Roma Tre University
Master in Legal Sciences in Law, Banking, and Finance
Rome, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
Italian, English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 1,999 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Master in Legal Sciences in Law, Banking, and Finance two-year course is articulated in a total of 120 CFU (Crediti Formativi Universitari, University Educational Credits).
In both curricula, 25 mandatory credits pertain to the disciplinary areas of economic disciplines, while 56 mandatory credits pertain to the disciplinary areas of legal disciplines (including 4 CFU for the "Legal English" course); 14 credits are left to the students free choice, who can choose from a wide range of subjects that are part of the educational offer of both the Department of Law and the Department of Business Economics (as provided for in Article 4 of DM 77/2018). The final exam counts for 21 CFU.
In the English curriculum, the total CFU expected for the first year, including one elective exam, is 58 CFU, while in the second year, 62 credits are expected.
In the Italian curriculum, the total CFU expected for the first year, including one elective exam, is 56 CFU, while in the second year, 64 credits are expected.
The training in the second year, in both curricula, is complemented by 4 CFU attainable through an Internship at external entities, through the attendance of specific training activities, or an elective exam (included in the total credits).
The significant number of credits attributed to the final exam testifies to the need for the last year of the master's degree to see the student engaged in research and writing work of a thesis paper that can also serve as a tool for entering the job market.
Admissions
Curriculum
The course is structured into two closely related curricula, one in English (Law and Finance) and one in Italian (Law, Banking, and Finance). In both paths, activating a specific course in "Legal English" (equal to 4 CFU) is provided.
The study plan of the “Law, Banking and Finance” curriculum is as follows:
First Year
Semester I
- Banking Law and Financial Intermediaries (7 CFU)
- Internal Market and Monetary Union Law (7 CFU)
- Elective Subject D (7 CFU)
Semester II
- Legal English proficiency (4 CFU)
- National Accounting Principles (9 CFU)
- Commercial Law II (8 CFU)
- Monetary Economics (7 CFU)
- Commercial and Financial Contracts Law (7 CFU)
Total CFU per year: 56
Second Year
Semester I
- Financial Markets Law (7 CFU)
- Independent Administrative Authorities Law (9 CFU)
One course chosen for 9 credits between the two listed below
- Strategic Business Performance I and II modules (from Dept. of Business Economics)
One course X 7CFU among the two listed below
- Comparative data law of artificial intelligence
- European Platform Law digital
Semester II
- Independent Administrative Authorities Law
One course chosen for 9 credits between the two listed below
- International Accounting Principles and Financial Reporting (from Dept. of Business Economics)
- Elective Subject D (4 CFU)
- Internship/Activity training
- Final Exam (21 CFU)
Total per year: 64 CFU
Total CDLM: 120 CFU
The study plan for the “Law and Finance” curriculum is as follows:
First Year
Semester I
- Corporations (8 CFU)
- Economics of Digital Competition and Innovation (7 CFU)
- European Union Law (7 CFU)
- Elective Subject D (7 CFU)
Semester II
- Legal English proficiency (4 CFU)
- Risk and Accounting (Borrowed from Dep. Business Economics) (9 CFU)
- Fintech e digital money (7 CFU)
- Capital Markets (9 CFU)
Total CFU per year: 58
Second Year
Semester I
- Business Administration and Financial Intermediaries Strategies (9 CFU)
- Comparative Competition Law (7 CFU)
- Eu Financial Law: Institutional Frameworks (7 CFU)
Semester II
- Advanced Administrative Law (7 CFU)
- Elective Subject D (7 CFU)
- Internship / Training Activities (4 CFU)
- Final Exam (21 CFU)
Total per year: 62 CFU
Total CDLM: 120 CFU
Elective Subjects chosen from all the options offered by the Department of Law and from the courses borrowed from the Department of Business Economics
Elective Subjects Derived from Mutations from the Department of Business Economics:
- Financial Statements - SECS-P/07
- Corporate & Investment Banking - SECS-P/11
- Banking and Insurance Law - IUS/05
- International Economic Law - IUS/13
- Environmental Business Economics and Sustainable Enterprise - SECS-P/07
- Economics of Financial Intermediaries - SECS-P/11
- Economics of Insurance Companies and Pension Funds - SECS-P/11
- Financial Services Strategies - SECS-P/11
- Insurance and Pension Fund Finance - SECS-S/06
- Quantitative Finance and Derivatives - SECS-S/06
- Financial Mathematics - SECS-S/06
- General Mathematics - SECS-S/06
- Monetary Policy and Financial Markets - SECS-P/02
- Risk Management and Value Creation in Banks - SECS-P/11
- Statistics - SECS-S/01
- Competitive Strategies in Financial Services - SECS-P/11
- Financial Evaluation and Risk Management - SECS-S/06
Program Outcome
Graduates in Legal Sciences in Law, Banking, and Finance must:
- Have an in-depth knowledge of national, European, and international financial regulation;
- Be able to monitor punctual compliance with existing regulations in banking and financial structures;
- Be able to actively contribute to the complex analysis of problems that are the subject of the mandate of bodies and supervisory authorities in the banking and financial sector, combining both legal and economic skills;
- Understand the legal and economic impact of technological innovation in the financial sector (fintech).
Career Opportunities
The graduate in Legal Sciences in Law, Banking, and Finance will be able to contribute to work groups with the drafting of analytical texts of a legal and economic nature in the field of banking and financial regulation, with particular reference to the impact of regulations.
The graduate in Legal Sciences in Law, Banking, and Finance will have the following skills: i) analysis of case studies, legal qualification of the case, understanding of problems, and orderly representation of issues; ii) updating of one's skills to the evolution of regulations; iii) development and application of original ideas in a research context, both independently and autonomously, and in groups; iv) clear and unambiguous communication of conclusions, as well as the knowledge and reasoning underlying them, to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors; v) coordination of work groups in relevant subject areas.
Regarding the skills associated with the role, the graduate in Legal Sciences in Law, Banking, and Finance has a clear understanding of the legal fundamentals underlying the regulatory framework, combined with an understanding of the economic mechanisms underlying the functioning of banking and financial markets.
They are highly specialized professional figures compared to other more generalist educational paths but maintain a broad overview of the rationale underlying the overall regulatory framework.
As for career prospects, graduates can be employed in roles of responsibility in public administrations, companies, national, European, and international institutions, as well as wherever discernment, analytical skills, and sensitivity to contextual data are required in the application of legal rules, with specific reference to banking and financial topics.