Academic Calendar The complete academic calendar.

Lectures of first semester courses

The lectures of first semester courses will begin on Sept. 16, will end on Dec. 11, 2024 (the course History of Economic Thought is an exception: please see below in this page). The timetable for these lectures is available here: Select Orario studenti, then Laurea Magistrale, then Economics and Development, then first/second year, and finally a curriculum. This is another useful website about class schedule and about occupation of rooms.

Lectures of second semester courses

The lectures of second semester courses will begin on Feb. 24, will end on May 30, 2025 (the course International Conflict Transformation is an exception: please see below in this page). The timetable for these lectures is available here: Select Orario studenti, then Laurea Magistrale, then Economics and Development, then first/second year, and finally a curriculum. This is another useful website about class schedule and about occupation of rooms.

List of courses

Please find here the list of courses, with indication of first semester courses and second semester courses. Each ECTS (ECTS are called CFU in the Italian terminology) requires about 25 hours of overall work by the student, 8 hours of which consist of lectures. Therefore

• a 3 ECTS course has 24 hours of lectures, typically one lecture per week;
• a 6 ECTS course has 48 hours of lectures, typically two lectures per week;
• a 9 ECTS course has 72 hours of lectures, typically three lectures per week;
• a 12 ECTS course has 96 hours of lectures, typically four lectures per week.

Economics Lab

Information about Economics Lab, a second semester course which is not in the timetable.

Courses held at Syracuse University Florence

The lectures of the courses History of Economic Thought and International Conflict Transformation will be held at Syracuse University in Florence (SUF), located in piazza Savonarola 15. Students from the MSc Economics and Development interested in these courses will attend them together with SUF’s students and will have access to all of SUF’s facilities, including the library and intercultural students’ activities. More information on these courses.

PEP courses

The research NGO called Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), jointly with the University of Firenze, offers four online courses on subjects of interest for students of the curriculum Development Economics, to be held between February and May 2025. Each student can enroll in one course only, which can be included in the student’s study plan among the optional courses. Applications are due by December 2, 2024. More information on PEP courses.

Moodle

Moodle is an e-learning online platform in which instructors are suggested to upload teaching material for their courses, and from which students can retrieve such material. Please find here information about Moodle, included a user guide.