Career prospects | GLOBAL POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The course opens up job opportunities in many areas of international politics, both in international and non-governmental organisations and in public and private enterprise.

Graduates in Global Politics and International Relations will be able to work in the sector of internationalisation of business and public administration, international cooperation, and will be able to work in research and consultancy organisations, think tanks and media organs, being able to competently interpret future challenges.

Occupational outlets consistent with the course of study are also those in private (profit and non-profit) organisations and companies, especially those operating at an international level and, more generally, all private consultancy agencies that work in the field of international relations and develop scenarios to support political and business decisions.

The professions of the Global Politics and International Relations graduate

Among the professions that can be undertaken by graduates in Global Politics and International Relations are the following:

Executives and equivalents of state administrations, non-economic public bodies and local authorities
Research and study office staff of public bodies and organisation
University lecturers in political and social sciences
Ambassadors, ministers plenipotentiary and senior managers in the diplomatic career (consular commissioner, embassy councillor, legation councillor, emigration and social affairs councillor consul, consul-general, minister plenipotentiary, deputy ambassador)
Officials at international organisations
Members of government bodies and national assemblies with legislative and regulatory powers (member of the Senate, member of the Chamber of Deputies)
Executives of political parties and movements
European parliamentary assistant
Parliamentary assistant in the Italian Parliament
Directors and executives of the communications department publicity and public relations
Public relations officers
Public affairs officers
Directors and managers of the organisation, human resources management and industrial relations department
Human resources officers
General affairs officers (back office clerk, administrative assistant, administrative clerk, administrative operator, secretarial staff call for tenders preparer)
Project Manager Foreign market expert
Researcher at trade associations, trade unions, NGOs
Researcher at private non-profit or for-profit research organisations
Journalist and public or private communicator
Employment consultant
Social media manager
Organisers of fairs, exhibitions and cultural events
Experts in the study, management and control of social phenomena

Graduates in political science can also hold various roles as officials and operators in:

non-governmental organisations;
social cooperatives;
voluntary service centres;
environmental and territorial associations;
cultural associations;
trade unions.

PLEASE NOTE:
Political science graduates are generally admitted to public competitions for access to different roles and positions within state administrations, non-economic public bodies and local authorities.

Second-cycle degree graduates in political science may participate in competitions for teaching at upper secondary schools, provided that their qualifications meet the ministerial requirements. In particular, following the ISTAT classification of professions (2011), the Second-Cycle Degree Course in Global Politics and International Relations prepares for the profession of Control specialists in public administration (cod. 2.5.1.1.2), Economic Systems Specialists (cod. 2.5.3.1.1); Specialists in political science (cod. 2.5.3.4.3).

Graduate skills

The graduate in Global Politics and International Relations usually possesses:

the ability to clearly communicate one's knowledge and the results of one's research and to competently discuss the methodologies applied;
the ability to write formally and substantively correct texts that are rigorous in method and content.

These skills are developed through the drafting of written documents and their discussion in the classroom with lecturers and specially invited experts (e.g. internationally renowned researchers and scholars, diplomats, officials serving international organisations, international judges, military personnel and civilians involved in peacekeeping operations).