Structure and contents

The choice of a given profile will provide the student with a first specialization:

• the Economics profile offers courses that address the needs for analysis and understanding of the markets, the interaction between the private and public sectors and the functioning of state and non-governmental agencies. The emphasis is on disciplines such as economic analysis, economic policy, public economics – all of these at international and regional levels alike;
• the profile in Management is designed to provide solid training in the field of human resource management, strategy and production policies, controlling and marketing of small, medium and large companies, both public and private. The business economist is required to be trained in these areas of study in order to meet the challenges in the fields of international law, finance and communications.
  A specialisation in Intercultural Communication and Economics is offered, within the profile in Management, in collaboration with the Hanken School of Economics (Helsinki, Finland);
• the profile in Financial economics addresses the needs in the field of national and international finance. Lugano, like other Swiss regions, is an important financial centre that requires specialists in financial markets and risk management theory, as well as in the related legal and economic aspects. The Faculty of Economics of USI, therefore, is well-positioned to meet and fulfil the new challenges and future requirements of the financial and banking sectors;
• the profile in Quantitative Methods offers training based on methods for the analysis of economic and financial phenomena. In addition to the disciplines of mathematics, statistics and econometrics, the profile provides an introduction to numerical methods for modelling in economics and finance, as well as modules for the empirical work on the data and courses in economics and quantitative finance. The profile is best suited for students interested in the methodological study of economics through the econometric analysis of data.

Il piano dei corsi può essere soggetto a cambiamenti.

* Nell'ambito della specializzazione in Management è possibile seguire il programma in "Intercultural Communication and Sustainable Economics (ICSE)".
L'area di approfondimento in Intercultural Communication and Sustainable Economics (ICSE) si caratterizza con un programma strutturato al 6° semestre con la seguente offerta formativa:
- Marketing - 6 ECTS
- Organization Design and Human Resource Management - 6 ECTS (in lingua inglese)
- Political Economy - 6 ECTS (in lingua inglese)
- Intercultural Communication - 6 ECTS (in lingua inglese - corso a scelta di altra Facoltà)
- 2 corsi a scelta - 12 ECTS
- Memoria di Bachelor - 6 ECTS oppure
- Memoria di Bachelor - 3 ects o Stage/Progetto/Corso alternativo - 3 ECTS
- Recupero Economia internazionale - corso obbligatorio
Per maggiori informazioni consultare il link: https://worldchallengesblog.wordpress.com/integrated-education/icse-bachelor-specialization-2/

** Il corso trasversale inter-Facoltà è considerato come un corso a scelta di un'altra Facoltà e accreditato al 3° anno.

Precisazioni importanti:
Si consiglia di attenersi alla ripartizione dei corsi fra 2° anno (terzo e quarto semestre) e 3° anno (quinto e sesto semestre) e anche all'ammontare dei crediti Ects. Risulta però possibile:

• il trasferimento di crediti Ects ottenuti in corsi a scelta all'interno dei semestri del medesimo anno
• e il trasferimento di crediti Ects ottenuti in corsi a scelta da un anno accademico all'altro.

Eccezione: Programma ICSE (caratterizzato da una struttura non modificabile - vedere (*))

​Nota bene: in caso di divergenze e per ogni fine giuridico, fa fede il piano degli studi indicato dalla segreteria del Decanato della Facoltà di scienze economiche.

Classes are taught by teachers (professors, lecturers) with a strong academic record, most of whom have taught and done research in some of the world's best universities. To assure quality it is important to maintain and strengthen some teaching conditions, such as good 'pastoral care', relatively small class groups, especially in exercise and seminar meetings, and direct contact between teacher and student. These are some of the advantages that a Faculty can offer when its numbers remain on a 'human scale'.

The Bachelor in Economics is taught entirely in Italian. 

Italian language courses offered at USI
For non Italian speaking USI students, researchers and professors the Università della Svizzera italiana organizes Italian language courses. The courses are given throughout the academic year.
Please be aware that foreign students who want to enroll in the Bachelor programme of the the Faculty of Economics are expected to have good Italian skills previously to their application to the Bachelor (B2 level of the international language certificate's frames).