Master GIS - Management of Social Enterprises

To apply, candidates must have already obtained at least a first level degree or an equivalent foreign qualification. Given the Master's topics, the programme is aimed in particular at people with a background in economics, law or social science. 

However, applications are also welcome from people from other backgrounds, as long as they are available to acquire the required knowledge in other subjects by participating in extra lessons (Percorsi di azzeramento) that will take place during the in-class training. 

Students who plan to graduate by 30 May 2025 may also be admitted (if, at the time of registration for the selection, only have to take the final exam).

You may also apply as an auditor if you lack the required qualifications but have gained relevant professional experience in sector of social and non-profit organizations.

The purpose of the GIS master is to create new “social managers” able to operate with the efficiency and efficacy that are typical of the business world and a collective well-being perspective, combining economic sustainability and social integration. 

The GIS Master is aimed in particular at people who work in management, coordination, responsibility roles in public or private organizations in the different sectors in which social enterprises operate: children's services, youth distress, the environment, renewable energy, cultural promotion, social innovation, disability, social exclusion, development cooperation, new poverty, ethical finance, fair trade and others.

This one-year Master's programme is taught in Italian. The teaching activities are structured in modules and are held, save for exceptional circumstances, on Fridays and Saturdays.

Classroom activities will take place from 7 March 2025 to 17 October 2025. The internship and project work will follow, between November 2025 and February 2026 (for at least 3 months full-time). The Master's thesis must be submitted by 28 February 2026. 

Attendance of at least 80% of the activities is required.

Students who have passed the assessment tests and the final thesis, who meet the attendance requirement, and have completed the minimum number of hours for the internship or project work, will be awarded the First level Master's Degree "Master GIS - Master Universitario in Gestione di Imprese Sociali".

The registration fee is 3,900.00 euros (plus one 16.00 euros stamp duty), to be paid in three instalments. The first (1,316.00 euros) must be paid to confirm acceptance of the place by 21 February 2025 (noon), the second (1,300.00 euros) by 30 April 2025, and the third of 1,300.00 euros by 31 May 2025.

The registration fee for the auditors is 2,746.00 euros (including stamp duty) to be paid in three instalments: 926.00 euros by 21 February 2025 (12.00 noon), and then two instalments of 910.00 euros by 30 April 2025 and 31 May 2025.

One scholarship, named after professor Carlo Borzaga and amounting to the registration fee, will be awarded based on merit to the first under-35 candidate in the ranking of applicants. Three more scholarships will be awarded based on merit and the internship destination or project work, the amount of these scholarships will be defined by the Master's Board based on the resources available.

Admission to the Master's degree is through a call.

Each call indicates:

• the access requirements;
• the admission procedure;
• the deadlines;
• costs and scholarships.