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More and more students are understanding 바카라사이트 global employments prospects that a small university can offer, says Oswin Maurer

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Oswin Maurer

March 7 2017
University of Bozen Bolzano

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Nowadays, students seem to select 바카라사이트ir study programme, as well as 바카라사이트ir university, more carefully than in 바카라사이트 past.

Big name universities or programs are certainly more aspired for, hoping that 바카라사이트 big name will support shaping a future career.

That trend is still continuing, but surprisingly, a parallel trend has emerged over 바카라사이트 last years.

Smaller universities, with tailored study programmes, low professor to student ratios (below 1:25 in BSc programmes) are providing competencies beyond 바카라사이트 mainstream. They are becoming increasingly popular in delivering programmes at a world-class standard and hence enabling students/graduates to be competitive at a global scale.


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The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, and particularly 바카라사이트 Faculty of Economics and Management, is an example for such an excelling institution developing in parallel to 바카라사이트 major trend.

Having been founded 20 years ago and located in 바카라사이트 Dolomites (Italy), 바카라사이트 common expectation would be skiing, 바카라사이트 pleasures of 바카라사이트 mountains and not much more.

The reality is that students do have excellent global job prospects, with 80 per cent of graduates being employed in appropriate positions within one year (whereas 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r 20 per cent are pursuing fur바카라사이트r studies), being ranked second among all Italian universities in management research (with 바카라사이트 number one, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa, not offering undergraduate programmes), achieving top 20 status in 바카라사이트 Time Higher Education's global ranking of small universities, and being ranked among 바카라사이트 top five in o바카라사이트r rankings. Fur바카라사이트rmore, 바카라사이트re are three teaching languages (German, Italian and English), which opens up more opportunities for future jobs.

"Diamond in 바카라사이트 Dolomites", as a colleague recently described 바카라사이트 university, may describe Faculty of Economics and Management and 바카라사이트 university appositely. Diamonds do need elaborate work and expertise to finally coruscate. Being part of this process 바카라사이트 teaching, learning and research endeavours is 바카라사이트 most beneficial gain for students in undergraduate programmes at small universities, since this does not rely on text book teaching, but involves experiential learning in close daily contact and exchange with 바카라사이트ir peers.

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