Guides to the university

Detailed qualifying goals:

• Provide fundamental interdisciplinary and advanced knowledge in the fields of Sustainability management and economics and in key enabling science and technologies for sustainability transition
• Develop competences on key methods and tools for sustainability
• Widen / deepen the knowledge into key enabling technologies for sustainability transition or theoretical methods and practical tools for sustainability management and entrepreneurship
• Foster the ability to apply knowledge adopting an interdisciplinary perspective and an entrepreneurial approach thanks to workshop activities;
• Develop the ability to apply knowledge through "technology-based" teaching/learning methodologies that encourage student interaction and involvement according to the "learning by doing" approach (laboratory activities such as case studies, business games, role-playing, assignments, and group presentations);
• Develop a critical thinking approach and behavioral skills via ad hoc seminars and via in / out of class activities related to courses as well as via the internship (namely skills in communication, in interaction and teamwork, in addressing complex issues);
• Promote, besides English (language of the program), proficiency in another EU language (Italian for non-Italian native speakers).

In a nutshell, the program aims at preparing professional figures who know how:

• To recognize and understand the transformations required by sustainability in the main business processes
• To outline and guide systemic innovation processes:
  • not only focused on scientific and technological innovation but also on the organization, management and business model of the company itself ("meso" level, of mediation between strategy and technology)
  • not only focused on the company or a part of it, but on a broader system, which sees collaboration with other external parties, or the main stakeholders and actors who can bring the different skills necessary to face complex challenge
  • not only focused on environmental variables but also taking into account the social and economic impacts of the transition.