The Master’s Degree in Management of Public and Private Enterprises, Legal Matters and Digitisation is an advanced, multi-disciplinary training course. It delves into legal, economic, methodological and managerial aspects to help attendees develop the skills required to take on leadership and management roles in Public Administrations and in the private sector.
Purpose of the Master is developing professionals who can expand traditional boundaries, and who are capable of interacting effectively with the public and private sector.
The Master prepares young graduates, professionals and enterprises to tackle the challenges brought forward by the global market and digitisation, and the new confrontational paradigms on Compliance, Risk & Business Continuity Management, with a view of creating an integrated corporate management system. Moreover, it can be seen as a professional redevelopment and retraining tool, for professionals employed in the public contracting sector.
The Master’s Degree in Management of Public and Private Enterprises, Legal Matters and Digitisation provides theoretical-practical training and develops advanced managerial skills with multi-disciplinary expertise (management, ethics, legal, IT, organisation and strategy). It trains professionals who can solve the issues that arise in contexts with a very dynamic technological and market background, where creativity and leadership should be combined with the ability to tackle complex strategic, managerial and organisational matters.
The Course prepares professionals who can manage complex tender procedures, ensure transparency in the public and private sector, and exploit the opportunities provided by digitisation to improve decision-making processes and reduce corruption and other illegal practices.
The Master comprises several modules that combine theoretical sessions and hands-on experience, according to a multi-disciplinary, integrated approach based on frontal lectures and the analysis of significant case studies, standards and best practices. The annual program includes 300 hours of theoretical and hands-on activities (including some online sessions). The Course will be completed by an internship (supplementary to the lectures and the seminars) at one of the Master’s partners.
The Master’s Degree in Management of Public and Private Enterprises, Legal Matters and Digitisation is addressed to professionals interested in public recruitment selection processes, which often require a Bachelor’s Degree and 1st level Master’s Degree to participate (see Bando Dirigenti SNA 2020).
The Master’s ideal recipients are young graduates interested in participating in a public recruitment selection process, PA or public/private employees who wish to expand their knowledge and skills to manage public procurement processes focused on transparency, anti-corruption compliance and efficiency, through the use of new technologies.
Possible career opportunities are professionals capable of interacting effectively in both the public and private sector, such as:
- PA Management
- Clerks and operators in public contracts and tender procedures
- Digital administration procedure management operators
- Corruption prevention, transparency and compliance officers
- Data Protection Officers
- Members of an Independent Assessment Body
- Institutional liaison officers (even in the private sector)
- Business Continuity Management System Auditors – ISO 22301
- Risk Management System Auditors/Lead Auditors – ISO 31000
- Compliance Management System Auditors/Lead Auditors – ISO 37301
- PA administration officers and consultants
The Master’s Degree in Management of Public and Private Enterprises, Legal Matters and Digitisation comprises three macro-areas, divided in turn into several modules:
1- PA GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
- GENERAL PUBLIC LAW PRINCIPLES AND ANTI-CORRUPTION REGULATION
Insights on how State and public institutions work and are organised, and on the relationship between them and private entities. - PUBLIC CRIME PREVENTION POLICIES AND STRATEGIES AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Structured overview of the main tools, phases, best practices and limits concerning the Italian, European and international context. - ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY TOOLS
Insights into the Italian Anti-Corruption Law, with a focus on Law 190/2012. - PUBLIC CONTRACTS, COLLABORATIVE VIGILANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE PREVENTION
Analysis of the main (administrative/design/executive) phases of a public contract.
2 – TRANSPARENCY, COMPLIANCE
- TRANSPARENCY AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
Insights into data access regulation and transparency, with a focus on tender assignment and performance procedure. - COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW
Integration of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) principles within the corporate sustainability context, with a focus on Governance. - COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW 2
Insights into penal policies against corruption.
3 – INNOVATION, ETHICS AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
- WORK, INTEGRITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
Analysis of labour protection regulations, in a sustainability, solidarity, transparency and non-discrimination perspective. - DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Provides PA and private sector managers with cutting-edge competences to generate, measure and protect Public Value through an integrated performance, control and risk management. - DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
Provides specific professional competences on Digital Transformation, as a path to innovation and an opportunity for corporate development. - ETHICS AND PUBLIC INTEGRITY 1
Provides theoretical and applicative tools to create a work environment that complies with ethical and legal standards. - ETHICS AND PUBLIC INTEGRITY 2
Presents significant principles and dilemmas in public and public-facing decisions, through a rigorous data-based approach.
In addition to front lectures, the Master’s Course includes several seminars covering specific topics, with scholars, professionals, corporate legal experts, entrepreneurs, and representatives of partner companies as lecturers, to foster a deeper learning and comparison with students.
These events are the perfect occasion to expand the attendees’ network and create new opportunities for professional cooperation.
