The welcome week for the incoming cohort was held at the Alma Mater Studiorum — Università di Bologna from 31 August to 4 September 2026. Bologna coordinates the consortium and hosts the first semester of the programme.
What the week covered
- Presentation of the curriculum and of the fields of study
- Registration formalities and matriculation at UNIBO
- Access to the programme platform, courses and documents
- Meeting the academic coordinators of the three universities
What comes next
Teaching begins with the first semester in Bologna. Students then move to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and to Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, each institution contributing its own specialisation: quantitative methods for energy markets, financial mathematics and risk modelling, and the economics of energy and commodity markets.

