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Master’s degree in International Relations, Politics & Trade – online -University of Palermo

Location: Palermo

Department:  Political Science and International Relations

Online: Yes

Teaching language of the course: English

Link to the course: https://guidastudente.unipa.it/en/corsi_di_laurea/international-relations-politics-trade/

The Master degree in International Relations, Politics & Trade will be delivered entirely online through the platformhttps://e-learn.unipa.it/” based on Moodle, the de-facto standard for online courses management. Access to all services is provided through the Unipa Single Sign-On system.
The provision of training services takes place 24 hours a day for all training activities that can be used in asynchronous and synchronous mode (many to many) and in scheduled times and methods for live events (one to many). All didactic activities are coordinated by the lecturer of the course or by the didactic tutor. The Course offers students, who come from all over the world the unique opportunity of studying the fundamental dynamics of international business from diverse and multidisciplinary perspectives. The complexity of doing business globally is addressed by academics from a legal, historical, economical and political perspective. Holding suitable knowledge of the English language – level B2 is compulsory and a pre-requisite for the enrolment. Achieving a profound understanding in socio-economics and international business law, as well as in business cultures, is one of the main purpose of the master degree. Students are expected to obtain an advanced knowledge in planning, operating and implementing import/export operations and foreign trade activities and investments, to being able to draft an international contract, to manage international transactions also from a custom and fiscal point of view, to analyse country risk profiles for foreign investments. The placement opportunities run widely in the international trade sector: export managers, logistics managers, freight and custom forwarders/broker, maritime agents, international commercial agents, international marketing experts, financial internationalization program managers.