Specializing Master International Cooperation and Development
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Key Information
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Campus location
Milan, Italy
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 9,000 / per year
Application deadline
31 Oct 2024
Earliest start date
Jan 2025
Introduction
Specializing Master International Cooperation and Development
MICaD offers a robust multidisciplinary training and specialized technical and managerial competences. Both are key in forming the ability to interpret local and international events, to interact with all stakeholders, to identify and manage environmentally and local culture friendly interventions.
Thus, MICaD trains young professionals to contribute to development cooperation with their knowledge, creativity, personality and professional competences to:
- Identify local needs through a bottom-up approach
- Manage technical, financial and administrative aspects of cooperation initiatives
- Involve local civil society in identifying and managing resources
- Collaborate with national and international institutions within the local policy framework
- Promote good governance, human rights and human dignity within state and non state actors
- Address transnational issues such as migration, trafficking and money laundering
- Promote participatory processes, institution and democracy building
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
- Number of scholarships available: 7
- Scholarship value: 25%
Curriculum
First level - Scientific Training
- Economic and Human Development
- Geopolitics, Conflict and Post-conflict
- Trade and Finance for Development
- Development Law and Institutions
- Project Cycle Management and Theory of Change
Second level - Professional Training
- Development Actors and Strategies
- Crisis Prevention, Emergency, Relief and Recovery
- Resources and Development: Institutions, Corruption and Conflict
- Human Rights, Human Dignity and Development
- Enhancing Professional and Cooperative Skills
Program Outcome
Total ECTS: 60
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Building on their previous academic studies and professional experience, students who complete the Master are well equipped to take on professional roles in international cooperation within NGOs, IOs, private or public agencies. In particular:
- Project Cycle Experts
- Project Assistant or Manager
- Analyst/Researcher/Evaluator
- Communications Officer
- Fund Raiser
- Partnership Coordinator
- Humanitarian Officer
- Administrative Officer
- Human Resources Officer