UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA del Sacro Cuo
ALTA SCUOLA DI ECONOMIA
E RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI
Master in International Cooperation
and Development
At a glance
School ASERI - Graduate School
of Economics and
International Relations
Program type Specializing Master
(“Master Universitario”)
Campus Milan, Italy
Language of
instruction English
Duration January 2016 - December
2016
(January-June: classes
July-December: internship
and project work)
Total ECTS 60
Tuition fee € 7,500
Overview
The political, economic and social development
of emerging economies is one of the
major challenges of globalization. Growing
interdependence and integration offer a chance
to strengthen cooperative North-South and
South-South relations, engaging different agents
including governments, international organizations,
and civil society actors. The call to cooperation is
urgent: poverty, inequality, conflict, instability, and
uncertainty still affect everyday life of a majority of
the world population. The Master in International
Cooperation and Development (MIC&D) offers
a privileged framework for designing tentative
solutions to the above mentioned issues through
the action of governmental and non-governmental
agents, bridging gaps among people, groups, and
institutions.
Goals
The Master in International Cooperation and
Development trains professionals to be able
to contribute to development cooperation
with creativity, personality and competence
by interpreting local and international events,
interacting with all the stakeholders, identifying
and managing environmentally and local culturefriendly interventions. For this purpose, the program
provides the students with a basic multidisciplinary
training and specialized technical and managerial
competences.
Placement opportunities
Students who have completed the Master in
International Cooperation and Development are
working in various institutions and organizations,
national and international: NGOs, international
institutions,
public
administrations,
private
companies, dealing with poverty eradication,
emergency, development, migration, institution
and democracy building in many different
countries. The Master supported their professional
career in cooperation and development, building
on their previous background and expertise.
Curriculum
The Master in International Cooperation and
Development is struc­tured as four complementary
levels, fostering multidimensional training and
integrating scientific methodologies and operative
competences.
1st level - Scientific Training. Areas of study:
. Economic and human development
. Geopolitics
. Trade and finance for development
. Development law and institutions
. Project cycle management
2nd level - Professional Training. Areas of study:
. Development actors and strategies
. Crisis prevention, relief and recovery
. Development aid and governance
. Partnerships for human rights and development
. Enhancing cooperative skills
3rd level - Project Work
Students are required to develop a personal
research project on an issue related to
development cooperation, in close contact with
a MIC&D professor and/or a professional from a
partner institution. The project work will often be
connected to the internship expe­rience.
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4th level - Internship
The Master’s program is completed with an internship within
one of the ASERI partner institutions or other entities whose
mission and activities are consistent with the Master’s program.
Academic faculty
The Master in International Cooperation and Development
offers high quality training to a group of 25 students from all
continents. The learning platform includes lectures, seminars
and a tutored internship. A faculty composed of scholars
and professionals from international institutions and nongovernmental organizations shares its experience with the class.
Selected faculty members:
. Prof. Simona Beretta - MIC&D Director, Università Cattolica del
Sacro Cuore
. Prof. Mohammed Abu-Nimer - American University, Washington
. Dr. Anni Arial - Consultant in land governance, former FAO officer
. Prof. Luigi Curini - Università degli Studi di Milano
. Prof. Paul Dembinski - Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva
. Dr. Giuliano Gargioni - Global Tuberculosis Programme,
WHO, Geneva
. Dr. Christophe Golay - Geneva Academy of International
Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
. Prof. Xuewu Gu - University of Bonn
. Prof. Marco Lombardi - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
. Prof. Mario Agostino Maggioni - Università Cattolica del
Sacro Cuore
. Dr. Alberto Monguzzi - International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies, Budapest
. Prof. Mathias Nebel - Institut Catholique de Paris
. Dr. Giovanna Prennushi - The World Bank, Washington
. Dr. Manuela Prina - European Training Foundation, Turin
. Prof. Riccardo Redaelli - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
. Prof. Javier Revilla Diez - Global South Studies Center,
University of Cologne
. Dr. Andrea Rossi - UNICEF, Kathmandu
. Prof. Andrea Santini - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
. Dr. Javier Schunk - PCM Trainer
. Dr. Manuela Tortora - UNCTAD, Geneva
. Prof. Roberto Zoboli - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
. Professionals from international institutions and NGOs, and
applied researchers.
All scholarships are assigned on a merit basis and most of them
will be granted to students who apply by the priority deadline.
Some scholarships may also target specific geographic
regions. Updated details on the aforementioned scholarships
are available at http://www.ucscinternational.it/admissionat-ucsc/1-year-specializing-masters-admissions/tuition-feesand-scholarships.
Tuition fee: € 7,500. Partial tuition fee scholarships are available.
Priority consideration deadline: April 15, 2015
Deadline 2: May 30, 2015
Deadline 3: June 30, 2015
Deadline 4: September 15, 2015
Deadline 5: November 1, 2015
How to apply
Applicants will be required to submit an online application form
along with their supporting documents.
. Copy of Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree
. Transcripts of Bachelor or Master’s Degree (accepted in
English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish)
. Updated CV
. Application essay
. At least one academic letter of reference
. Copy of Passport
More information are available in the section How to apply of
the Master at http://aseri.unicatt.it.
Entry requirements
.
Applicants usually have a background in Political Science,
Economics, Law, Humanities, Education, Foreign Languages,
Psychology, Social Science, Engineering, Nursing Science,
.
.
Agronomy, Environmental Science and others.
Completion of an undergraduate degree, obtained after a
minimum of 3 years of study (180 ECTS).
The undergraduate degree must be obtained before
the start of the program. ASERI will evaluate candidates’
academic and personal background and decide if they meet
the specific conditions for admission.
For applicants whose first language is not English, one of the
.
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TOEFL/IBT or Academic IELTS.
Completion of a degree program taught entirely in the
English language.
Contacts
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
ASERI - Graduate School of Economics and International Relations
Via San Vittore 18, 20123 Milano - Italy
Tel. +39 02 7234 8310
Fax. +39 02 7234 8320
> aseri.unicatt.it
> [email protected]
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