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Accounting, Finance & Business Consulting

University of Padua
Italy, Padua
Department of Economics and Management Italy, Via del Santo, 33 - 35123 Padua
Tuition fee €2,739 per year

For further information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees

Application fee €30 one-time

This fee is non-refundable.

Deposit €205 one-time

In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

More information

unipd.it/en/business-consulting 

Overview

This Master’s degree trains the next generation of accounting professionals, controllers, financial analysts and bankers, and lays the foundation for a successful career in finance and accounting, both in industrial firms and in financial institutions. The programme provides tools to solve complex business problems and contributes to the continuous updating of strategies, processes, investments and financing decisions according to the constraints and opportunities emerging in different sectors.

Programme structure

The programme offers two curricula:

  • Accounting, control and corporate finance: Corporate Reporting and Group Accounting; Organizations, Markets and Competition;
    Sustainable Strategies and Organization; Financial Mathematics and Statistics; Bank Accounting and Internal Audit; Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Plan; Advanced International Tax Law; Business Valuation and Investment Banking; Business Analytics and Big Data for Financial Information; Management Control; Economics of Innovations.
  • Banking and finance: Corporate Reporting and Group Accounting; Mathematics for Finance; Financial and Insurance Economics; Capital Markets; Risk Management and Compliance; Capital Markets Law; Econometrics for Credit and Market Risk; Bank Accounting and Internal Audit; Business Valuation and Investment Banking; ESG Analysis and Sustainable Finance; Computational Finance and Asset Management; Personal Finance.

An Italian-taught study track – Consulenza e direzione aziendale – is also available for application.

Each curriculum includes lab work, thesis, electives and internship.

Career opportunities

Graduates are provided with skills and knowledge to work as: chief financial officer (CFO), banker, division manager, auditor, planning and control manager, member of supervisory bodies, compliance manager, financial analyst, investment portfolio manager, risk manager.

Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
Application period has ended
Studies commence
1 Oct 2025
Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
This intake is not applicable

Only for EU and equated applicants (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or NON-EU residing in Italy).

If you are a NON-EU residing in Italy, apply by indicating Italy as your citizenship and your actual citizenship as Double citizenship.

Studies commence
1 Oct 2025
Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
This intake is not applicable

Only for EU and equated applicants (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or NON-EU residing in Italy).

If you are a NON-EU residing in Italy, apply by indicating Italy as your citizenship and your actual citizenship as Double citizenship.

Studies commence
1 Oct 2025
Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
This intake is not applicable

Italian Universities for Palestinian Students – IUPALS call reserved for Palestinian students. The application fee will be exceptionally waived. For more details, please refer to the relevant Call for applications.

Studies commence
1 Oct 2025
Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
Application period has ended
Studies commence
1 Oct 2025
Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
This intake is not applicable

Only for EU and equated applicants (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or NON-EU residing in Italy).

If you are a NON-EU residing in Italy, apply by indicating Italy as your citizenship and your actual citizenship as Double citizenship.

Studies commence
1 Oct 2025
Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
This intake is not applicable

Only for EU and equated applicants (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or NON-EU residing in Italy).

If you are a NON-EU residing in Italy, apply by indicating Italy as your citizenship and your actual citizenship as Double citizenship.

Studies commence
1 Oct 2025
Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
This intake is not applicable

Italian Universities for Palestinian Students – IUPALS call reserved for Palestinian students. The application fee will be exceptionally waived. For more details, please refer to the relevant Call for applications.

Studies commence
1 Oct 2025