The Bachelor is a three-year undergraduate-level study programme, at the end of which the Bachelor of Arts in Economics degree is awarded. It foresees a total teaching load of 180 ECTS, in accordance with the Swiss University and international (Bologna Process) systems. The Bachelor is a period of basic academic training that includes foundation and pre-specialization courses.
The first two semesters of the programme consist of 10 mandatory foundation courses.
The third semester introduces a first choice of pre-specialization courses, divided into 4 streams:
Political economics
Management
Finance
Quantitative methods
The chosen option will lead the student to a suitable planning for the remaining two years of the Bachelor programme.
USI Università della Svizzera italiana has 2 campuses: one in Lugano, for the Faculties of Economics, Communication Sciences, and Informatics, and the other in Mendrisio (15 km South, closer to the Italian border), for the Academy of Architecture.
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