The Course of Studies

The master's degree European Citizenship, Institutions and Policies prepares you to operate in both the public and private sectors, at all levels (local, national, European), in the economic, legal and socio-political settings opened up by European citizenship and by EU policies. The course trains both technical skills and a cultural sensitivity that enables the graduate to decline European citizenship according to the different local and national European identities and to mediate the multicultural contexts generated by globalization.

European citizenship entails new rights that the European institutions make effective through policies relating to productive and commercial activities, institutional and administrative functions at all levels, and social development in the name of inclusion and equal opportunities. EU policies intersect with very different social situations in Europe, where historical identities strongly characterize the various territories, giving rise to different effects in different places. Internal mobility, then, generates multiculturalism, making the effect of European policies even more kaleidoscopic. In order to exercise the rights of European citizenship, therefore, it is not sufficient to know the European rules and institutions, but it is also necessary to know how to predict and interpret the effects in different regional and national contexts.

The course of study includes classes in law (private and public law in a comparative perspective and European Union law), economics (European economic integration, management of European projects), political and social sciences (political philosophy, political science, sociology), history (history of political thought and economics in Europe) and languages (the working languages of the EU, with an emphasis on communication and cultural mediation).

The Course of Studies is taught in Italian and English: this allows the student to acquire the fundamental terminology of legal and socio-political subjects in both languages. The Course of Studies is delivered in a mixed teaching method: approximately 20% of the teaching activities are online.