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
Holding a degree in International Relations and Global Affairs will allow you to consider a number of different options for your future career: your political, historical and economic skills will be the perfect base for an international career in governmental institutions and NGOs, or in journalism; your grasp of psychology and group dynamics will tailor you for the HR department of large organizations and firms, and your quantitative skills will suit you for consultancies as well as for international marketing research.
Programme dates
Programme dates and academic calendar for academic year 2024/25 will be published in the month of July.
For reference:
- classes for the academic year 2023/24 started on October 2nd, 2023
- find here the calendar of the Faculty of Political and Social sciences for the academic year 2023/24
A Welcome event is usually organized by the Faculty in the week prior to the beginning of the courses; confirmation and details will be available in early August.
Learning Italian
If you are looking for a flexible and autonomous solution to learn Italian while studying at Università Cattolica, you can access the self-learning linguistic lab (CAP) of the SeLdA (Servizio Linguistico d’Ateneo) and benefit from a personalized language advisory service.
In addition, SELDA organizes fee-paying Italian language courses, for more information contact SELDA from the dedicated iCatt function (in the homepage, box “request for information”).
Theology seminar
Students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.