Curriculum
First year
- Advanced English for international relations - 9 ECTS
- History of political institutions - 9 ECTS
- Political science - 9 ECTS
- Principles of economics - 12 ECTS
- Public law and governance - 9 ECTS
- Quantitative methods for social sciences - 9 ECTS
- Sociology - 9 ECTS
Second year
- Global ethics and restorative justice - 6 ECTS
- History of international relations - 9 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
- International History: the wider Mediterranean area - 9 ECTS
- Politics in media - 6 ECTS
- Social psychology - 6 ECTS
- Eligible courses * - 12 ECTS
- Final examination - 6 ECTS
Eligible courses Read
- Democracy, institutions and economic development - 3 ECTS
- Diversity in organisation and cross-cultural management - 3 ECTS
- Ethnic and religious minorities in Western Asia and North Africa - 3 ECTS
- Indian Ocean World - 3 ECTS
- Information systems - 6 ECTS
- Logistics and operation management - 6 ECTS
- Management and organization in the digital economy - 6 ECTS
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.
The academic calendar of the Faculty of Political and Social sciences for the academic year 2021/22 will be published in Summer 2021: keep an eye open at this webpage. In the meantime, you can refer to the academic calendar of the Faculty for the academic year 2020/21.
For reference: Classes for a.y. 2020 start October 5th
Delivery mode
Our hope and intention for 2021/22 intake are to entirely restore in-person teaching, while respecting any health and safety requirements set by national and local competent authorities.
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, should students not be able to attend classes in person, a hybrid format of in-person and on-line will be guaranteed to enable attendance from home, while guaranteeing full access to all learning opportunities and resources.
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, should students not be able to attend classes in person, a hybrid format of in-person and on-line will be guaranteed to enable attendance from home, while guaranteeing full access to all learning opportunities and resources.
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 aimed at preparing for the PLIDA test.
You can contact SELDA for more information after your arrival in Milan.
Theology seminar
Students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.