University Carlo Cattaneo

It was founded in 1991, by around 300 entrepreneurs,[7] as a joint venture between Italian corporations who provided the initial funding and continued to provide support and guidance under the seal of the Industrial Association of the Province of Varese (UNIVA). The university, housed in a restored nineteenth century cotton mill,[7] is organized into three Faculties (Business & Economics, Business Law and Management Engineering). The university is named after Carlo Cattaneo, a nineteenth-century local thinker and economist. Evolution of course offerings:

• In 1991, the university opened with an incoming class for the Bachelor of Business Administration (Economia Aziendale).
• In 1994, a diploma in Engineering Management was offered.
• In 1998, the bachelor's program in Business Law was introduced.

Faculty of Business & Economics

• Finance and Administration
• Communication, Marketing and New Media
• Sports Management
• Management and entrepreneurship
• Business Economics (taught in English)
• Global Markets (taught in English)
• Family Business Management (taught in English)
• Administration and Audit
• Bank, Markets and Finance
• Economy and Business Management
• Entrepreneurship & Innovation (taught in English)
• International Business Management (taught in English)
• Management of Human Resources - HR & Consulting
• Marketing

Faculty of Engineering

• Systems and Services for Digital Business
• Industrial Operations Excellence (taught in Italian or English)
• Data Science for Operational Excellence
• Digital Consulting
• Health Care System Management
• Manufacturing Strategy (taught in English)

Faculty of Law

• Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza

It is one of the three Italian Universities (together with SDA Bocconi and Università Cattolica) part of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness's network teaching Michael Porter's Microeconomics of Competitiveness graduate class.[8] In 2015 the Italian economic newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore placed LIUC university as third best private economic school in Italy by didactics, and fifth taking into account also research.[9] However, the university is not ranked among "QS Top University"'s ranking[10]

Biblioteca Mario Rostoni was established in 1991[11] and is the academic library affiliated with “‘’University Carlo Cattaneo’’”. It counts as much as 110,000 volumes[12] which comprise ebooks, paper books, magazines, financial statements, and databases of economy, management, law e engineering.[11]

Alumni - Students and researchers who attended at least 1-year at the University Carlo Cattaneo participate in the LIUC Alumni Association.
Leo Club - Is an extension of Lions International and it is composed by young people. The purpose is organize services to rise money for pro-bono causes.
ESN - Erasmus Student Network is a no-profit international student organisation.
Junior Enterprise LIUC - Offers teams of students with the ability to perform management consulting projects for companies located in Italy and abroad.
ELSA - Is part of European Law Students' Association, the world's largest independent law students' association.

• Francesca Locatelli, Head of Global Service Italy, Greece and Turkey of Vodafone.[13]
• Davide Riboni, President of Lavazza Professional NAAP,[14] President Business Unit America e CEO Lavazza Premium Coffee.
• Luca Fachin, Chief Operating Officer of Deutsche Bank Italy.[13]
• Alessio Agostinelli, Partner & Managing Director in Boston Consulting Group.[13]
• Giovanni Ciferri, Co–Founder & CEO of Buddyfit[13]

• Enrico Letta[15]

• List of Italian universities

• (in Italian) University Carlo Cattaneo Website
• (in Italian) University Carlo Cattaneo (Italian Wikipedia)
• LIUC Alumni