Which master's specialisation suits a BBA graduate in Marketing applying to Italy?

Italy separates two-year Laurea Magistrale degrees from one-year professional masters, and that distinction matters as much as the specialisation itself for a BBA graduate planning a long-term European career.

Marketing Management vs Digital Marketing

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• Credit requirements are specific: Luiss, for example, requires candidates outside its accepted business/economics degree classes to show at least 24 university credits across business, economics and statistics subjects.
• Two-year vs one-year Master is a real distinction: a Laurea Magistrale (typically 2 years, 120 ECTS) is the academic second-cycle degree; a professional or specialising Master is often 1 year, 60 ECTS, and is not the same qualification.
• International Marketing Management at Universita Cattolica is worth adding to your shortlist if you want a career across Europe rather than staying in one country.

My Advice

I would build your shortlist around three programmes rather than one: Marketing Management or International Management and Marketing as your primary target, Digital Marketing as a future-proofing second pick if you are comfortable adding data skills, and Luxury or Fashion Marketing only if you already have a genuine interest and some relevant internship experience in that sector, since it is a more competitive niche than it first appears.

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