BSc Finance

About the course

Cattolica’s English-taught Bachelor’s in Finance (officially ‘Economia dei mercati e degli intermediari finanziari’) is run in Milan by the Faculty of Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences. Year 1 covers accounting, microeconomics, law, maths, statistics and financial intermediation, plus Business English and one of French, Spanish or German. Year 2 adds macroeconomics, financial regulation, EU law and financial statement analysis. Year 3 covers corporate finance, derivatives, valuation and private equity, and financial econometrics, with electives and a short dissertation. Selected students can spend Year 3 at Bangor University (UK) and earn two degrees.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• Foreign school qualifications: Cattolica asks for at least 12 years of schooling and a school-leaving qualification that gives access to university in the country that awarded it. It does not name the Leaving Certificate; it points to the CIMEA ARDI database and may ask for a CIMEA Statement of Comparability. You must have your diploma by 30 August 2027.
• English: B2 is required, with the certificate uploaded when you apply. Students who completed secondary school in Ireland are listed as exempt, so Leaving Cert students don’t need a certificate.
• Selection: Cattolica looks for strong school results and a solid maths background. Priority goes to applicants with roughly a 75% average and good maths grades. A SAT (560 per section) or ACT (23) score is only needed if your maths grades are not high enough.
• Italian VPI test: after enrolling you sit a short online foundation-knowledge test. It is not an entrance exam; a weak result just adds extra study tasks (OFA).

How to apply

1. Prepare documentsYour passport, CV, a typed motivation letter, and your school transcripts for the last two or three years (5th and 6th year results). Upload any SAT/ACT score at the same time if you have one.
2. Apply onlineApply on Cattolica’s international application portal between 4 November 2026 and 17 February 2027, and pay the non-refundable application fee by PayPal.
3. Wait for the decisionResults come within about 8 weeks of the deadline (strong applicants may hear from mid-December). Waitlisted applicants get a final answer by the end of July 2027.
4. Accept and enrolAccept by paying the first €1,500 instalment, then send your family income declaration at enrolment to get the EU flat rate.

Costs

• Tuition 2026/27: €6,580 a year for families with EU income under €150,000 (the 2027/28 rate is not yet shown on the Finance page; the Economics and Management page lists €6,632). If your family income is under €150,000 and you submit your family’s tax return at enrolment, you pay the EU flat rate; otherwise (or with no documents) you pay the maximum of €11,500 a year. Paid in five instalments; the first (€1,500) is due when you accept your offer.
• Application fee: €75 (non-refundable), as shown on the Finance application page.
• EDUCatt scholarships are open to EU students based on family income. Cattolica is a private university, so Italian state ISEE fee bands do not apply to EU income.

At a glance