Introduction
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, founded in 1997, is a university primarily located in Bolzano, Italy.
The university has three campuses at Bolzano, Brixen and Bruneck. The university buildings in Brixen – designed by Regina Kohlmeyer and Jens Oberst – won the 9th architecture prize of the city of Oderzo in 2005.
Multilingualism characterises the university with lectures and seminars held in German, Italian and English. The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano aims to offer students a multilingual and practice-oriented education that meets the demands of the European professional market.
The university is made up of five faculties including economics, the natural sciences, technology, computer science, design and the social and educational worlds.
The different faculties organise special events for students, researchers and companies all year round for its students and visitors.
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano endorses research, and is especially committed to promoting young researchers.
Emphasis is put on providing practical training and so a large proportion of education takes places in the form of seminars, lectures given by guest speaks, practical training and a variety of workshops.
The university library highly respected across all German-speaking states, which includes Germany, Switzerland, Austria and South Tyrol in Italy.
Students are actively encouraged to spend one or more semesters at universities abroad within the framework of their exchange programme.
The AlumniClub was founded in 2007 with a purpose to support graduates of the university and helps them maintain strong links with the university upon graduation; whether regional, national or international. Past students continue benefiting from services offered by the university.
Would you like to learn how to tackle complex decisions in a modern business environment driven by digital technologies, big data, and artificial intelligence? Then this master is exactly what you need!
The Master in Accounting and Finance prepares you for a career as a business manager, consultant, financial specialist, accountant, and auditor.
Our program will enable you to navigate the digital transformation of companies and financial markets. You will acquire the skills to become a successful player in the world of finance. The study program provides technical knowledge in financial reporting and control management, financial risk management, and optimization of investment portfolios, management of corporate risks, and operational and financial restructuring. This knowledge ensures an understanding of corporate dynamics and interpretation of its transformations.
The courses offered include disciplines from the fields of accounting, finance, law, management, economics. Students can choose between three study tracks.
The curriculum has a practice-oriented approach that exposes students to best practices of management through case-based teaching, small-scale laboratories, presentations by guest speakers, and simulations of professional tasks of various complexity. The teaching material is developed in cooperation with professionals, as well as with financial organizations or consulting firms.
We have a Double Degree program in collaboration with a prestigious university in the United States, Baruch College. The Double Degree is aimed at a small group of students with excellent academic achievement in the first year and good knowledge of languages. Admitted students can attend the Master of Science in Finance or the Master of Science in Accountancy at Baruch College, City University of New York. At the end of the program, students obtain both the master’s degree (laurea magistrale) awarded by unibz and the corresponding “graduate” degree awarded by Baruch College.
At present, scholarships are available for this program. One of them is funded by the Südtiroler Sparkasse AG, one by the Südtiroler Volksbank AG and one by Bureau Plattner.
The master program offers exchange programs with many European universities. During the two years of this course, students are required to take an internship – of at least 150 hours – in a local, national or international firm in different sectors (manufacturing, professional services, financial industry) or in a non-profit institution.
The master program is accredited by prestigious associations that issue international professional certificates in the accounting and financial field. The accreditation certifies the excellence of the quality standards of the program and its high orientation towards professional practice. The master program offers students the opportunity to attend courses in preparation for obtaining the following professional certificates:
Interested students will have to take the certification exam provided by the respective association. Reductions in the registration fee for these exams are provided for.
The best graduate of each track of the Master’s program will be awarded the equivalent of a one-year fee of €1350. Students’ ranking will be determined on the average exam grade. The award ceremony takes place during the Degree Ceremony.
Sponsors are Bureau Plattner (for the track: Professional Accounting and Auditing), Südtiroler Sparkasse AG (for the track: Finance and Financial Markets), Rödl & Partner (for the track: Business administration and Consulting).
Our graduates aim at the following professional careers:
This study program also provides access to post-graduate training, such as a Ph.D. program.
Early Bird Application
Late Application
Preparatory courses and Freshers Days
1st semester
2nd semester
Autumn session
EU citizens and citizens are given parity of treatment
Non-EU citizens (living abroad)
The program will only be offered if a minimum of 15 newly enrolled students is reached.
