The 1-year Specialising Master in Advanced Global Studies offers high quality training to a group of 25 students from all continents. The learning platform includes lectures, seminars and a tutored internship. The faculty, composed of scholars and professionals from international institutions and non-governmental organizations. shares its experience with the class.

Director
Damiano Palano

Faculty members

• Prof. Ibrahim Al-Marashi - California State University San Marcos
• Prof. Isabella Alcañiz - University of Maryland, College Park
• Renato Giacon - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London
• Dr. Raoul Ascari - Concrete Finance and ITARE
• Dr. Sara Balestri - Università Cattolica
• Dr. Matteo Carlo Borsani - Confindustria, Brussels
• Prof. Emilio Colombo - Università Cattolica
• Prof. Michael Cox - London School of Economics and Political Science, London
• Prof. Matthew Anthony Evangelista – Cornell University, Ithaca
• Dr. Matteo Ferrazzi - European Investment Bank
• Dr. Luca Lionello - Università Cattolica
• Prof. Jörge Friedrichs - University of Oxford
• Prof. Marco Gestri - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
• Dr. Soraya Johaar - UN career development specialist, Brussels
• Prof. Miklós Király - Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
• Prof. Martin Klein - Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
• Prof. Ludger Kühnhardt - University of Bonn
• Dr. Ignacio Lara - National University of Lanús
• Prof. Marco Lombardi - Università Cattolica
• Prof. Andrés Malamud - University of Lisbon
• Dr. Philippe Musquar - European Parliament, Brussels
• Prof. Beatrice Nicolini - Università Cattolica
• Prof. Aldo Pigoli - Università Cattolica
• Dr. Massimiliano Riva - UNDP, New York
• Dr. Arouna Roshanian - UN Consultant and Social Entrepreneur
• Prof. Giuseppe Scaratti - Università Cattolica
• Prof. Giuseppe Gabusi – Università di Torino
• Prof. Thomas A. Zimmermann - University of St. Gallen

In addition to these, each year a number of professionals from international institutions, non-governmental organisations and applied researchers give open lectures and seminars.

Upon completion of the programme, students will be prepared to manage and evaluate specific international events and problems from different perspectives, consistently with their previous training and experience, within numerous organizations:
 

• International Institutions
• Private Companies
• Research Centers
• Public Administration
• NGOs

 
Past Internships

• African Union - Sudan
• ASYLUM ACCESS - Ecuador
• Associazione Italia Russia - Italy
• AVSI - Italy
• Bank of New York Mellon - Italy
• Cairo Institute for Human Rights studies - Egypt
• CARI - Argentina
• Chatham House - United Kingdom
• CheBanca! - Italy
• Consulate General of Ecuador - Spain
• Consulate General of Lebanon - Italy
• Consulate General of the United States - Italy
• COOPI - Italy
• Delegation of the EU to Russia - Russia
• Edison - Belgium
• Embassy of the Republic of Serbia - Belgium
• Eni - Italy
• ENTSOG - Belgium
• European Parliament - Belgium
• FAO - Italy
• Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic - Italy
• ICE - U.S.A.
• IEMed - Spain
• Il Caffè Geopolitico - Italy
• Istituto Affari Internazionali - Italy
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia - Netherlands
• International Organization for Migration - Belgium
• Italo-Russian Chamber of Commerce - Italy
• ITC/ILO - Italy
• ITSTIME - Italy
• LVMH - Italy
• MARSH - Italy
• Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico - Italy
• Nielsen - U.S.A.
• OSCE - Serbia
• Otterbein University - U.S.A.
• Peace Research Institute Frankfurt - Germany
• Pro Ecuador - Italy
• Project for People - Italy
• ProMexico - Italy
• PROMOS - Morocco, Israel, Italy
• Representation of the European Commission in Spain - Spain
• SACE - Italy
• Spanish Tourist Office - Italy
• The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies - Netherlands
• Transcrime - Italy
• UNCTAD - Switzerland
• UNESCO - France
• UNDEF - U.S.A.
• Università degli Studi di Trento - Italy  
• UNRIC - Belgium
• UniCredit - Germany, Italy
• WHO - Switzerland

The year spent at ASERI, at the Master in Advanced Global Studies has been a highly enriching experience from every point of view. The plus of the Master, for me, is given by the diversity I had to face every single day in the class, where everything was an opportunity to discuss and confront with other students and professors of different backgrounds, nationalities and cultures. Almost six months after the end of the Master I can say that all my expectations have been completely satisfied: I feel I have gained a better understanding of myself and of the world and the people around me.

Michele Varalda, Consultant, Risk & Compliance, KPMG Advisory SpA, Milan, Italy

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During my ASERI experience, I learned almost as much from my colleagues as I did from my professors. Our various personal and professional experiences deepened our classroom discussions and created learning opportunities outside of our reading material. I also thoroughly enjoyed studying with accomplished professors, who encouraged me to seek to understand our world in new ways. All of this with the background of the beautiful city of Milan – what a special opportunity it was to study at ASERI!

Laurel Zigerelli, Deputy Project Manager & Latin America Research Analyst, Ascendant Programme Services, LLC, MIR 2014-2015, USA

Programme dates for the a.y. 2025/26 will be available in April 2025. For reference:
Classes take place at ASERI - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan - Italy, from January 13, 2025 to June 2025. 

Attendance is mandatory in order to obtain the diploma.  The graduation ceremony is in December 2025.

Detailed calendar: 
January – June 2025 > Classes and Exams
July – November 2025 > Project work and internship
November 2025 > Project work discussion
December 2025 > Graduation

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