Master of Arts in Mobility Studies
University of Padova
Key Information
Campus location
Padua, Italy
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 2,642 / per year
Application deadline
01 May 2024
Earliest start date
01 Oct 2024
Introduction
Today mobility is a keyword related to migration, transport, mass tourism, global trade, the circulation of digital information, and their impact on urban transformations. Beyond everyday perception, mobility is also a new paradigm in the Social Sciences and Humanities, that looks beyond immobile socio-economic structures and fixed cultural identities, to provide a new understanding of past and present societies.
The two-year MA program in Mobility Studies at the University of Padua is driven by the assumption that the Humanities can play a crucial role in facing and understanding mobility in present society. This is something different than offering a focus uniquely on the circulation of people, objects, and ideas in given historical and geographical frameworks. The MA program in Mobility Studies offers a broader approach. It aims at providing students with a selection of specific tools in historical, geographical, anthropological, and philological studies, to challenge the traditional understanding of human actions, in time and space. “Challenging forces” such as colonization, migration, exile, and tourism are seen as factors that shape cultural identities and not only as phenomena of contamination of given cultures. Students will be immersed in an engaging process through which people, texts, images, artifacts, commodities, and ideas are moved, translated, transformed, adapted, and negotiated by different social actors, sometimes in distant spatial contexts, in the past, and in the present. The global and local scenarios call for new experts, trained in historical and cultural studies, but ready for political and social action today.
Admissions
Curriculum
Earning a Master's degree in Mobility Studies requires the successful completion of a comprehensive academic program, totaling 120 ECTS credits.
General Modules
- Migrations in World History
- Transport History
- Ideas and Cultures in Motion
- Communication and Media in History
- Mobile Narratives in Historical Context
History and Social Sciences
- Work, migration, and globalization
- History of Ethnography: Scholars, Travellers, Adventurers
- History of Tourism
- Demography and Migration
- Space, Place, and Mobility
- Cultural Encounters
- Museum Collections Heritage
Theory and methods
Archives and Libraries on the Move
Literature, Law, and Social Sciences
- English as a Global Language
- Texts on the move
- Digital Philology
- European and Global Citizenship
- Gender eu politics and globalization
- Economic globalization and human rights
Laboratories
- Quantitative approaches to mobility research
- Public Digital History
Others
- Academic speaking and writing
- Internship
- Final Project
The program is a study track – completely held in English – of the Master’s degree program in Scienze storiche.
Career Opportunities
Graduates work as:
- State & Local Government Agencies;
- International organizations;
- NGOs;
- Think tanks;
- Cultural tourism;
- Heritage digital industries;
- Media & Communications;
- Academic researchers;
- Galleries, Museums, Archives, Libraries
Program Outcome
Credits: 120 ECTS
Master of Arts in Historical Sciences
Scholarships and Funding
Merit-based scholarships
Padua International Excellence Scholarship
The University of Padua offers 53 scholarships to highly talented prospective students wishing to pursue a Bachelor's or Master's degree completely held in English in Padua.
Fee-waivers
The University of Padua additionally offers 100 full tuition fee waivers to students enrolling in one of its degree programs held completely in English.
Departmental scholarships
Some Departments offer additional scholarships to more than 30 international students
Galilean School of Higher Education Scholarships
The Scuola Galileiana di Studi Superiori (Galilean School of Higher Education) is the University of Padua’s school of excellence. It combines traditional university education with a series of special in-house courses comprising seminars and lectures by renowned international visiting professors. Up to four highly talented international students are selected each year.
Scholarships awarded by other national or international organizations
Scholarships awarded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation MAECI
Every year, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation awards scholarships for studying in Italy to both international students and Italian students who are permanent residents in countries other than Italy (IRE).
These scholarships aim to foster international cultural cooperation, spread the knowledge of the Italian language, culture, and science, as well as promote the Italian economic and technological system throughout the world.
Grants are offered to pursue study, training, and/or research programs at Italian Higher Education Institutes, both public and legally recognized.
Loans for merit
The University of Padua has signed an agreement with the bank Banca Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A, the savings bank Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, and the Association ‘Friends of the University of Padua’. The agreement is aimed at providing EU students with a flexible borrowing option at advantageous interest rates, to be granted with no need for collateral, to bear expenses for education.
The loan will be granted following checks on the eligibility criteria of the student asking for the financing and prior approval of the lender.
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.