Local Development 24 months Postgraduate Program By Università di Padova |Top Universities
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Program Duration

24 monthsProgram duration

Application Deadline

02 Feb, 2025Application Deadline

Program overview

Main Subject

Development Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

A course held entirely in English that offers students a multicultural and multilinguistic dimension due to its numerous international experiences while providing an advanced level of training in promoting local development. Students follow the economic, sociological, political, statistical, historical-geographical, socio-pedagogical, and anthropological areas while acquiring an in-depth knowledge of the social, organizational, economic, territorial, as well as the institutional and dynamic forms of the local development processes. Students will learn to analyse the territorial framework and promote conditions that are favourable to local development allowing graduates to hold managerial roles in the project development, monitoring, and evaluation phases as well as working as professionals in development cooperation or in governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Want to find out more? Meet your future professors and current internationals students at our   Open Weeks   webinar:   register here.

Program overview

Main Subject

Development Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

A course held entirely in English that offers students a multicultural and multilinguistic dimension due to its numerous international experiences while providing an advanced level of training in promoting local development. Students follow the economic, sociological, political, statistical, historical-geographical, socio-pedagogical, and anthropological areas while acquiring an in-depth knowledge of the social, organizational, economic, territorial, as well as the institutional and dynamic forms of the local development processes. Students will learn to analyse the territorial framework and promote conditions that are favourable to local development allowing graduates to hold managerial roles in the project development, monitoring, and evaluation phases as well as working as professionals in development cooperation or in governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Want to find out more? Meet your future professors and current internationals students at our   Open Weeks   webinar:   register here.

Admission requirements

6+
80+
65+

Bachelor diploma (or equivalent)

  • A  minimum three-year undergraduate degree (or equivalent)  is required, with proven skills in at least one of these fields: Political Science, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Economics, Management, Cooperation and Development, Intercultural Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, International Law, Political Philosophy, Geography, Social Psychology, Sociology.
  • Additional entry requirements: entry title and GPA
  • English  B2 level (CEFR) or equivalent
02 Feb 2025
2 Years
Oct

Tuition fee and scholarships

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More programs from the university

Over 80 undergraduate degrees (Bachelor's or single-cycle) are available at the University of Padua.

The following are provided completely in English:

Animal Care

Information Engineering

Italian Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Medicine and Surgery (single-cycle, 6 years)

Psychological Science

Techniques and methods in Psychological Science

Biology of Human and Environmental Health

Earth and Climate Dynamics

Entry requirements for Italian-taught Bachelor's degrees are usually assessed through a written test. For the English-taught degree programme in Medicine and Surgery, IMAT test is required.

LAUREA - BACHELOR'S DEGREE
Provides a solid background in general methods and content, as well as in specific professional skills.

Admission requirements: at least 12 years of prior education.
Leads to: Master's degree; 1st level lifelong learning course.
Duration: 3 years - 180 ECTS


LAUREA MAGISTRALE A CICLO UNICO
(SINGLE-CYCLE DEGREE)
Ensures advanced training for regulated professions (e.g. medicine and surgery, veterinary medicine, pharmacology) and activities requiring a high level of specialisation.

Programmes in: Medicine and Surgery (available also in English), Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Techniques, Law, Building Engineering and Architecture, and Primary Teacher Education

Admission requirements: at least 12 years of prior education.
Leads to: PhD; specialisation school; postgraduate 2nd level lifelong learning course.
Duration: 5 or 6 years - 300 or 360 ECTS


TUITION FEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Annual fees are less than €2700,00 and the payment is made in 3 instalments. Payment of university fees gives students access to all services offered by the University of Padova: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees-23-24  

The following page summarizes all the possibilities students have to apply for a reduced fee: unipd.it

The University of Padua and other Institutions also offer a series of scholarships to support students, for example the Padua International Excellence Scholarship.

Awards for specific categories of students, e.g. students with special sport or academic achievements, are also available. For further information, please go to: www.unipd.it/en/awards 

Over 90 postgraduate degrees are available at the University of Padua.

The following are completely held in English:

School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine

School of Economics and Political Sciences

School of Engineering

School of Human and Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage

School of Medicine

School of Psychology

School of Science


LAUREA MAGISTRALE - MASTER'S DEGREE
Provides advanced training for highly specialised professions in specific fields.
Admission requirements: Bachelor's degree. Special requirements may apply (e.g. a minimum degree outcome)
Leads to: PhD; specialisation school; postgraduate 1st and 2nd level lifelong learning course.
Duration: 2 years - 120 ECTS


TUITION FEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Annual fees are less than €2700,00 and the payment is made in 3 instalments.
A number of merit-based scholarships are available to international students: https://www.unipd.it/en/scholarships-international-students

Awards for specific categories of students, e.g. students with special sport or academic achievements, are also available. For further information, please go to: www.unipd.it/en/awards 


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