Master in Business Administration and Sustainability

Tuition fees are 3,505 USD per year.

Business Administration and Sustainability is a two-year English-taught master's program at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna in Bologna, Italy. The program combines the core disciplines of business administration, including management, finance, marketing, and strategy, with a focus on sustainability as it applies to modern organizations. Students typically study how companies integrate environmental, social, and governance considerations into decision-making, how sustainability reporting and regulation are evolving, and how firms can pursue profitability alongside responsible resource use and social impact. Coursework often covers corporate strategy, organizational management, financial analysis, and sustainable supply chain practices, alongside more specialized topics such as circular economy models, energy transition, and stakeholder engagement. The aim is to prepare graduates who can operate within conventional business functions while also understanding the pressures and opportunities created by climate change, resource scarcity, and shifting consumer and investor expectations. Career paths for graduates of this kind of program include roles in corporate sustainability and ESG teams, management consulting, strategic planning, and general management positions across industries that are adapting their operations to sustainability requirements. Others move into finance roles focused on sustainable investment, or into public and nonprofit organizations working on economic and environmental policy. The program is suited to students who want a business education that treats sustainability as central rather than as an afterthought. Bologna, home to one of Italy's oldest universities, provides the setting for this program, and instruction in English allows students from a wide range of academic and national backgrounds to take part in a business curriculum with an explicit sustainability lens.