 Welcome to the presentation of the Master Degree in International Accounting and Management that is provided by the School of Economics and Management of the University of Siena for the academic year 2020-2021. This course is mainly addressed to students that already have a Bachelor's Degree in Economic Sciences. Nonetheless, it is also open to students that having a different Bachelor's Degree have already studied issues such as economic subjects, law and, in particular, business studies. If we ask ourselves why it is necessary to study for a Master's Degree, even if maybe a person who already has a Bachelor's Degree in Economic Sciences, we must first of all to take into account that in some circumstances a Master's Degree is necessary in order to have access to a profession. For instance, in Italy, in order to be registered in the official registers of accountants, but also in the official register of the tours, it is necessary to have a Master's Degree. Similarly, a Master's Degree is required in order to have access to the higher offices of the Italian Public Administration, to have access to the competition, in order to carry out this type of offices and functions. Finally, obviously a Master's Degree is also useful for enriching the knowledge that a person already has with respect to scientific issues, in order to have a better understanding of some subjects that this person has already studied. Among the several Master's Degrees in Economic Sciences, the Degree in International Accounting and Management, that for brevity we will call YAMA, is certainly useful for those that are interested in studying the management of private companies and public administration. But this Degree may be also useful for those that are interested in analyzing the international economic context, and in particular, for those that are interested in working for international economic organisms, that obviously require the knowledge of international economics, but also the knowledge of international legal matters that may affect this organism. Moreover, this Degree is a Degree in English that is certainly useful for Italian and foreign students, in particular because it can be easily used for professional opportunities in any country. As to the access requirements to be enrolled in the YAMA program, we know that it's necessary to have a bachelor's degree that may be a Degree in Economic Sciences, but also a Degree in different matters, as long as the applicant to YAMA demonstrates to have a basic knowledge of economic, legal and business issues. And for this reason it is necessary that at least 60 credits of the bachelor's degree program were devoted to economic, legal and business issues. And in particular, among these 60 credits, 24 must be devoted to business issues, business studies that are certainly the main objective of the YAMA Degree. Moreover, a fundamental requirement is the knowledge of English language, since this Degree is a Degree in English. And for this reason it is necessary to have a certificate that demonstrates a level of B2. In order to have this level of English is sufficient to submit an international certificate that is recognized by the University of Siena, or achieve a certificate at the Linguistic Center of the University of Siena. Moreover, it is necessary to have a basic knowledge of IT tools in order to have access to the study activities of this Degree. And finally, if students have an Italian Degree and they achieve this Degree with a mark that is lower than 100 upon 110, it is necessary to go through an entrance exam. The entrance exam is organized repeatedly during the year, so has to allow the applicants to YAMA to have access to this test. What is clear is that if a student does not have a bachelor's degree level B2 of English language and basic knowledge of IT tools, it cannot take the exams relating to the YAMA program. As to the study program of the YAMA Degree, we can see that there are some compulsory subjects that expressly concern the international framework, for instance the course of international management and the course of advanced European Union law. However, even the other courses that may affect both domestic and international issues are useful to have an overall understanding of the economic and business issues that this Degree wants to analyze in depth, for instance the course of statistics for business decision making or the course of models of capitalism. Moreover, the study program of the YAMA Degree also allows students to choose among a set of exams that characterize this Degree and that provide an in-depth knowledge of some specific economic and business issues, as an example one can mention the course of advanced management control and sustainable development and the course of knowledge management. All these types of courses allow students to have a more updated knowledge of economic matters. Finally, the study program of the YAMA Degree requires some practical activities that may entail the enhancement of the knowledge of the foreign language or some professional training, in particular in a structure of the University of Siena, which is the Santa Chiara Lab, that allows the analysis of in practice of some very interesting issues such as the one related to sustainable development that takes into account this matter, both with respect to economic issues but also with respect to other subject matters. And finally, students have 12 free credits that they can use in order to choose the subject matters that they prefer in order to characterize their Degree and to have a final Degree that may be useful for their professional aspiration. Another opportunity for students of YAMA Degree is the participation in international exchange programs. In particular, it is possible to take part in the Erasmus program that allows students to move to EU universities for a period at maximum of 24 months that may be at the same university or in different universities in different years. Moreover, there is a new program which is the Erasmus Plus ICM, which is a program that is financed by the European Union, but that allows students to move to universities that are located outside of the European Union. For instance, the School of Economics and Management has exchange programs with universities that are located in South America, Central America, Russia or China. Finally, the University of Siena has some bilateral agreements that allows students to go to foreign universities that may be, for instance, in recent months, some new recent agreements have been signed with US universities. In these exchange programs, students may both do research or to take exams, so as to enrich their study programs with exams that they would not find in Siena. So we are at the end of this very short presentation. More information may be found in the website of the degree of YAMA that you find in this slide, and you can also ask for information and inquiries to the people of the course that are in charge with this activity of consulting and advice with regard to the International Accounting and Management Degree. So for the time being, I thank you for your attention and I say see you soon.