Program & Career
The Master's program in Luxury Management and Customer Experience – Italian Excellence is a full-time 12-month course.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
The goal of the program is to provide young professionals with the various technical and managerial skills that are needed today to operate in the luxury sector. The program aims to shape future professionals in the world of hospitality, jewelry and other luxury sectors, with a particular focus on the luxury customer experience and Italian excellence. Moreover, participants will learn how to help businesses develop and manage skills to stand out in the luxury field. Success in this environment requires specific skills that are rarely covered by traditional programs in general management.
LEARNING JOURNEY
This program offers a specialized, and highly customized, learning experience. The
learn-by-doing approach ensures a strong interaction inside and outside the classroom and offers
the opportunity to put into practice what has been learned. The program is based on
4 pillars:
- Luxury Industry and Managing Excellence in Value Chain
- Luxury Branding and Communication
- Italian Excellence and the Italian Touch: Creating the Finest Customer Experience
- Project Work/Internship
The program is in English and lasts 12 months, from September 2024 to April 2025.
The first month of General Management will be delivered online, followed by six months
of classes in Rome.
During and after classes, students will have the opportunity to apply their acquired
knowledge through practical activities.
John Cabot University is the largest American university in Italy. Founded in 1972, JCU is an independent liberal arts university, with 3 campuses in the heart of Trastevere, and a highly international population. John Cabot University has American accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and is licensed to award its degrees by the Delaware Department of Education. John Cabot University’s Frank J. Guarini School of Business has received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Only 6% of the best business schools in the world have this accreditation. The JCU Business School is the third in Italy to have had this recognition, and the only one of an American overseas university in Europe to be accredited by the Association.
Do you want to discover the JCU campuses? Schedule via email a virtual or in-presence campus tour!
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Career services are offered by both JCU and POLIMI GSoM, providing a unique dual-networking experience. All the services are designed to connect students with the job market and to help them build their professional future.
JCU CENTER FOR CAREER SERVICES
The JCU Center for Career Services is dedicated to helping students and alumni successfully prepare for the workforce,
and aims to promote career development, facilitating business networking. This Center
offers internship/job opportunities to students and alumni, with the possibility to
set up individual meetings for career counseling and orientation.
Career Services network of 770+ partner companies ensures a close connection with the professional world, providing an up-to-date overview of the most current trends in the job market.
Each semester, the Center engages its network in talks, lectures and special classes hosted in person and online. The talks are open to all students and allow them to connect with alumni who are now representatives of partner companies, faculty and leading professionals.
The strong synergy between academic and job-specific skills makes it possible to help managers grow professionally, while developing their work identity. For this reason, the Center provides individual and group support through counseling and guidance services.
JOBIRI is the JCU Career Services virtual career coach: a job/career platform using artificial intelligence and available in English and Italian, with a wide range of benefits for students and graduates.
Webinars and sessions are open to all students, providing tips to optimize their professional profile, focusing on several topics, such as soft skills development and personal branding on LinkedIn.
POLIMI GSOM CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
POLIMI GSoM Career Development Center is an extended team of Career Consultants, partnering with mentors, trainers, alumni and headhunters, with the objective of developing Career Management Skills. The Career Consultants
design, constantly innovate, and enrich the Career Development Programme, offering
Career Skills Development Workshops, Career Counseling and Networking Events every
year.
Thanks to POLIMI GSoM’s Career Development Program, which adopts an innovative and rigorous methodology, students will be guided through a structured development path. Starting from a self-assessment of their skills and an analysis of the job market, candidates will design a customized career strategy and an effective action plan, to turn their career aspirations into achievable goals. At the end of POLIMI GSoM's Career Development Program, students will have developed a set of professional skills that enable them to be highly competitive in today’s job market, and become successful “Career Leaders”. To offer students the best support for enhancing their CV, POLIMI GSoM is partnering with VMock, a smart Career Preparation Platform that enables you get an objective score on your CV and optimize its impact. To provide students with relevant resources relating to trends in various industry sectors, country-specific career guides and career-related webinars, POLIMI GSoM is partnering with major international career platforms and guarantees students free access to POLIMI GSoM’s Global Network of Career Websites.
Right from the start of the program, the Career Development Centre supports the candidates in increasing their brand and economic value, to enable them to pursue their managerial career at both national and international level. The Career Development Centre organizes workshops with the main objective of supporting students in developing the necessary Career Management Skills to succeed in this complex and ever-changing competitive job market, such as personal branding skills, job interview skills, public speaking & presentation skills, and cross-cultural skills for working in international teams and organizations.
Thanks to FLEXA, a personalized and continuous learning digital platform designed for POLIMI GSoM students and alumni, the Career Development Centre offers innovative services:
- Self-assessment for the empowerment of hard, soft and digital skills
- The best, tailored management content to help close students’ skills gaps
- Advanced networking services with companies and students from different programs
- Job postings: internships, job opportunities and challenges launched by companies
The POLIMI GSoM Career Development Centre may offer students additional opportunities to network with employers, such as on-campus company presentations, in-company visits and Career Days.