Partners of the Master’s Degree in Management of Public and Private Enterprises, Legal Matters and Digitisation:
- EssilorLuxottica
- LIBenter
- Marsh
- Municipality of Padua
- REACT
Some of the Master Faculty professors of the University of Padua:
- Matteo Attanasio: PhD student in Labour Law
- Cristiana Benetazzo Associate Professor of Administrative Law
- Giuseppe Bergonzini: Associate Professor of Constitutional and Public Law
- Silvia Bertocco: Associate Professor of Labour Law
- Maurizio Bianchini: Associate Professor of Business Law
- Riccardo Borsari: Associate Professor of Criminal Law
- Chiara Cacciavillani: Ordinary Professor of Administrative Law
- Simone Caponetti: Associate Professor of Labour Law
- Vincenzo Cusumano: Contract Professor of Banking Law
- Barbara De Mozzi: Ordinary Professor of Labour Law
- Sandro De Nardi: Associate Professor of Constitutional Law
- Francesca Limena: Research Fellow of Labour Law
- Maurizio Malo: Associate Professor of Public-Constitutional Law and Environmental Law
- Carola Pagliarin: Associate Professor of Administrative Law
- Elena Pariotti: Ordinary Professor of Legal Philosophy
- Elena Pasqualetto: Associate Professor of Labour Law
- Antonella Pierini: Research Fellow of Administrative Law
- Paolo Piva: Associate Professor of EU Law
- Guido Rivosecchi: Ordinary Professor of Constitutional Law
- Gianluca Romagnoli: Associate Professor of Business Law
- Enrico Roveroni: Research Fellow
- Claudio Sarra: Associate Professor of Legal Philosophy
- Daniela Sega: Research Fellow of Business Law
- Andrea Sitzia: Associate Professor of Labour Law
- Giovanna Tieghi: Research Fellow of Comparative Law
- Adriana Topo: Ordinary Professor of Labour Law
Some of the external professionals who will be lecturers at the Master:
- Nicola Alloca: President of the Anti-Corruption Committee OCSE
- Stefano Bigolaro: Lawyer – Court of Padua
- Beatrice Busa: Lawyer – Court of Venice – Logos Studi Professionali
- Marina Caporale: Associate Professor of Administrative Law – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- Enrico Carloni: Ordinary Professor of Administrative Law – University of Perugia
- Fabrizio Cerioni: Councillor of the Court of Auditors, Rome
- Francesca Di Lascio: Associate Professor of Administrative Law – University of Rome – Roma Tre
- Marta Facco: Lawyer – Court of Padua
- Roberto Flor: Associate Professor of Criminal Law – University of Verona
- Giulia Galeazzo: Corruption Prevention, Anti-Money-Laundering, Transparency and Privacy Authority – Municipality of Padua
- Marco Giarda: Supply Chain Manager EssilorLuxottica and Contract Professor of Digital Operations – University of Padua
- Sara Gobbato: Lawyer – Court of Milan
- Arturo Iadecola: Judge of the Court of Auditors, Rome
- Paola Lombardi: Ordinary Professor of Administrative Law – University of Brescia
- Costanza Margiotta Broglio Massucci: Ordinary Professor of Legal Philosophy – La Sapienza University – Rome
- Vincenzo Mongillo: Ordinary Professor of Criminal Law – University of Rome – UnitelmaSapienza
- Nicoleta Parisi: Contract Professor of International Law at the Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University – Milan
- Cecilia Pedrazza Gorlero: Associate Professor of History of Medieval and Modern Law – University of Verona
- Francesca Pebusa: Associate Professor of Administrative Law – University of Cagliari
- Anna Romeo: Ordinary Professor of Administrative Law – University of Messina
The general ranking of merit for the academic year 2026/27 will be published on the Italian page of this Master according to the timing provided in the Call.
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This is one of the first Master’s Degrees in Italy that offers cross-cutting expertise, addressing a specific demand of professional figures expert in management, tenders and anti-corruption practices for PA and the private sector alike.
Purpose of the Master is providing a structured theoretical and practical training, by combining knowledge on compliance and anti-corruption regulations with a specific focus on transparency and efficiency promoted by new technologies.
In compliance with regulatory specifications, there are no degree classification requirements to attend the Master. It is open to newly-graduates and working professionals alike, with different backgrounds in the public and private sector.
In compliance with regulatory provisions, attendance of at least 80% of the total Master hours (lectures, seminars and internship) is mandatory. Part of the lectures will be provided remotely (up to one fifth of the total hours).
The internship can be completed at one of the Master’s partner facilities (companies, public and private institutions), or at one of the facilities selected by the Master attendees from the so-called “UniPD Noticeboard”. Based on the agreements the University has stipulated with partner companies, professional firms and the other public/private institutions, the internship will be unremunerated. This is without prejudice to the possibility of agreeing any possible expense allowances or benefits directly with the institution interested in hosting the candidate.
Theoretical sessions (lectures, seminars) will be held at the University of Padua. While the internship will take place at one of the Master’s partner enterprises and institutions or at the facilities selected by the attendees independently from the “UniPD Noticeboard”.