Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Cattolica International

International Screenwriting and Production

Campus: Milan

School: ALMED (Graduate School of Media, Communication and Entertainment)


Intake: September 2026


Edition: 13


Language of instruction: English


Duration: 1 year


Total ECTS: 60

  

The 1-year Specialising Master in International Screenwriting and Production (MISP) is a postgraduate master programme that aims at creating professionals working in the entertainment business (mainly screenwriters, story editors and producers), providing them with a thorough understanding of the audio-visual industry and a strong knowledge of the storytelling techniques, which are the heart of every project of feature film and television series.

The Master is organized in collaboration with Fondazione Perseus and is part of a unique network of top companies and professionals of the entertainment industry in Italy, USA, UK and other European countries. 

Some of the companies which have been offering  internships and working on special projects are: Atlantyca, Calon, Eliseo, Cattleya, Colorado,  DeAgostini, Disney, Dugong, Fremantle, Lux vide, Mediaset, Medusa, Movimenti, Netflix,  Palomar, Publispei, Raicinema, Raifiction,  Showlab, Sky and 3Zero2 among others.

The MISP master programme is characterized by the extremely high percentage of alumni who work successfully as writers or producers in the audio-visual industry: they have been authors of thousands of hours of prime time TV series and a good number of feature films, many of them highly successful and with a big international impact.

The 1-year Specialising Master will allow students to acquire the required knowledge to work in the entertainment industry, both as writers and/or professionals working in production or distribution companies, TV networks, talent agencies or as production assistants. Students will receive a comprehensive and high-level training which effectively combines the academic expertise of university professors with the professional know-how of high-ranking professionals with international profiles.