Business culture in the Italian context (BCIC)
Lifelong learning program

The Advanced Studies Course in Business Culture in the Italian Context is designed to strengthen knowledge of theoretical and contextual factors that influence the role of Italy in the global economy.  This objective is reached through educational and teaching activities that investigate the themes of Italian culture, global economic processes, competitive effectiveness and Italian language in order to provide the student with refined analytical skills in the global areas of business and finance necessary for professionals able to understand and manage the complex connections between culture, society and economy.  Among the objectives of this course is the education of professionals that demonstrate transversal skills useful for working in Italian and foreign economic and business sectors such that they can successfully create and implement strategies and policies of internationalisation and cooperation between Italy and global markets.  For this purpose, lessons will be taught in English and the programme’s focus course – Competitive Effectiveness – will require students to develop a practical and applicable marketing plan together with a local Italian company. Foreign students are required to take two levels of Italian language.

Admission

Course with limited number of positions

Number of positions

45 available

Admission deadline

Applications due by 23/11/2018

Useful information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The course is aimed at Italian and non-Italian citizens in possession of adequate knowledge of the English language to operate successfully in an English language academic environment. The scientific committee will confirm this level of knowledge for non-Anglophone students by consideration of:
Certificate of a B2 level of spoken and written English (according to the European Common Framework for Languages) and a C1 level in reading skills. The scientific committee recognises IELTS or Cambridge Exams, or documented attestation of native-speaker ability. Only language certificates obtained within two years of application to this course will be considered valid. A native speaker is considered to be a person who has lived, studied or worked in an Anglophone country for at least three years. 
Further requirements are: 
Presentation of a transcript from a university or other post-secondary educational institution that demonstrates study in economics, business studies, economic history, Italian cultural studies, political science or other sectors deemed to be congruent with the scope of this course as considered by the selection committee;
Admission is carried out by a committee of three professors nominated by the scientific committee and is based on a candidate selection according to documents presented. Students who will receive the required diplomas or titles after the admission deadline but before registration may be admitted on a waiting list.

APPLICATION AND ADMISSION PROCEDURES

This course will activate upon receiving a minimum of 15 applicants. It will accept a maximum of 45 students. The course will not be activated if enrolment does not reach the minimum number of students required. 
If applications exceed 45 students, the scientific committee will proceed with admissions selection based on the quality of the candidate's experience, studies, scientific and professional activity as documented by their application.

Applications presented by students regularly registered in courses at Villanova Business School will be internally evaluated by the partner professors of the Villanova Business School and approved by the Scientific Committee.
Admission evaluation will take into account:
- curriculum: max 30 points;
- English language certification: C2 10 points, C1 7 points, B2 4 points
- final degree evaluation and/or GPA (grade point average) or weighted average marks of degree programme in progress.
Points attributed for academic performance as attested by the undergraduate degree presented, GPA (Grade Point Average) or weighted average of marks in an active degree course will be considered as part of the academic c.v. and will be attributed as follows: 
- 10 points for university degree obtained with maximum final marks =110/110 lode; 
- 8 points for university degree obtained with marks between 104/110 and maximum; 
- 4 points for university degree obtained with marks less than a 104/110.
- 10 points for GPA (grade point average) of 3.5-4.0/or average weighted marks equivalent to 95% or higher;
- 8 points for GPA (grade point average) of 3.0-3.49/ or average weighted marks equivalent to 85%-94.9%;
- 4 points for GPA (grade point average) of 2.5-2.99/ or average weighted marks equivalent to 75%-84.9%.).

Forms

Registration form

Application procedure

You can apply from the 30/11/2018 to the 25/01/2019 . Using the online procedure you can register to fill in the application and pay with PagoPA (Credit Card, PayPal) to complete the payment of the admission fee.

Online registration

Online registration Registration guidelines

Organizzazione

• Antonella Negri (Director, Associate professor of Philology)
• Kimberley Cahill (Administrative Director of the Institute for Global Leadership - Villanova University)
• Peter Cullen (Scientific-Didactic coordinator for the programme)
• Claus Ehrhardt (Associate professor of German language)
• Flora Sisti (Associate professor of language didactics)
• Anna Teresa Ossani (Full professor of Italian Literature)
• Giovanna Carloni (Didactic coordinator of the language school Lingua Ideale)
• Giorgio Calcagnini (Full professor of Political Economy)
• Antonello Zanfei (Full professor of Industrial Economics)

A chi rivolgersi

For information please contact Sandra Abderhalden

Contacts

Sandra Abderhalden

  sandra.abderhalden@uniurb.it

Peter Cullen

  peter.cullen@uniurb.it

Secretary’s Office

Ufficio Dottorati - Post laurea - Esami di Stato

Via Veterani, 36 - Urbino

Office hours

Monday - Friday from 9.30 am to 13pm

Contacts

 Tel. +39 0722 304631 / +39 0722 304632 / +39 0722 304634 / +39 0722 304635   corsi.postlaurea@uniurb.it