Master in E-business and ICT for Management

The II Level Specializing Master in E-business and ICT for Management organised by the Politecnico di Torino is a high level educational opportunity conceived for newly graduated students and professional figures who wish to obtain business objectives using information and communication technologies (ICT) as a strategic lever.

The Specializing Master is structured according to the new university regulations that allow a university qualification, coherent with the university credit system (ECTS) in force in all European Union countries, to be obtained.

The educational course, coherent with the tradition of excellency of the Politecnico di Torino, has the objective of preparing professional figures who are able to set up, manage and evaluate e-government, and e-business projects, from both the technological and economic-managerial points of view. The experience gained and the results obtained are proved by the rapidity and quality of the post-master placements and by the evaluations that appear in specialisation publications.

The teaching staff is made up of members of the Politecnico di Torino, Italian and European university lecturers and experts from the world of enterprise and public administration. The lecturers interact constantly with the students and guide them in the in-depth study of some themes in order to make the instruction period as personal as possible on the basis of individual requirements, capacities and inclinations.

The best students can take part, through the Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, in the international GAP project (Global Access Program) at the Anderson Business School of Los Angeles (classified as among the fifteen best business schools in the world by the New York Times). This project consists of the preparation, together with some students from the II Level Specializing Master in Business Administration from the Anderson Business School, of a business plan for Italian high-tech enterprises that wish to become international.

In order to be admitted into the second level Specializing Master program, applicants must possess a 5-year (10 semesters) university degree. Applications from students who possess a 4-year (8 semesters) university degree may be possibly evaluated by the selection commission.

The II Level Specializing Master in eBusiness and ICT for Management is addressed to graduate students in:

• Technical-scientific disciplines (Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Information Sciences, etc.)
• Economic and legal disciplines (Economy, Communication Sciences, Political Sciences, etc.)
• Graduates from other fields with working experience in the themes dealt with in the Master course.

Up to a maximum of  30 graduates will be admitted to the Nineth Edition of the II Level Specializing Master in E-business and ICT for Management. These graduates must have knowledge of English.

Candidates with degrees, or equivalent, in other subjects and final year students graduating, can be admitted to the Specializing Master after an evaluation of their CVs. Working experience in the field will be considered, but is not a requirement for admission to the course.

The Specializing Master is also open to those already working. Professional figures and executives operating in the world of Information Technology can take part in individual Specializing Master sessions to study some themes in depth that are useful for their personal education.
The participants must undergo a selection made by a commission made up of university teaching staff. At the end of the evaluation of the CVs, the commission will draw up the list of those who are suitable, and the first 30 will be invited to participate in the Specializing Master.

As explained in the section on education courses, there are two types of courses, economic and technological, and the relative credits are attributed to each of these course. A credit corresponds to 10 hours of lessons in the classroom and to 15 of guided practical lessons, to which about another 15 hours of study is added for the comprehension and preparation of the examination.

The lessons will last 20 hours per week, while the rest of the time will be dedicated to studying and the preparation of projects that will be assigned during the different courses.

Students will obtain a master certificate at the end of the course after the dissertation of the master thesis based on the internship activity. A certificate of attendance will be provided to the students with a partial registration.

Internship is a training period offered by major companies operating in the Specializing Master field. During the internship the student is officially allocated within a company, with full insurance coverage during working hours. It is compulsory and its duration is about 3 months but (with mutual agreement) can be extended beyond the Specializing Master end date (e.g. up to 12 months totally).
During this period student will be supported by the Specializing Master coordinator and supervised by his tutors (at Politecnico di Torino and in the company); at the end they will acquire 20 educational credits (ECTS) doing a pilot project.

The cost of the Specializing Master is 8.000 euro, divided into two installments.

Compagnia di San Paolo - Politecnico project
Politecnico di Torino, thanks to the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo, offers international students the possibility to receive a scholarship in addition to the coverage of tuition fees (8,000 Euro). The gross amount of the scholarship is 6,000 Euro*.
This amount could not be sufficient for the living costs in Italy, students will need their own pocket money.
The amount of the scholarship will not be increased in case the student will have an internship extension.
Payment of the scholarship occurs periodically (12 instalments). The first instalment is dependent upon the possession of the relevant documentation (enrollment certification, residence permit, Italian fiscal code, and bank account in the name of the scholarship recipient), all obtainable upon arrival in Italy; for this reason, the first instalment is not paid at the moment of arrival at the Politecnico di Torino (September 2011), but at the end of October. Payment of the scholarship will be suspended if the academic performance of the recipient does not meet a satisfactory level.

Scholarship winners will be selected among the students who have successfully completed and submitted the online application form within May 12th 2011 (h 11:59 a.m., Italian time). All candidatures correctly received by the deadline will be taken into consideration for the available scholarships, it is not necessary to fill in any other proper document.

* around 450 Euro net per month.

For details please consult the website or call the contact people listed below.

Ufficio Master e Formazione Permanente - Area Gestione Didattica
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 - 10129 Torino
Tel.: (+39) 011 090 6128 / 5717
Fax: (+39) 011 0905730
E-mail: master.universitari@polito.it

Prof. Emilio Paolucci - Master Scientific Coordinator
Politecnico di Torino – Dipartimento dei Sistemi di Produzione ed Economia dell´Azienda
Phone: (+39) 011 090 7240
E-mail: emilio.paolucci@polito.it

Web: didattica.polito.it/master/e-business