Curriculum

The Full-time MBA curriculum provides a multichannel approach, combining digital modules with case discussions in the classroom to foster collaborative learning among students. The 12-month programme includes Core Disciplinary Areas, Career Accelerator Tracks, and a Business Practicum, alongside Learning Labs (Future Thinker Studio), a Coaching Programme, Career Service activities, and an international experience.

Each Career Accelerator Track is designed in collaboration with a corporate partner, offering students practical exposure, mentorship, and industry insights tailored to specific career paths.

AI & Data Science – in collaboration with IBM

The AI & Data Science track, developed with IBM, equips students with advanced skills in artificial intelligence and data analytics, preparing them to tackle strategic and operational challenges across industries. Students benefit from:

Free preparatory courses on the IBM platform to build foundational knowledge.
Co-designed course content ensuring a cutting-edge, market-relevant curriculum.
Hands-on business challenges and projects guided by IBM experts.
Mentorship from IBM professionals, expanding professional networks and career opportunities.

This collaboration provides students with the strategic vision, practical expertise, and leadership mindset needed to drive digital transformation and create sustainable value in global markets.

International Affairs & Geopolitics
ESG & Social Impact

This pillar is designed to set the pace of the class and provide fertile ground for knowledge acquisition and sedimentation. These courses will be held online (live).

Essentials:

Economic Fundations of Business and Management
Fundamentals of Accounting
Fundamentals of Business Statistics
Quantitative Methods for Finance
Financial Statement Analysis
Economics of Strategy

The core disciplinary areas provide students with conceptual framework, analytical and planning tools as well as techniques and methodologies that contribute to the application of a systematic approach to business management.

Accounting and Control
Business Law
Corporate and Investment Banking
Economics
Finance
Human Resource Management
Innovation
Marketing
Organisational Design
Operations Management
Strategy

The Career Accelerator Tracks allow students to customise their MBA. In order to enrich their curricula, students select one track to suit their needs and build a personal job profile.

These tracks are intensive, career-focused pathways within the Full-Time MBA designed to accelerate professional growth and entrepreneurial capability. These tracks combine advanced management education with practical, hands-on experiences such as business labs, innovation challenges, and mentorship from industry leaders. The objective is to equip participants with the tools, mindset, and network to rapidly transform ideas into impactful ventures or fast-track their careers in competitive global markets. By fostering strategic thinking, leadership agility, and innovation skills, Career Accelerator Tracks prepare students to lead change and create sustainable value across industries.

Students can choose one of them in order to deepen their knowledge on a specific topic:

AI & Data Science
International Affairs & Geopolitics
ESG & Social Impact

The Business Practicum is an immersive, real-world consulting experience that connects MBA participants with international companies to solve strategic business challenges. Working in diverse teams, students apply advanced management frameworks and analytical tools to deliver actionable solutions for global organizations. This practicum combines cross-cultural collaboration, data-driven decision-making, and hands-on problem-solving, enabling participants to gain practical insights into international markets and strengthen their leadership skills in a global context.

An advanced lab series focused on strategic foresight and scenario planning. Through scenario planning, innovation challenges, and strategic foresight exercises, participants learn to anticipate trends, embrace uncertainty, and design solutions for emerging global challenges. They combine creativity with analytical rigor, empowering MBA students to think beyond the present and lead with vision in a rapidly changing business landscape.

Luiss Business School is committed to help the students define their personal career strategy and achieve the goals, by providing tailored support and skills development.

One of the most successful initiative is the individual coaching programme: a unique personal experience that in a thought-provoking and creative process inspires the students to maximize their personal and professional potential, enhancing self-awareness and reflection about personal values, skills, desires and goals.

All Luiss Business School Coaches are certified by the International Coach Federation.

Due to its highly sensitive and personal nature, the Individual Coaching Programme is a discretionary activity for students.

Activities: