Trento (Erasmus und Double Degree)

La dolce vita between Dresden and Trento

For more than ten years, TU Dresden is offering double degrees in cooperation with the University of Trento. Within the program, a double bachelor's degree in economics as well as a double master's degree for students with a focus on business administration or economics can be achieved.

Trento is located in northern Italy, in the Val d'Adige. The beautiful city is surrounded by mountains, and has about 115,540 inhabitants. From here, a direct rail is the link to the Gulf of Venice. According to the business newspaper "I Sole 24 Ore" Trento was the city with the highest quality of life in Italy in the year of 2007.

The University of Trento, with more than 16,000 students and 600 professors and researchers, is one of the best public universities in Italy. In 2014, the University of Trento reached place 1 in the ranking of the newspaper "I Sole 24 Ore" and the 2nd place in the ranking of the newspaper "La Repubblica" in the category of medium-sized Italian universities.

What are your advantages?

  • You can increase your opportunities on the job market by acquiring a competitive advantage through your double degree.
  • The thesis can either be completed in Dresden or Trento.
  • Staying at the University of Trento is supported by erasmus funding.
  • There is an automatic recognition of credits earned abroad based on a pre-agreed learning agreement.
  • You can improve your language skills, gain experience abroad and study at a university abroad.
Procedure Double Bachelor Economics

Usually the first two semesters are studied in Dresden. The 3rd and 4th semesters are then completed in Trento. The bachelor's thesis is written in Trento or in Dresden. For the other university a summary of the thesis is made. At the Technische Universität Dresden, the thesis is only submitted. In Trento, the thesis must be defended. It must be achieved a total of 60 credit points in Trento.

Procedure Double Master

Students from Trento and from Dresden have to study one year at the host university and one year at the home university. It does not matter if the student begins his studies at the host or at the home university. At the university where the student will spend the second year the master's thesis is written. The visit of English lectures is limited to 50% of the amount of lectures, which are attended at the host university. A total of 60 credit points must be gained in Trento.

Conditions

For the double bachelor all examinations of the first two semesters (total of 60 credit points) have to be passed with at least the average grade “good”.
There is desired an intermediate level in the Italian language at the time of study entry in Trento.

Application
  • Application deadline: 1st of April of each year for the following winter semester
  • The following documents must be submitted with the application:
    • Motivation letter
    • Tabular CV
    • Actual transcript of records
    • Proof of Italian-language skills
Program Officer

During the time of your studies, you are supported by the program coordinator Prof. Dr. habil. Rainer Lasch and from Christin Peschel.

Further Information

For further information or if you have any questions, please contact Christin Peschel:

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Stefan Drechsler
Last modified: Jun 12, 2023