Master in Business Management - Global and Emerging Markets

VENTURING BEYOND THE BORDERS

GOALS

The Master in Business Management – Global and Emerging Markets track aims to provide the skills required to join companies working in international markets.

Laws, know-how and traditions from emerging markets – the Far East, Latin America and Africa Mediterranean – and from Western markets meet in a program that puts internationality as its main focus: with a class of mixed geographic and academic backgrounds ranging from economics to sciences, linguistics to humanities, this program is the best starting point for learning about the cultures, habits and legislations of countries and markets to explore.

Bologna Business School and Bologna, a city by nature cosmopolitan and friendly, a crossroads of history, tradition, cultures and innovation, have in their DNA a strong push toward the global market not only aimed at the Western world. With a Program Advisory Committee (PAC) composed of internationally oriented companies such as Alce Nero, BMW, Carpigiani and Bologna Welcome.

Thanks to the Career Service at Bologna Business School, which personalizes the job market entry process for each student and provides support for securing the final internship in one of BBS’s global network companies, the Master in Business Management has a placement rate above 90% within six months of completion. The program includes an annual Business Plan project on a personal business or start-up idea, three sector-specific Company Project Works, workshops for developing soft skills, and MGI Meetings, informal evening sessions with managers.

WHO IS IT FOR

Young graduates with excellent English language skills eager to get in touch with habits and legislation of non-Western markets. Ambitious future managers, motivated by curiosity and the desire to be able to make a difference in exporting to emerging countries or in foreign companies with offices in Europe.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Companies today need resources to spend on new business growth in international markets. Positions such as Export & Sales Manager, Buyer, Brand and International Marketing Manager and International Trade Marketing Manager for non-European and North American markets, are among the most in demand.

The best Italian companies are increasingly linked to emerging markets. The Master’s placement index, over 90% six months after the end of the course, shows how Bologna Business School’s international network, its Career Service and the final internship are effective tools to design each student’s career.

Discover how to mix your passion and attitude in your future career path, sending an e-mail to the Program Manager: businessmanagement@unibo.it

key facts

Format

Full-time

Language

English

Start

January 2026

Location

Bologna (Italy)

CFU/ECTS

60

DURATION

12 MONTHS

CAREER & COMPANIES

The integration with companies is a priority and an ever-present feature of all programs of the Bologna Business School, hence for the Master in Business Management - Global and Emerging Markets too.
The School is fully committed to creating employability, by way of a systematic career service action, constantly focused on matching at best the students’ professional projects with the needs companies have.
The internship is an exceptional springboard, suffice it to say that six months after the end of the full-time masters at Bologna Business School on average 90% of students work in a company.

The BBS Career Service assists and supports students since the very beginning, along a training and professional development path. This is accomplished by organizing a series of workshops, with the aim of providing the fundamental tools and resources to be appropriately prepared for the labor market.
The goal of the Career Service is also to allow students to connect with national and international companies. Over the years, Bologna Business School has managed to establish a wide-ranging network and a sound partnership with leading companies in Italy, thanks to a personalized approach, based on each company’s needs.

The companies that worked with us in 2023/2024 are:

ALFASIGMA ARTEMEST ATLANTE BAKER HUGHES BOLOGNA FIERE CASONI LIQUORI CARPIGIANI COSWELL DELICIUS DIEGO DALLA PALMA FABBRI 1905 FRANTOIO VALSANTERNO GRUPPO MONTENEGRO HAIER EUROPE IVECO LUXOTTICA LAVAZZA MAGILLA MAX MARA FASHION GROUP MONCLER PIAGGIO PIRELLI SAVINO DEL BENE TEDDY GROUP TERRE CEVICO

ALUMNI

ALESSANDRO CASOLARI – ITALY

Area Manager, Max Mara Fashion Group

“Following my degree in Japanese Language and Economics, and various study experiences abroad, I decided to complete my curriculum with something that could provide me with practical skills in order to be competitive in the modern job market and allow me to pursue my passions. This Master Course provided me with the skills I was looking for and allowed me to enter the job market with greater self-awareness, thanks also to the project works carried out in collaboration with important Italian companies. Now, I work as Area Manager at Max Mara Fashion Group, where I am in charge of developing and expanding the Group’s licenses around the World, with frequent business trips abroad”

MICHELANGELO MORELLI – ITALY

Africa & Middle East Network Development, Iveco Group

“The master’s degree in Asian Markets helped me to fill important gaps in economics, while also using geopolitics to discover this complex but interesting field. I feared that my humanities background might be more of a constraint than a strength. On the contrary, the setting of the courses and numerous meetings with experts in the field facilitated the matching of my prior knowledge with the skills promoted by the master’s program. Thanks to BBS, I found a job in Turin for IVECO, where I am currently in charge of network management in Africa and the Middle East. A different world from the East, but still understandable thanks to the transversal skills learned”

Master in Business Management – Global and Emerging Markets