Human rights and multi-level governance
Italy, Padua
Study location | Italy, Padua |
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Type | Master's degree, full-time |
Nominal duration | 2 years (120 ECTS) |
Study language | English |
Awards | (Master of Arts in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance) |
Course code | EP1980/000ZZ/2013 |
Tuition fee | €2,642 per year For more information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees-23-24 |
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Application fee | €30 one-time This fee is non-refundable. |
Deposit | €200 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable. |
Entry qualification | Bachelor diploma (or equivalent)
The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree course, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage. |
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Language requirements | English B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent Please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions |
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Other requirements | For the second year of the degree programme, proficiency of ONE of the following languages is required:
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Overview
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; Economic Globalisation and HR/Statistics for Social Science; Refugee Human Rights Protection/Women’s Human Rights/ Children’s rights.
2nd Year: Language of Advocacy; Microfinance for Social Change/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; 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.