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Tuition fee €2,642 per year

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Application fee €30 one-time

This fee is non-refundable.

Deposit €204 one-time

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Overview

The Master’s Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy offers a multidisciplinary and bilingual (English and Italian) advanced formation that allows students to acquire the theoretical and analytical tools to understand and operate at all levels in the field of international political and economic relations. It provides solid training for international careers in administration, diplomacy, political activities and research, i.e. trains professionals, decision-makers and analysts who, starting from an historical perspective, will know how to interpret the evolution of international and global political, legal, economic, cultural and technological relations. The course promotes autonomy in the definition of individual curricula; offers opportunities to meet professionals and experts; promotes experiences and international mobility, field trips, internships and traineeships at diplomatic offices, international organizations, public and private institutions operating in the international field, private enterprises; offers laboratory activities aimed at developing transversal skills within the disciplinary framework of reference.

Programme structure

The degree course includes teachings in Italian and English in the disciplinary areas of history, economics, law, political science, area studies and languages.

Common path: International History (in Italian), History of Italian Foreign Policy (in Italian), International Economy (in Italian), International law (English or Italian), International relations, English for Intercultural Communication, 2nd language (in Italian), EU law (in Italian).

Curriculum International Law and Economics trains profiles with in-depth advanced knowledge of international and EU law, international economic relations, international negotiation: International law of the Sea, International Investment Law, EU Economic and Monetary Union, Theory of international negotiation (in Italian), Global Economy in Historical Perspective.

Curriculum International History and Politics offers a choice of specialization courses in contemporary area studies, in the international dimensions of cultural phenomena, in the analysis of globalization processes, with a specific focus on the political, social and cultural dimensions of international relations: International History of the Middle East, African History and Politics, History of Asia (in Italian), International History of the Balkans, Memory and International relations (in Italian), Religion and politics (in Italian), Policies of Globalization.

Curriculum International relations of Science, Technology, and Resources leads to mastering, through interdisciplinary teachings combining technical and political-legal skills, international relations in the fields of technologies, communications, energy, space and nuclear proliferation: Microelectronics and Geopolitics, Nuclear Proliferation and Non-Proliferation, International politics and advanced information technologies , Space Law and International Politics (in Italian), Geopolitics of Resources (in Italian)

Career opportunities

The Master’s Degree International Relations and Diplomacy degree-holders have access to the diplomatic service; careers in international and European organisations; all levels of public administration and governmental bodies, national and international organizations of the Third Sector; in PhDs and at national and international research institutions and think-tanks in the political, economic, legal and scientific/technological fields, and in general to all professional career in the public and private sectors involved in international process of cooperation and globalization.

Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
Application deadline
2 Feb 2025, 23:59:59
Central European Time
Studies commence
1 Oct 2025
Apply now! Academic year 2025/26
Application deadline
2 Feb 2025, 23:59:59
Central European Time
Studies commence
1 Oct 2025