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International Students

At a Glance
Overview
Run by the Department of Political Science, Communication and International Relations, and entirely taught in English, the 2-year master’s degree programme International Relations offers the benefit of small classes in a fresh and interactive environment.
Courses are taught with a special attention to the current development and phenomena in each field, and students are always encouraged to nurture their own critical approach and supported to express their skills and follow their inclination.
When engaged in confrontations during and after classes, IR students bring with them the specialty of their different heritage, upbringing and education – an invaluable asset to learn more and better.
IR puts together the institutional perspective of a school of government and the empirical, in-the-field approach of business studies – many interdisciplinary, highly interwoven opportunities for the ideal cultural equipment to those interested as a vocation in decoding the complexities of our world and in taking part in its processes.
Post-graduate students will be able to properly employ those analytical tools acquired while attending courses in politics, economics, sociology, history, law and foreign languages.
Programme structure
The MA in International Relations is taught entirely in English.
MIUR degree class: LM-52 Second cycle degree in International Relations
Duration in years: 2
Credits: 120
International Relations -IR offers three specializing learning tracks (curricula), corresponding to specific study plans:
- curriculum International Economic Relations (IER)
- curriculum International Politics and Economic Relations (IPER)
- curriculum International Politics (IP)
Double degree programs
For students particularly inclined to building up their expertise through international training and experience, the curriculum International Politics and Economic Relations makes available the opportunity to spend a year abroad enrolling in Double Degree Program with:
- the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. At the end of the program, students will obtain, in addition to the UniMC Master’s Degree in International Relations, a Master’s Degree in International Business Administration issued by European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) is an historical and International German University, 40 minutes by train from Berlin.
- the State University of Campinas, Brasil: The State University of Campinas, commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, that ranks second in the Brazil according to global ranking Webometrics.
Students enrolled in the first year of the Master’s Degree in International Relations (LM-52) curriculum International Economic Relations, can apply to the Double Degree program and spend one or two semesters of their master’s degree program at the partner university.
At the end of the program, students will obtain, in addition to the UniMC Master’s Degree in International Relations, a Master’s Degree in Administration issued by the Universidade Estadual de Campinas. The Universidade Estadual de Campinas is one hour drive from São Paulo. - the National University “Taras Shevchenko” in Kiev*, Ukraine, for a global perspective in business administration. A double degree for a world-connected leadership inside national and international agencies, domestic and supranational institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations (Only for incoming students)
For further details on double degree programms, visit the dedicated page.
Career opportunities
- The inter-disciplinary features, as well as the traditionally international enrollment of this course are meant to guarantee an enhanced employability of the successful students so improving their chance on the labour market be it in Italy or abroad.
- Students have come so far from 40 different countries. The international nature of our classes is the privileged content where to learn the essential qualities for a good, dialogical and responsible leadership.
- The course offers different programs enabling to develop highly profiled professionals with leadership and managerial skills able to work within Ministries (particularly Ministry of Foreign Affair), international GOs and NGOs, globally oriented private and public businesses, international cooperation agencies.