Study location	Italy, Padua
Type	Bachelor's degree, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years (180 ECTS)
Study language	Italian
Awards	(Bachelor's degree in Political sciences, international relations, human rights)
Course code	SP1421/000ZZ/2008

Tuition fee	€2,642 per year For more information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees
Application fee	€30 one-time This fee is non-refundable.
Deposit	€204 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

Entry qualification

Secondary Studies diploma (or equivalent) TOLC-SPS: to be sat between 1st January 2024 and 2nd February 2025 and results uploaded in the dedicated task by 4th February 2025. Please check the Call for admissions Please verify country-based specific entry title requirements at the following link. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree course, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage.

Other requirements	Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: Italian – B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent: please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions

More information	unipd.it/..=EP&ordinamento=2008&key=SP1421

Overview

The programme offers multidimensional and interdisciplinary training, in which basic knowledge of law, economics, sociology, history, philosophy and international relations focus on the theme of human rights. The aim of the course is to provide students with an adequate background of theoretical and applicative knowledge and transversal skills. They will be endowed with critical thinking as to approach international socio-political issues and to operate in an informed way in associations, corporate organisations and governmental agencies at local, national and international level.
Graduates are able to analyze the complex system of multi-level governance, from local to European and international, paying particular attention to the problems posed by groups in situations of vulnerability and with a gender-sensitive perspective. At the end of the Course, students have acquired analysis, negotiation, project development and management skills and can actively enter jobs sectors in Italy and abroad. They also gain the ability to address in a scientifically and ethically consistent way social, political and regulatory issues, to make choices and undertake actions, having as a term of reference the paradigm of internationally recognized human rights and the sustainable development goals and principles.
Graduates also acquire the basic skills to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
The course is supported by the Human Rights Centre “A. Papisca” of the University of Padova. It is also thanks to this cooperation that students can participate in international workshops, have conversations with European and international scholars, with experts and officers of international organisations, and with NGO staff. The course encourages study experiences abroad, within the framework of the European student mobility programmes and of bilateral agreements involving the University of Padua.

Career opportunities

Graduates may work in European institutions and in international governmental and non-governmental organizations; in local, regional and national public administration offices, namely in departments and offices that deal with international relations, human rights, development cooperation, peace, equal opportunities and women’s rights, children’s rights, ombudsman offices, social services; in the field of information/communication and training on human rights and human development; in trade union and corporate offices dedicated to international relations, cooperation, social dialogue, corporate social responsibility; in the nonprofit sector and the charities, in particular in transnational non-governmental organizations.