Name of the Professional Profile: Labour and Human Resources Consultant

Role in the Workplace and Key Responsibilities

The Bachelor's Degree programme aimed at training Labour and Human Resources Consultants prepares graduates for both self-employed professional practice, subject to passing the professional qualifying examination and registration with the relevant professional register, and salaried positions involving personnel management. Particular emphasis is placed on employment contracts, social security and welfare matters, industrial relations, and workplace health and safety supervision.

The main professional functions include:

• Fulfilling all requirements related to the establishment, management, and development of employment relationships;
• Managing the accounting, economic, legal, insurance, social security, and welfare aspects associated with employment relationships;
• Interpreting legislation concerning remuneration, taxation, social security, and welfare;
• Interpreting and applying collective bargaining agreements;
• Assisting in the resolution of employment disputes;
• Coordinating industrial and trade union relations;
• Promoting workplace health and safety prevention measures.

Competencies

This Bachelor's Degree provides fundamental knowledge in legal disciplines, particularly constitutional, private, administrative, commercial, labour, criminal, tax, and procedural law, as well as economics. It also develops the specialised legal competencies required for managing human resources and industrial relations.

Career Opportunities

Graduates from the Labour and Human Resources Consultancy curriculum may pursue self-employed professional practice, subject to passing the professional qualifying examination and registration with the relevant professional register, or salaried employment in public administrations, organisations, public and private enterprises, and third-sector entities. These roles require specific legal expertise in labour markets, employment relationships, social security, and industrial relations.

Name of the Professional Profile: Corporate Lawyer (Business Jurist)

Role in the Workplace and Key Responsibilities

The Bachelor's Degree programme aimed at training Corporate Lawyers (Business Jurists) equips graduates to assess the legal implications of business decisions and to ensure corporate compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

In particular, the functions of the Corporate Lawyer include:

Interpreting and applying legal provisions relevant to the sectors in which the company operates;
Coordinating the company's legal department;
Providing support to the various corporate functions and departments;
Assisting with corporate contracts and managing legal relations with clients.
Competencies

This Bachelor's Degree provides foundational knowledge in legal disciplines, particularly constitutional, private, administrative, commercial, financial, labour, criminal, tax, and procedural law, as well as economics. It also develops the specialised legal competencies necessary to provide legal support to businesses and to ensure corporate compliance.

Career Opportunities

The Corporate Lawyer (Business Jurist) curriculum provides graduates with the legal and technical expertise required to pursue careers in companies operating across a wide range of sectors, including banking and financial services. Graduates may work in corporate governance and management offices, lead corporate departments, manage commercial and contractual matters, and oversee relationships with clients, business partners, and other organisations.

Students are expected to acquire a solid foundation in law and economics, enabling them to understand and analyse legal texts effectively. Building upon the knowledge and methodological skills acquired during the first year, students further develop their expertise in the second year through the study of labour law, commercial law, administrative law, criminal law, European Union law, and civil procedural law, with reference to both national and European legal frameworks.

In the third year, students may specialise in the legal issues relating to employment and business activities, developing a thorough understanding of the procedural, financial, tax, social security, and welfare regulations governing these areas.

These learning objectives are achieved primarily through lectures, complemented by practical exercises, seminars in legal and economic subjects, and laboratory activities.

A further opportunity for in-depth learning is provided through compulsory professional internships undertaken in private organisations or public institutions. In addition, some courses offer interdisciplinary approaches aimed at exploring cross-cutting issues such as immigration, workplace safety, market globalisation, and contract law.

Knowledge and understanding are assessed throughout the programme by means of coursework assignments, continuous assessments, mid-term examinations, and final examinations, which may be oral and/or written and graded on a thirty-point scale, as well as pass/fail assessments where no numerical grade is awarded.

Applying Knowledge and Understanding

Students are expected to be capable of applying the knowledge acquired during the degree programme to solve practical issues relating to employment relationships, industrial relations, and business organisation and management.

To this end, courses and seminars are designed with particular emphasis on the analysis and discussion of judicial decisions, collective bargaining agreements, and corporate financial statements.

The acquisition of these practical skills is assessed through classroom exercises and oral and/or written examinations. Skills and competencies developed during internships are certified and evaluated through final internship reports.

Admission to the Degree Programme requires possession of an upper secondary school diploma or another qualification obtained abroad and recognised as equivalent under current regulations, as well as verification of the applicant's adequate initial preparation.

The procedures for assessing initial preparation, including any admission or assessment tests, are specified in the Degree Programme Regulations. These Regulations also define any Additional Learning Requirements (OFA, Obblighi Formativi Aggiuntivi) that may be assigned if the assessment outcome is not satisfactory.

Any additional learning requirements must be fulfilled during the first year of study, according to the procedures established by the Degree Programme Regulations.

The Degree Programme is open-access, meaning that there is no competitive admission process. However, enrolment requires students to take a non-selective orientation test designed to assess whether their initial academic preparation is adequate for successfully undertaking the programme.

The test is organised according to the procedures approved annually by the Joint Degree Programme Council, upon proposal of the bodies responsible for teaching quality assurance, and is publicised through the University's official website. In particular, the test assesses:

reading comprehension skills;
logical and reasoning abilities;
basic general knowledge;
language skills useful for university-level study.

Information regarding examination dates, registration procedures, passing thresholds, and any equivalencies with tests taken at other member universities of the consortium is published annually on the relevant University web pages.

Failure to take the test, or obtaining a score below the required threshold, does not prevent students from enrolling in the programme or attending classes. However, it results in the assignment of Additional Learning Requirements (OFA, Obblighi Formativi Aggiuntivi).

These requirements may be fulfilled through participation in dedicated remedial educational activities or through other procedures established by the Joint Degree Programme Council and published on the University website. Such measures are intended to strengthen students' foundational skills, facilitate their integration into university studies, support the achievement of first-year credits, and help prevent delays in academic progression or early withdrawal from the programme.

In coordination with University-wide and Departmental initiatives, the Degree Programme also promotes supplementary support activities for first-year students, with particular attention to foundational courses that may present greater initial challenges. These activities form part of the University's entry guidance and ongoing student support services and contribute to the regular progression of students throughout their academic careers.

Guidance and Orientation

Pre-Entry Guidance

The Degree Programme participates in pre-entry guidance initiatives organised both at the academic area level and at the university level. These activities are presented on the dedicated section of the University website, which also provides access to initiatives specifically organised for each academic area.

Guidance activities are coordinated by a working group comprising the Rector’s Delegate for Guidance, the Departmental Guidance Delegates, and staff from the dedicated organisational unit responsible for guidance services (Orientation Office). The planning and delivery of guidance activities developed by this office are certified according to the UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 quality standard.

Information on regular activities, news, and updated initiatives is available on the University's dedicated Guidance webpage.

Ongoing Student Guidance and Academic Support

Tutoring initiatives are organised at the university level in accordance with the Annual Tutoring Plan, which is defined each year by the University Tutoring Committee and approved by the Academic Senate.

The Tutoring Service contributes to ongoing student guidance with the aim of improving academic progression, supporting students throughout their studies, and identifying issues that may contribute to delays or withdrawal from university programmes.

The administrative management of the student tutoring service is certified according to the UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 quality standard and is provided through a dedicated organisational unit within the University's student support and right-to-study services.

Tutoring

The University offers a range of tutoring services designed to support students throughout their academic journey, facilitating their integration into university life, promoting academic success, and assisting them in overcoming any difficulties encountered during their studies.