European Master in Business Studies (EMBS) University of Trento

Overview

Curriculum

Students admitted to the EMBS will spend a semester in each participating university in the following order:

1st year of Master

• Semester 1 in Trento (Italy): early September to early February approximately

• Semester 2 in Annecy (France): early February to June approximately

2nd year of Master

• Semester 3 in Kassel (Germany): early September to early February approximately

• Semester 4 in León (Spain): early February to early June approximately

Traditional lectures mixed with case studies, simulations and business games, group work, paper and report writing assignments, company projects...

Final Master Thesis to be presented at the end of the third semester.

3-month internship/placement in a foreign country (not in the student’s home country) at the end of the fourth semester.

Courses

Core courses

• European and international commercial law

• Financial markets and corporate finance

• European and global economics

• Information system

• International accounting

• International strategic management

• Organizational behavior and human resources management

Marketing - Specialized courses

• Business negotiation

• Communication challenges

• European and global consumer behavior

• Distribution and pricing in the internet age

• Innovation and entrepreneurship

• Sustainable and responsible management

• Statistics and marketing research

• Purchasing and supply chain management

Admissions

How to apply

• Access the online application form

• Upload the required documents

• Submit your online application by the deadline

Requirements

• A three- or four-year Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification (at least amounting to 6 semesters and 180 ECTS) in Economics, Management or Business Studies or related fields, with at least 50% of courses in Economics or Business. Minimum requirements for the final graduation mark apply.

• Strong background in the following areas: Economics, Management or Business Studies

• English at the B2 level of the Common European Selection criteria Framework of Reference for Languages 

The degree must be awarded by an internationally recognized university and must be valid for admission to Master's level programmes in all four partner countries of the programme (Italy, France, Germany and Spain).

Selection criteria

• Educational and personal background
• English level
• Video presentation
• Application questionnaire

Career Opportunities

EMBS graduates show remarkably high level records of employment, with graduates working in 26 countries all around the world (most of them concentrated in Germany, which is followed by Italy and Switzerland). The knowledge obtained during the EMBS program ensures a steady job and more than 80% of our graduates hold a permanent work contract.

Approximately one half of graduates get positions in marketing, but there are alumni also working in sales, finance, IT, human resources, or other corporate fields.

Moreover, EMBS also allows students to achieve a job with a clear international profile: 90% of our graduates are professionally involved with international partners, clients, projects or people.

EMBS alumni not only have an important theoretical background, with a focus on international marketing, but also a variety of soft skills, leadership abilities, and interpersonal relationships competences. Knowledge, attitudes, and aptitudes are indeed very important for their future business careers. Furthermore, the introduction of some personal work on the personality type, the behavioral style, and a skills inventory, will provide each of our students with self-awareness knowledge of their own style, strengths, and weaknesses, in order to form the basis of a personal development plan with specific individual goals, to be addressed during their professional careers.