1. Laurea Magistralis (2-year Master programme) in “Economics, Finance and International Integration” Università degli Studi di Pavia Department of Economics and Management

4. 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

5.  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

6.  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.

7.  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

8. 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.

9. Finance curriculum: structure of courses

10. Industrial Organization and Market Strategies curriculum: structure of courses

11. International Economic Integration curriculum: structure of courses

12. MEFI’s Partnerships

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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)

18. For more information http://mefi.unipv.it//

19. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from:  MIUR  University of Pavia  Cariplo MEFI acknowledgements