Banking finance and financial markets
Course Description
Level: Degree Programme
Degree Class:
L-18 R - Content in Italian
Scienze dell'economia e della gestione aziendale
Department: ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Admission: Free
CFUs: 180
Duration: 3 years
Website: https://bfm-l.ec.unipi.it/
Italian
Pisa
The aim is to train professionals who can work both in corporate banking and finance structures as well as in organisations dedicated to the analysis and control of money, credit and capital markets.
The study programme involves acquiring basic interdisciplinary knowledge – in economics, business, law, and quantitative fields – as well as specific knowledge necessary to work within banking, securities, and insurance intermediaries, and more broadly, in financial markets.
The preparation encompasses detailed insights into the dynamics of banking and financial company structures, the relationship between these entities and the market, and the analysis of financial markets with specific attention to the international context.
The Bachelor’s Degree grants admission to all Master’s Degree Courses offered by the Department of Economics and Management and to all the Master’s Degree Courses belonging to the LM-56 and LM-77 classes.
Si ritiene che la preparazione acquisita nella scuola secondaria superiore rappresenti una base sufficiente per un'efficace frequenza dei Corsi di Laurea del Dipartimento di Economia e Management e, quindi, anche di quello in "Banca Finanza e Mercati Finanziari".
Sono comunque previste, come prerequisiti matematici, conoscenze di elementi quali i numeri (interi, razionali e reali), le equazioni e disequazioni (di primo e secondo grado), il piano cartesiano e la geometria analitica (con riferimento all'equazione della retta). Sono altresì previste, quali prerequisiti linguistici, conoscenze basilari, in forma scritta ed orale, di una lingua dell'Unione Europea diversa dall'italiano.
Le modalità per la verifica del possesso dei requisiti d'accesso, comuni a tutti i corsi del Dipartimento di Economia e Management, sono specificate nel regolamento didattico del CdS, nel quale sono indicati pure gli eventuali obblighi formativi aggiuntivi previsti nel caso in cui la suddetta verifica non dia risultati positivi.
L'ammissione al corso di laurea in Banca finanza e mercati finanziari è subordinata al possesso di un diploma di scuola secondaria superiore di durata quinquennale o quadriennale o di altro titolo di studio conseguito all'estero, riconosciuto idoneo e alla verifica del possesso di un'adeguata preparazione iniziale.
La verifica della preparazione iniziale è effettuata tramite l'esame del curriculum dello studente, e in particolare del voto di diploma, e tramite il test TOLC-E, sostenibile nelle modalità disponibili all'atto dell'erogazione. La verifica ha esito positivo in caso lo studente abbia ottenuto un voto di diploma maggiore o uguale ad una determinata soglia minima oppure abbia sostenuto un TOLC con un punteggio maggiore o uguale ad una soglia minima. La soglia minima del voto di Diploma e del punteggio ottenuto al Test, viene stabilita annualmente con delibera del Consiglio di Dipartimento.
Se la verifica della preparazione iniziale ha un esito negativo, gli studenti possono comunque immatricolarsi con un Obbligo Formativo Aggiuntivo (OFA).
Gli studenti immatricolati con un OFA dovranno sostenere e superare una prova d'esame aggiuntiva detta OFA-Matematica. Tutte le informazioni inerenti il recupero dell'OFA (date degli appelli, modalità d'esame, esempi di prove d'esame) sono pubblicate ogni anno nella
pagina elearning dell'OFA-Matematica al link: (http://shurl.ec.unipi.it/ofa).
Lo studente gravato dall'OFA non potrà sostenere alcun esame del II e III anno. Lo studente immatricolato con OFA può sostenere liberamente gli esami del I anno, ad esclusione dell'esame di Matematica Generale rispetto al quale il superamento dell'OFA costituisce una propedeuticità. Agli studenti immatricolati con OFA è offerta la possibilità di sostenere nuovamente e solo per una volta il TOLC-E nel mese di marzo, al termine delle sessioni invernali degli esami di profitto.
