Expected employment and professional opportunities

The doctorate has been established following the request for highly qualified personnel in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Accounting, Management and Organization (both for basic and application aspects, in the use of cutting-edge technologies for information and decision-making in complex contexts). The employment sectors that require the title of research doctor are the public sector (universities, research institutions, services), for which the title is essential to continue in the field of research, and the advanced industry sector, for which the title of research doctor is preferential. A canonical employment opportunity will continue to be teaching and finally, not infrequently, PhDs in Data Science, Accounting & Management will find a job within companies that operate in the financial markets or that deal with complex problems of an interdisciplinary nature. The PhDs will be able to respond to the needs of the labor market in light of the under-sizing of the number of research doctors employed in Italian companies compared to the more advanced countries, and they will be able to look with confidence in qualified employment in an international context too.

PhDs will be able to carry out research activities in university and industrial fields, in the sector of IT for companies and Cyber security, being this title a legally recognized qualification in university competitions, as well as by research bodies and by research and development divisions of private companies.

Furthermore, the quality of the training path and the specialized skills acquired during the doctorate allow PhDs to easly find a job, in particular in the PA and in companies. PhDs will be able to perform the functions of data analysts, security experts, managers or officials in support of strategic and operational decision-making processes in numerous sectors (marketing, healthcare, logistics) where data management is a priority. At the end of the course, the new research doctors will have achieved techniques and methodologies to analyze and interpret the data collected in various and multiple fields of public or corporate interest.

In conclusion, PhDs will develop, at the end of their training and research career, knowledge and skills that will allow them to enter the field of research (in the context of universities, research centers, businesses, public administrations ) as well as in operational and managerial roles in private companies and public bodies, operating in the most varied operational sectors, such as function managers, managers, experts in big & complex data analysis, security, etc.