| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | Full-time | 2 years | October | - | EUR 2642 per year |
The Master’s degree aims at developing a universal culture of human rights. With a strong policy and action-oriented approach, where research and lecturing activities reflect the transnational and transcultural dimensions of human rights studies, it provides professional knowledge and skills to promote and guarantee the respect of human rights. Human rights law, multi-level governance of human sustainable development and security are conceptual paradigms of reference throughout the
programme.
Programme structure
1st Year: International Law of Human Rights; HR in International Politics; Constitutional Development and Democratisation; History of Genocides/History of International Organizations/International History of The Balkans/International History of the Middle East; Economic Globalisation and HR/Statistics for Social Science; Refugee Human Rights Protection/Women’s Human Rights/ Children’s rights.
2nd Year: Language of Advocacy; Social and Financial Sustainability for Small Business/Economics of Human Capital; Second Language; Culture, Society and Human Rights/Religions and Human Rights; Regional Human Rights Systems/European Union Law and Human Rights; Human Rights and International Justice/Human Rights Practice/Labour and Global Social Justice; Internship.
Career opportunities
Graduates work as human rights officers, as researchers and policy planners in international, national and nongovernmental organisations, in the diplomatic service, in the public sector, in trade unions or political parties; as project managers and field officers of humanitarian aid; as journalists; as experts of social responsibility units and international relations departments within corporate organisations.
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Our tuition fees will not exceed 2700 euros per year. Scholarship and fee waivers are available for international students, for more information visit our website.
Bachelor diploma (or equivalent)
The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian.
You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university.
English B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent.
Please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions
For the second year of the degree programme, proficiency of ONE of the following languages is required:
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