Course Evaluations
Contacts
Presidente del Corso di Laurea
Maria Cristina Quirici
Email: maria.cristina.quirici@unipi.it
Referente didattico
Michela Vivaldi
Tel. (+39) 050 2216371
Email: michela.vivaldi@unipi.it
Unità Didattica del Dipartimento di Economia e Management: https://www.ec.unipi.it/didattica/unita-didattica-e-internazionalizzazione
Orario di ricevimento: Il personale dell’Unità didattica e Internazionalizzazione è raggiungibile tramite posta elettronica, piattaforma Microsoft Teams oppure telefonicamente (+39) 050 2216371/269/412/349, dal lunedì al venerdì, dalle ore 9.00 alle ore 12.30 : didatticaeconomia@ec.unipi.it
Study Plan
For students enrolled in the academic year 2025/2026
Required
- Business administration (10 CFU)
- Microeconomics (10 CFU)
- Calculus (10 CFU)
- Statistics (10 CFU)
- Economics of financial intermediaries (9 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Computer skills (3 CFU)
Insegnamenti lingua straniera (8 CFU)
- Spanish language (8 CFU)
- English language (8 CFU)
- German language (8 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- French language (8 CFU)
Test sost
- Admission test (1 CFU)
Test sup
- Admission test (1 CFU)
Required
- Institutions of private law (9 CFU)
- Macroeconomics (9 CFU)
- Bilancio e analisi economico-finanziaria (9 CFU)
- Financial mathematics (9 CFU)
- Monetary economics (6 CFU)
Insegnamenti caratterizzanti ambito giuridico (6 CFU)
- European union law (6 CFU)
- Taxation law (6 CFU)
- Economic law (6 CFU)
Insegnamenti caratterizzanti p/11 (9 CFU)
- Insurance business economics (9 CFU)
- Security market economics (9 CFU)
Required
- Banking economics (9 CFU)
- Financial products, fintech and sustainable finance (6 CFU)
- Business law (9 CFU)
- Corporate finance (9 CFU)
- Final exam (3 CFU)
- Economics of financial markets (9 CFU)
Insegnamenti affini multidisciplinari (6 CFU)
Other
Career opportunities
Enrolment
The Degree Program in Banking, finance and financial markets has an open access. Find more details here.
In order to attend the course, students must take a non-selective evaluation test to verify the initial preparation level.
This test can be taken even after the enrolment completion.
Here you can find the evaluation test information.
How to enrol
Enrolment for the a.y. 2023/2024 will start at the end of July 2023. The official dates are being defined.
After signing up, you can choose:
- Standard enrolment;
- Degree program shortening (in the event of a university degree already obtained);
- Relocation from another University.
The procedure will request:
- ID scanned copy
- passport-sized photo (please check size)
- High school diploma details (Secondary School Name, year, final mark).
Students with a foreign qualification are required to upload:
- Declaration of Value (DV) issued by the Italian Diplomatic Authorities in their home country, along with the official translation into Italian of the diploma, legalised (or with an “apostille”) and validated, OR, the ENIC-NARIC certificate is accepted in Italian Language. These documents should attest at least 12 years of schooling and the relevant qualification should allow the access to higher education.
For Degree Program shortening the obtained University degree will be required. For relocation from another University previous university career will be required from the other university.
At the end of procedure please print and sign the FORIM to complete enrolment and upload it on the Alice portal in the Career section annexes.
Students with special needs
Students with handicap under art. 3 Italian Law no. 104/1992 or with a certified disability equal or above 66% are required to upload a medical certificate attesting their health condition for university tuition fees exemption (duty stamp is required anyway).
Some special categories under art. 1.1.2 lett. d) e) and art.1.1.3 lett. c) of the Regulations on Tuition fees (such as Italian government scholarship holders, competition winners, detained subjects ) shall email to matricolandosi@unipi.it for a specific calculation of tuition fees.
If you are not applying for the DSU scholarship
If you are not applying for the DSU scholarship, which will be acquired automatically, after choosing your programme, you are required to pay the first installment of tuition fees.
Information and deadlines regarding fees and scholarships for the a.y. 2023/2024 are still being defined.
International students with a foreign qualification applying for a visa applicants can pay the first installment of fees and submit the necessary documentation by 29 February 2024 without delay.
If you are applying for the DSU scholarship
If you are applying for the scholarship, which is automatically acquired and results in immediate enrolment after the ‘choice of course’, the payment of the first installment is deferred to the deadline of the second tuition fee installment: those who successfully gain the scholarship will not be required to pay any university fees. They will only have to pay €16.00 for duty stamp.
Within 3 working days from the payment (or from the ‘choice of course’ in case of submission of the scholarship application), you will receive a welcome email and on you home page of the Alice portal, in the ‘NOTES’ section, the message ‘ENROLLED 2023/24’, will be displayed until the documents presented online are validated.
After tuition fee payment (or alternatively after scholarship application) you are required to upload the FORIM signed on both 2 pages in the Career section annexes of Alice portal. This document will be checked by the Matricolandosi Centre along with your ID card.
As confirmation of your enrolment registration, you will receive a welcome email to your personal email address and at the same time the wording ‘REGISTERED 2023/24’ will be displayed on the Alice portal home page, in the ‘NOTES’ field, which will remain visible until your documents (FORIM, ID document) have passed all the administrative checks.
Only after FORIM has been validated will you be able to book the withdrawal of your Student Card..
The procedures for issuing the Student card can be seen here.
Students with foreign qualification, regardless of their citizenship, must upload the necessary documents that must be validated by the International Office (wis@unipi.it); after enrolment, they will have to upload the enrolment form (FORIM) and follow the procedure described on the page for issuing the student card.
For Degree Program shortening the previous university career will be recognized after submitting to the Students Office the “qualifications recognition” form with the annexed self certification of all exams.
For relocation from another University the Students Office will confirm you the acceptance of the discharge papers from the university of origin.