Finance and Insurance

Overview

The Finance and Insurance programme of the University of Calabria aims to develop skills required for the management of complex financial products and to work as an actuary.

In particular, graduates will: learn about the analytical and quantitative tools to deal with financial transactions characterized by investment risk; possess the necessary skills to design and manage complex insurance products, both in the public and the private sector; become familiar with the tools to analyze financial and insurance markets as well as with the legal knowledge for regulatory and market control purposes.

To achieve the above objectives, in addition to the courses planned in the degree program, students may choose to attend other activities, or laboratories in financial and actuarial sciences and to train in public and private institutions, professional firms, in Italy and abroad.

Employability and careers

Graduates in Finance and Insurance will have expertise to hold high level positions within financial and insurance private institutions, market control authorities, social security institutions, or work as consultants for the evaluation and management of financial and insurance instruments, and for assessing the overall management activities of financial and insurance intermediaries. The degree in Finance and Insurance grants access to management positions in insurance companies, banks, brokerage firms, consulting firms, public and private pension institutions, and managing authorities of financial and insurance markets. Graduates in Finance and Insurance will have the possibility to take the qualification examination for the actuarial profession.