Study Plan
The program is made up of courses which can be divided into the following areas: analysis and statistics, economics, and social sciences.
Starting in the second semester of the first year, students personalize their curriculum through electives, which may include Graduate School electives, PhD-level courses and in-depth studies.
Please consider the following rules (for students enrolled in their first year starting in 2023-2024) while choosing the 7 elective courses:
- at least 1 from list A) Core
- at least 1 from list B) Field
- at least 1 from list C) Topics and Other Social Sciences and Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
- at least 1 from lists A) Core + B) Field + C) Topics and Other Social Sciences and Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
- 2 other electives, which may include Graduate School electives, PhD-level courses and in-depth studies
The educational offer for elective courses is subject to change
list A) Core:
- Advanced Microeconomics
- Advanced Macroeconomics
- Microeconometrics
- Macroeconometrics
list B) Field:
- Development Economics
- Game Theory: Analysis of Strategic Thinking
- Empirical Industrial Organization and Market Design
- Labour Economics
- Monetary Policy
- Political Economics
- Public Economics
- International Macroeconomics and Finance
list C) Topics and Other Social Sciences and Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
- Economic Analysis of Crime
- Economics of European Integration
- Energy Policy and Sustainability
- Economics of Digital Markets
- Monetary Policy and Financial Regulation
- Principles of Finance
- Behavioral Economics and Finance, in English
- Data, Inequality, and Human Capital
- Welfare and Politics
- Comparative Politics: Institutions and Institutional Development
- Globalization, Divergence and Inequality in Historical Perspective
- History, Institutions and Crises of the Global Financial System
- Population Dynamics and Economics
- Politics of Conflict
- Bayesian Statistical Methods
- Decision Theory and Human Behavior
- Time Series Analysis of Economic-Financial Data
Please note that the program structure is subject to change.
The study plan requires two European Union languages.
More specifically:
1st language, English
- for all students (regardless of their native language)
- the main aim is to foster the development of professional skills
2nd language:
- Italian for non-Italian native speakers
- French, Spanish, German for Italian native speakers
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To search and get more information on the content of the various courses, browse the description of courses taught in 2025-2026.