required for successful participation in the degree programme is assessed at the start of the first year by means of a specific test designed to assess students’ prior knowledge.

The knowledge required to pass the initial assessment is consistent with that acquired upon completion of upper secondary education.

The procedures for assessing this knowledge are set out in the Programme’s Academic Regulations, which also specify the additional academic requirements that must be met should the student fail the assessment.

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