Informazioni

Scheda corso

Academic Field (Classe)	Scienze dell’economia (LM-56) e Scienze della politica (LM-62)
Admission	Free. Applicants will be invited to an interview.
Length of the programme	2 years (120 credits)
Fees	The fee is paid in two instalments: the first, of 691 Euros, the same for all students, to be paid by the date of enrolment; the second, which varies according to the student’s economic situation, to be paid
Seat of the course	via Conservatorio, 7 - Milano
Programme coordinator	Prof. Giorgio Barba Navaretti
Web site	http://www.eps.unimi.it/

Entry requirements

• Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent; a strong interest and/or previous studies in economics, political science or related subjects; undergraduate or graduate training in mathematics and quantitative methods or a strong motivation to fill their gaps in these fields; a sound knowledge of spoken and written English.
• Applicants who obtained their bachelor’s degrees from Italian Universities are eligible if they hold a “laurea” degree belonging to any of the following “classi di laurea”: Filosofia (L-5), Ingegneria dell’informazione (L-8), Ingegneria industriale (L-9), Scienze dell’amministrazione e dell’organizzazione (L-16), Scienze dell’economia e della gestione aziendale (L-18), Scienze e tecnologie fisiche (L-30), Scienze e tecnologie informatiche (L-31), Scienze e tecnologie per l’ambiente e la natura (L-32), Scienze economiche (L-33), Scienze matematiche (L-35), Scienze politiche e delle relazioni internazionali (L-36), Scienze sociali per la cooperazione, lo sviluppo e la pace (L-37), Servizio sociale (L-39), Sociologia (L-40), Statistica (L-41), Storia (L-42).
• Applicants who completed their undergraduate studies in foreign Universities are eligible if they hold a bachelor’s degree in economics, political science, or other broadly related subjects (from history to industrial engineering, from management to mathematics, from philosophy to sociology, and so on), provided that their bachelor’s degree may be regarded as equivalent to one of the Italian “laurea” degrees.

Eligible candidates must meet the following requirements:

• they must have earned a minimum number of ECTS credits (or equivalent) in specified fields, listed in the “Manifesto degli studi”;
• non-native speakers of English must be able to demonstrate their knowledge of English either by showing they have at least one year of university studies at institutions where the language of instruction is English, or by possessing one of the following international language certificates:
  Cambridge CAE - Certificate in Advanced English: grade A or B;
  Cambridge CPE – Certificate of Proficiency in English: grade A, B or C;
  Cambridge IELTS: overall score of at least 6;
  TOEFL paper-based, computer-based or internet-based: overall score of at least 550, 215 or 80 respectively.

Applicants will be invited to an interview, which may be either videoconference (for non-residents) or on-site (for residents).

Educational and learning aims

The Economics and political science master’s programme aims at providing its students with advanced and complete training in both economics and political science. Such training should be comparable to that offered by any leading international master’s programme in each of the two disciplines separately taken.
Specifically, the master’s programme aims at forming professional economists and political scientists. They will not only be endowed with high-level analytical and operational skills, but they will also be characterised by such an open and critical vision of economic, political and social issues, and such a cultural depth that could hardly be achieved by attending a programme centred on a single or prevailing disciplinary field.

Careers

The Economics and political science degree is designed to train students in advanced methodologies, analytical tools and quantitative techniques used in all fields of economics and political science. Economics and political science graduates will be ready to undertake a wide array of career paths in multinational companies, political institutions, public organizations, and other professions demanding high intellectual skills, robust technical competencies and versatile knowledge. They will also be well prepared to engage in further academic research in top PhD programmes.

Study plan

1st year

1st year Compulsory learning activities

Compulsory learning activities	ECTS
Comparative politics	9
Game theory	6
Macroeconomics	6
Mathematics	6
Microeconomics	6
Positive political theory	9
Research methods	12
Theories of regulation	6

2nd year

Compulsory learning activities

Compulsory learning activities	ECTS
Global firms and markets	12

Elective activities

• 9 ECTS by selecting one of the following alternatives :
  - Political economy and public choices
  - Comparative welfare state

• 6 ECTS by selecting one of the following alternatives :
  - Governance of the European Union 
  - Political theory

• 9 ECTS for elective activities

• 3 ECTS by selecting one of the following alternatives:
  - Advanced foreign language: french, german or spanish
  - Computer skills: advanced.

Final activities

• Final exam (21 ECTS)