MASTER IN SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION MANAGEMENT

The Program

GOALS

The Master in Sustainability Transition Management aims to provide its participants with all the tools and skills to address the global challenges of ecological transition in order to develop a professional career in sustainability.

Five study programs on the transition to sustainability in industry, energy, urban systems, agriculture, and mobility provide a systemic vision to make a positive impact in business both economically, environmentally, and socially.

Part-time, hybrid (80% online, 20% in-person), 12-month, and English-language, the Master in Sustainability Transition Management is dedicated to an international core audience and allows students to follow a challenging and stimulating curriculum even remotely.

Bologna Business School‘s link with the University of Bologna, first for sustainability in Italy according to the QS Sustainability 2024 Ranking, guarantees those who attend this Master a top-level management education combined with the most advanced study of environmental and social sustainability topics.

On-campus classes will be held one week in April 2025 in Bologna and one week in October 2025 at the University of Galway, a partner of BBS and its global network of companies and institutions. A powerful network that will result in concrete career opportunities.

WHO IS IT FOR?

Young graduates with an excellent knowledge of English who want to acquire the skills needed to play an active role in the transition to sustainability, now the primary focus of all global companies.

The Master in Sustainability Transition Management combines management knowledge with the unique expertise of Bologna Business School, first in Europe and among the first in the world for the study of transition practices to economic, environmental and social sustainability.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The international BBS network, supported by the work of the Career Service, a dedicated tool for students to decide together with them the steps they need to take to plan a brilliant career, and the final internship make students of the Master in Sustainability Transition Management able to aspire to roles such as ESG Manager, Sustainability Project Manager, Sustainability Consultant and many others into an interdisciplinary field that affects all businesses of the present and future.

Italy represents the right place to improve your skills on sustainability transition and develop a new mindset ready for the “new normal”.

key facts

Format

Part-time, Hybrid

Language

English

Start

December 2024

Location

Online and Bologna

CFU

60

Duration

12 months

Career Development

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 Sustainability Transition Management.

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. At the end of the didactic activities an internship or project work will allow participants to apply what they have learned and to use tools and competencies acquired.

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.
In addition,thanks to the collaboration with professional career counselors, students receive a customized service, in order to understand their strengths and to build a professional development plan, which will turn out to be helpful when looking for an internship.
Here follow some of the activities:
- Initial guidance interviews
- Specific interviews, focused on one’s own career plan
- Continuous support to students with one – to – one sessions

ALUMNI

VIRNA PSARRA – GREECE

ESG Assistant, Gruppo Florence
Master in Sustainability Transition Management (A.Y.2020/2021)

“The Master in Sustainability Transition Management not only broadened my horizons by bringing me in contact with professors, guest speakers and fellow sustainability believers (in our class we love to call ourselves climate hooligans) that are committed to the sustainability vision, but also gave me the opportunity to shift my career by combining two things that I love & I am passionate for: sustainability & fashion. This master was by far the best choice I have made these last years.”

TOMMASO BASTARDI – ITALY

Packaging & Material Engineer, COESIA
Master in Sustainability Transition Management (A.Y.2020/2021)

“The Master in Sustainability Transition Management allowed me to get involved by expanding my points of view with a more complete view on things, also considering their economic, social and environmental aspects. Thanks to this Master and its format, I had the opportunity to meet many people from all over the world, sharing and discussing different themes, experiences and adventures. Sustainability also means improving, developing and innovating “