A few Master's degree programs combine the two and last 5 years, one single cycle, and are known as Corsi di laurea magistrale a ciclo unico (Single cycle master’s programs).
All Single cycle master’s programs offer advantageous entry to the general labour market, the civil service, regulated professions; they also allow access to doctoral degree programmes, i.e. degree courses of the third cycle. LUMSA offers three single cycle degree courses.