In order to gain admission to this program you need one of the following qualifications:
1. A bachelor degree (*) in one of the following Italian degree classes or an equivalent qualification gained abroad:
(*) Italian citizens who have obtained their degree abroad must also have a secondary school leaving qualification.
OR
2. A bachelor’s degree in a different class to the ones listed above or an equivalent qualification gained abroad. At least 15 credit points must have been acquired in one or more of the following scientific-disciplinary sectors:
If you apply during the second session and do not reach the needed CPs in time, you can enroll to unibz as an external student and sit the following exams:
The cost of the enrolment is € 200 for every single exam.
You can enroll through the following link: https://www.unibz.it/it/applicants/single-subject-courses/ and hand in the requested documents at the Student Secretariat. You will get an account in order to be able to enroll by yourself to the mentioned exams online within the deadline of 20 June 2020. The exams are scheduled to take place on 26 June 2020.
In order to obtain the texts needed for the preparation for the exams, please contact the Faculty Secretariat (elena.borile@unibz.it).
You need to upload the self-declaration about the passed exams in the application portal by the application deadline (see section “Online Application”).
If you have not yet graduated at the time of application:
You can apply if you have acquired at least 140 credit points (ECTS). In this case, you will be admitted conditionally, and you need to submit your diploma by the enrolment deadline.
If you graduate after the enrolment deadline:
You cannot enroll and you will lose your place, which will be offered to the subsequent applicant in the ranking list. In this case, you should not pay the tuition fees to secure your admission. You will be able to submit a late enrolment request and, only if there still are available places, you can enroll by 18 December 2020.
To be admitted, you must fulfill the language requirements indicated in the section “Language requirements”.
Concurrent enrolment at several universities or in several study programs at the same university is not allowed.
The official teaching languages are German, Italian, and English. Therefore, the following language requirements apply, otherwise, you will be excluded from the admission procedure:
Entry-level (to gain admission)
Exit level (to graduate)
The levels of the Common European Framework of Reference apply.
Your first language is the language in which you have the highest level of proficiency (C1). Your third language is instead the language in which you are weaker (or in which you are an absolute beginner).
You can upload language certificates to the application portal (in the section “upload language certificates” and/or “enroll for language exams”) after you have created an application in the section “create/manage applications”. The certification is mandatory for the first and second languages, for the third language it is recommended (from B1 onwards).
You can demonstrate language proficiency through:
Secondary schools in a foreign country/Bi- or multilingual schools
If the foreign language proficiency levels (for German, Italian, or English) are explicitly indicated on the diploma of graduation according to the Common European Framework of Reference (i.e., B1, B2 or C1), and if all four language abilities (reading, listening, speaking, writing) have been assessed, then the indicated levels will be accepted as a proof of proficiency for the second and/or third language.
Please upload your school-leaving certificate to the application portal in the section “upload language certificates” under the respective language. The Language Centre will decide on its recognition.
Third language/Intensive language courses in September
If you have already acquired a language certificate in the third teaching language, please upload it to the portal. If you are not able to certify your language competence in the third language and you are admitted to unibz, you will have to take a placement test. You will receive further information about the test by e-mail. Based on the result of the placement test, you will be assigned to a certain learning path so that you will be able to reach level B1 as soon as possible.
If you are an absolute beginner in the third language, or if you have a level below B1, you may attend a three-week intensive language course during the pre-semester session in September in order to start the learning path.
The dates of the extensive courses are indicated in the “Deadlines” section. Beginner courses (A1) will be offered exclusively during the pre-semester intensive course session in September will no longer be offered during the academic year. Therefore, absolute beginners should start their learning path for the third language by attending the intensive courses in September.
There will be extensive courses (4 hours per week) during the semesters and intensive courses (8 hours per week) during the time between semesters.
The language courses offered by the Language Centre are free of charge and aim to help the students reach the level B1 in the third language after the first study year.
The fees amount to €1348.50.
Delayed payment of the second installment will result in a fine being levied. If you have not paid the tuition fees, you will be unable to take exams and will not be able to transfer to other universities or other study programs.
If you drop out of a program, interrupt your studies, or are excluded from studies, you are not entitled to reimbursement of the fees.
Exemption from the tuition fees (and the provincial tax) is granted to:
Students who benefit from a scholarship granted by the Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano are entitled to receive a refund of the tuition fees.