GEMA Business School Rome: post-graduate Master's
GEMA Business School is Rome's first independent business school, founded in 1982. With a 98% employment rate and over 400 partner companies, it offers specialized Master's programs in HR, Finance, Marketing and AI, Project Management and Sustainability.
About GEMA Business School
GEMA Business School is Rome's first independent business school, based on Via Vincenzo Lamaro, in the southern part of the capital. The school runs Full-Time post-graduate Master's programs and Executive Master's aimed at professionals already in the workforce, with an offer focused on Human Resources, Corporate Finance, Marketing and Artificial Intelligence, Project Management and Sustainability.
GEMA offers its courses both in person in Rome and online, and also runs some training activities in Milan. Over the years the school has obtained Benefit Company status, formalizing its commitment to shared-benefit goals alongside traditional economic ones. GEMA today represents one of the historic reference points for management education in the capital, with a strong emphasis on learning by doing and close contact with the world of work.
Main academic areas
Full-Time post-graduate Master's and Executive Master's, available in person in Rome or online
GEMA statistics and indicators
Programs are mainly delivered in Italian; a mandatory three-month internship is included in post-graduate Master's programs.
GEMA's history
GEMA Business School was founded in Rome in 1982, becoming the first independent business school established in the Italian capital. The school developed as a consulting and training company with the stated goal of pursuing full client satisfaction through Master's programs aimed both at recent graduates and professionals already active in the labor market. Over more than forty years of activity, GEMA has built a solid reputation in education in Human Resources, Marketing and Management, maintaining a strong tie to Rome and Lazio's economic and institutional fabric.
More recently the school has renewed its offer to include increasingly relevant topics, such as the use of artificial intelligence in marketing and sustainable business management, while also expanding access to its courses through online formats allowing participation from anywhere in Italy. Obtaining Benefit Company status represents a significant milestone in the institution's recent history, choosing to explicitly formalize its commitment to social and environmental goals alongside its educational and economic mission.
What people say online about GEMA Business School
Reviews on Eduniversal and educations.com are very positive, with particular emphasis on the employment rate and the Career Service.
Excellent employment rate (98% within six months, aided by the mandatory three-month internship) and Career Service described as "among the best in Italy."
84% of participants report achieving career advancement already during the Master's program.
- Excellent employment rate (98% within six months) thanks to the mandatory internship
- Career Service described as among the best in Italy
- 84% of Executive participants achieve career advancement during the Master's
- One of the earliest independent business schools founded in Italy, alongside CUOA and ISTUD
- Benefit Company recognition, reinforcing the perception of ethical and social objectives
- A niche business school with few highly specialized master's programs, not a broad generalist offer
- No significant criticism in the public sources reviewed
FAQ — GEMA Business School
GEMA Business School represents a case of excellence in niche management education, where the choice to focus on a few highly specialized Master's programs translates into some of the best employment outcomes in the Italian landscape.
