Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Specializing Master in Advanced Global studies
Milan, Italy
MA
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
28 Oct 2026
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 10,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Specializing Master in Advanced Global Studies at Università Cattolica focuses on international relations, economics, politics, and law, plus emerging issues like human security and sustainable development. Taught by ASERI, it balances theory and practice and involves distinguished faculty and professionals. You’ll develop analytical skills, project management, cross-cultural competence for global contexts.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work across international institutions, private companies, research centers, public administration, and NGOs in roles such as policy analyst, development manager, consultant, and researcher. The programme prepares you to assess international events, design interventions, manage technical projects, and interact with local and global cultures.
The Master in Advanced Global Studies focuses on international relations, economics, politics, and law, as well as those emerging issues that challenge today’s global system, with specific attention to the themes of human security and sustainable development. It provides a well-balanced combination of theory and practice, enriching the learning process.
Distinguished Faculty and top-level professionals make the Master a unique experience.
The Master trains professionals with the analytical skills to comprehend the different elements that constitute our complex world; to develop students’ abilities to collect and interpret information and international events; to manage technical and scientific aspects of international projects; to identify and interact with local and global cultures through a multidisciplinary approach and specialized competencies.
The Master is taught by ASERI, Graduate school of Economics and International Relations. ASERI Masters' courses are designed in response to the current job market demands: they train students in constant face-to-face comparison with theoretical topics, but provoking their personalities and experiences to form a practical and highly professional point of view.
Total ECTS: 60
1st level - Scientific Training & Management Skills
Economics and international trade, Theories and policies of sustainable development, Public international law, International human rights law, European law, International relations, European institutions, Regional integration, Emerging actors and the international system, and International organizations dynamics. Thanks to the collaboration with AegisGroup, a company specializing in the assessment and development of soft skills, students will be accompanied in the identification and enhancement of these skills, which are much required in the job market.
2nd level - Advanced Training in Regional Areas
Advanced training program focusing on governments, international organizations, NGOs, and multinational private companies in the following geographical regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East.
3rd level - Project Work
Participants join in the elaboration of a project work where the multidimensional analysis of a problem leads to the identification of its fundamental nodes.
4th level - Internship
The research activity is completed with an internship, that gives students the invaluable opportunity to strengthen competencies acquired during the Master.
Upon completion of the programme, students will be prepared to manage and evaluate specific international events and problems from different perspectives, consistently with their previous training and experience, within numerous organizations:
- International Institutions
- Private Companies
- Research Centers
- Public Administration
- NGOs
- Number of scholarships available: up to 6
- Scholarship value: 25% - 50%
Upon completion of the Master, students will be prepared to manage and evaluate specific international events and problems from different perspectives, consistently with their previous training and experience, within numerous organizations:
- International Institutions
- Private Companies
- Research Centers
- Public Administration
- NGOs