Family business in Südtirol
Familienbetriebe als Rückgrat der Südtiroler Wirtschaft: Eine Untersuchung zu Generationswechsel und Langfristorientierung, erarbeitet von der Absolventin Nicole Moratelli.
Faculty of Economics and Management
Our business is to carry out innovative research and train excellent economists who can understand and interpret the complexity of socio-economic and political processes in the 21st century.
Faculty description
More than 1,100 students are enrolled in our faculty, whose strength lies in its international outlook and the trilingualism - Italian German, English - of its study programmes, which prepare our students to operate in a global context. The ideal ratio of students and lecturers - more than 60 faculty members from nine different countries - guarantees that all students are supervised in every stage of their study career. Support to students is guaranteed by the limited number of students we select and by regular office hours. Each lecturer provides tutoring for no more than 8 students.
Our best students will be added to the Dean’s list. Appearing in this list can be an excellent asset when students apply for internships and jobs.
The faculty ranked among the top 200 in the world in the 2025 Times Higher Education Business and economics subject ranking which places unibz 3rd among Italian universities. In the national ranking of the Censis Institute, the faculty is ranked second among non-state universities in Italy for the bachelor programmes.
News
Articoli dell'IA senza appeal
L’intelligenza artificiale rivoluziona il giornalismo: opportunità, rischi e la necessità di trasparenza e formazione. L'editoriale del prof. Federico Boffa.
Resilience Through Numbers
How Management Accounting is Shaping Sustainable Business. An article by Prof. Nicola Dalla Via.
Study programmes
Research
Our Faculty puts a strong emphasis on high-quality research that pushes the boundaries of knowledge and has a strong impact on society. Researchers in our multidisciplinary Faculty work in the fields of Management, Economics, Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics, Tourism, Law, Finance, Accounting, Politics and Philosophy. Our research performs very well in national and international rankings.
People
Dean: Prof. Marjaana Gunkel (photo)
Vice-Dean for Studies: Prof. Ivo De Gennaro
Vice-Dean for Research: Prof. Per Linus Siming
Head of the Faculty Secretariat: Natascia Mutta
Student Representatives in the Faculty Council: Alexa Reisigl, Sophia Katharina Theresia Graf
Partnerships
We are working closely with companies, public and private institutions both for our research and our teaching. We have also established long-term partnerships with start-up companies and their networks, such as local business incubator Vitamin, and with large local companies like Röchling Automotive, Salewa, Durst and Miele.
In addition, we have developed innovative forms of collaboration with Assoimprenditori Alto Adige, IDM and the Bozen-Bolzano Chamber of Commerce, in order to promote the integration of teaching, research and work experience. Thanks to our exchange and inter-university collaboration programmes, we are part of a network including more than 50 universities.
Events
11 Dec 2025 12:30-13:30
Economic Factors and Support for Medical Aid in Dying
Research Seminar by Prof. Nicola Lacetera – Explore how health, financial, and moral factors shape U.S. public support for Medical Aid in Dying, with survey experiments showing ethics often
12 Dec 2025 09:45-13:00
AI-driven Startups Pitch: an unibz event
Experience an inspiring morning of innovation with early-stage startup teams pitching their ideas in front of a professional jury.
15 Dec 2025 14:30-18:45
Standards and Certifications for Sustainability: Application Issues and the Way Forward
This is an interdisciplinary Workshop that has the objective to combine academic research and practical applications.