International Affairs & Diplomacy

Structure, register and academic use of Italian, with focus on the diplomatic and institutional lexicon needed to operate in Italy and within Italian-speaking international contexts.

Theories of IR (realism, liberalism, constructivism), the architecture of global governance, multilateralism and the actors shaping today's world order.

Political systems, regimes, parties and elections compared across democracies and non-democracies — the toolkit for analysing how states actually work.

From Westphalia to the post-Cold War order: the major treaties, doctrines and turning points that shaped the modern international system.

The craft of diplomacy: protocol, missions, consular work, summit diplomacy and back-channel negotiation, illustrated through case studies of contemporary practice.

Immersive, workshop-based language pathway. From the level achieved in high school you progress through active practice in negotiation, presentation and intercultural communication tasks.

Second language pathway built on the same applied methodology, with parallel progression toward operational fluency in international and diplomatic settings.

Advanced written and spoken Italian for institutional, academic and professional contexts, including legal and diplomatic genres.

Sources, subjects and enforcement of international law: treaties, custom, state responsibility, jurisdiction and the role of the UN system.

EU institutions, legal order and competences. How directives and regulations shape member-state policy, plus key rulings of the Court of Justice.

Hands-on analysis of regional flashpoints: methodology for risk assessment, scenario building and political-economy mapping of contemporary crises.

Trade theory and policy, balance of payments, international finance, sanctions and the economic dimension of foreign policy and global markets.

Universal human-rights framework, peacebuilding, transitional justice and the socio-cultural processes that fuel conflict and radicalisation.

Continuation of the immersive pathway with a stronger focus on professional registers, written diplomatic communication and oral negotiation.

Parallel progression for the second language, with task-based modules drawn from real international settings.

Mandates, structures and decision-making of the major international organisations, with focus on how careers within them actually work.

Concepts of security, intelligence cycle, counter-terrorism strategies and the ethical and legal limits of intelligence work in democratic states.

Workshop-driven training in interest-based negotiation, mediation and conflict-resolution techniques applied to diplomatic and crisis settings.

Final pathway to operational fluency: advanced register, idiomatic command and confident performance in high-stakes international contexts.

Mirror pathway in the second language, completing your bilingual professional profile.

Digital tools, data sources and OSINT-style techniques used by analysts, journalists and policy professionals.

Mandatory placement with diplomatic missions, international organisations, NGOs, think-tanks or government bodies — coordinated by the Unicollege Career Service.

Independent research project supervised by a faculty member, defended publicly. The thesis demonstrates analytical depth on a contemporary issue in international affairs or diplomacy.