QTEM Masters Network
The QTEM (Quantitative Techniques for Economics and Management network) Master’s program presents a challenging opportunity for outstanding students willing to develop skills in analytical and quantitative techniques and decision-making in an international context.
After completing the program, students will receive the QTEM supra-national certificate issued by the QTEM network on top of the Master’s degree issued by Luiss University.
The QTEM academic partners are available at the following link. Please note that some destinations have limited availability, further details are available within the call for applications.
Highlights
This program allows students to attend up to two semesters abroad at two different partners universities among the QTEM academic partners available at the link above, in two different countries.
In order to obtain the QTEM Degree, students will need to:
- Do 1 or 2 exchanges (Track 1: one exchange / Track 2: two exchanges)
- students must successfully complete a minimum of 22 semi or highly quantitative credits on average per QTEM exchange. Details on the courses offered by the partner universities are available at the following link.
- Do 1 quantitative internship of at least 240 working hours
- The internship submission and evaluation will be managed through the QTEM intranet, via the Paperless Internship Manager (PIM) – further information is provided to selected students through the QTEM Internship Handbook.
- As the internship is compulsory in order to obtain the QTEM Degree, QTEM and Luiss will provide support on the research of the position, nonetheless students are the sole responsible to secure a work position or internship. Selection procedures are autonomously conducted by the companies and both QTEM and Luiss are not to be held responsible for the work/internship selection result.
- Pass the QTEM GLOBAL BUSINESS ANALYTICS CHALLENGE [GBAC], which consists in:
- Two Mandatory Trainings: Data presentation (Soft Skills), Data Science (Hard Skills)
- Followed by the QTEM Data Challenge (QDC): a project work where QTEM students are divided in international teams and work remotely to provide creative solutions and recommendations to a company by analysing exclusive data provided by the company.
QTEM Modules
A QTEM Module is a recognition of a topic/functional specialization awarded to a QTEM student upon successful completion of a minimum of 30 QTEM credits of courses in the same QTEM Module, during the whole 2 years of QTEM Master’s program.
The available QTEM Modules are the following:
- Finance & Accounting
- Data Science & AI
- Economics
- Management
- Sustainability
The awarded QTEM Module(s) will appear on the final QTEM Certificate, with a maximum of two Modules.
Application Process
Details regarding prerequisites for participation, the application procedure, the selection process, deadlines, and further information, are contained in the call for applications.
Available Slots: every year 20 students will take part in the program.
Requirements
Candidates for this program should have the following requirements:
- English proficiency: students must possess at least a C1 level (European Framework of Reference), to be proved by one of the following certifications, further details on this are available in the Call for Application:
- Official English language certificate accepted by the QTEM Network – for the accepted scores and tests please refer to the complete list of English Requirements for QTEM students
- Accademia linguistica Trinity School di Roma
- Luiss University Language Centre
- International Secondary School Diploma totally taught in English
- Bachelor’s Degree totally taught in English
- GMAT or equivalent GRE (please refer to this website to find the table of equivalence, or you can directly convert the GRE results into a GMAT Focus Edition score using this conversion tool with the following scores:
- GMAT Exam Focus Edition certificate with a minimum score of 555/805 (a grade between 595 and 805 is strongly recommended)
More information on the new GMAT Exam Focus Edition can be found here, while more information on the updated score scale here.
The GMAT/GRE with the required score may be submitted after the application deadline though priority in the selection will be given to the students who already possess the aforementioned certificate. The GMAT/GRE with the required score must be in any case submitted no later than 20 May 2026 (date to be confirmed) and, should a candidate fail to do so, they will be automatically excluded from the program.
For useful information about the GMAT Exam please visit the website.
GMAT code for QTEM
All QTEM candidates must send an official GMAT or GRE score to both the QTEM program (named "QTEM") AND Luiss University ("Luiss") to receive a copy of the official score.
The sections required by the QTEM are:
- GMAT Exam
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Verbal Reasoning
- GMAT Exam Focus Edition
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Verbal Reasoning
- Data Insight
- GRE
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Verbal Reasoning
Selection Criteria
The selection follows a 3-step process. Details regarding the selection process, deadlines, and further information, are contained in the Call for Applications.
Luiss Calls for Application: Timeline
| Publication of the call | Early December 2025 |
| Apply for the program starting from | 8 January 2026 |
| Deadline to apply | 21 January 2026 |
| Selection Interviews | 2 February 2026 tbc |
| Selection results | By 6 February 2026 tbc |
| Confirmation of participation | within one working day |
| Confirmation from QTEM’s Central Office of the destinations for the Fall semester of the 2025/2026 academic year | March 2026 tbc |
| Deadline for submitting the final GMAT/GRE score, for selected students who handed in the application without the GMAT/GRE certificate | 20 May 2026 tbc |