Class size
75 students, of whom 55 are international*
*”International”= A diploma awarded anywhere in the world with the exclusion of: Italian high school qualification (Maturità) | European Bac.
Curriculum
First year
- Advanced English for international relations - 9 ECTS
- Economics - 12 ECTS
- History of political institutions - 9 ECTS
- Political science - 9 ECTS
- Public law and governance - 9 ECTS
- Quantitative methods for social sciences - 9 ECTS
- Sociology - 9 ECTS
Second year
- Global contemporary history - 9 ECTS
- Global ethics and restorative justice - 6 ECTS
- History of political thought - 9 ECTS
- International and European Union law - 9 ECTS
- International economics - 9 ECTS
- International relations - 9 ECTS
- One foreign language among: French, Spanish, German, Arabic and Chinese - 6 ECTS
Third year
- Economic geography (6 ECTS)
- Geo-politics and geo-history (6 ECTS)
- Global economic policies and institutions (6 ECTS)
- History of international relations (9 ECTS)
- Politics in media (6 ECTS)
- Social psychology (6 ECTS)
- Elective courses (12 ECTS)*
- Final dissertation (6 ECTS)
- Seminar on theological issues
*Elective courses are directly provided by the School of Political and Social Science and indirectly through agreements with the School of Economics and Business and the School of Psychology.
Career Opportunities
Graduating with a BSc degree in International Relations and Global Affairs opens up many career options. Your knowledge of politics, history, and economics will prepare you for international careers in government institutions, NGOs, or journalism. Your understanding of psychology and group dynamics will make you a good fit for human resources in large organisations and companies. Your quantitative skills will be useful for roles in consulting or international marketing research.
Programme dates
Classes for the academic year 2025/26 start on September 29, 2025.
The calendar of the Faculty of Political and Social sciences for the academic year 2025/26 will be published here in July.
A Welcome event is usually organised by the Faculty in the week prior to the beginning of the courses; confirmation and details will be available in early August.
Learning Italian
SELDA (Servizio Linguistico di Ateneo) organises fee-paying Italian language courses. For more information contact SELDA from the dedicated iCatt function (in the homepage, box “request for information”), or send an email to selda.lingueper@unicatt.
Theology seminar
Students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.