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The Università Politecnica delle Marche, founded in 1969 in Ancona, offers excellent conditions for study and research in a stimulating and comfortable environment.
Ancona is located along the central Adriatic coast on an elbow-shaped promontory (its name in fact derives from the Greek word “Ankon” meaning elbow). Ancona boasts one of Italy’s most important ports.
As the first Italian University to obtain Quality Certification in accordance with the International Standard ISO 9001, the Università Politecnica delle Marche is a point of reference in the region for the training of both Italian and foreign students. Access to the various academic programmes and university study resources are facilitated by numerous multimedia centres, by the functional facilities and by the fully equipped laboratories located in each Faculty.
The academic programmes offer 39 degree courses, 9 first and second level post-graduate diplomas, 4 specialization courses, 33 specialization schools and 5 Ph.D. schools, one for each faculty.
The University has about 17,000 students, 545 professors and researchers, and 565 members of technical and administrative staff working on the different campuses.
There are five Faculties which are situated on three main campuses:
Other courses run by the Università Politecnica delle Marche are based in the towns of Ascoli Piceno, Fabriano, Fermo, Macerata, Pesaro and San Benedetto del Tronto.
The degree courses in Economics and Business train managers for companies and institutions, operating at a national and international level, as well as freelance professionals. The students acquire an adequate command of methods and general and basic scientific knowledge and professional skills in the following areas: administration and company management, marketing and commercial activity management, finance, business organization and international commerce, economics of financial intermediation, management of complex structures in the health service and more in general, in the public sector.
Graduates who intend to work freelance will acquire the skills needed to become external consultants, with expertise in many issues related to accounting, management, law and finance.