UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA

FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF STUDIES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

MASTER COURSE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH EASTERN COUNTRIES ANNOUNCEMENT OF SELECTION FOR 25 SCHOLARSHIPS

 

The University of Macerata, together with the Club of Economic and Commercial Counsellors of Foreign Embassies in Italy, thanks to the financial support of the European Social Fund and of the Economic Development Department of Marche Region, offers:

- 5 Scholarships for the Master course including free tuition plus a contribution to expenses of 2.000 or 3.000 euro (depending whether the student comes from Central-Eastern Europe or China);

- 20 Scholarships for the Master course with free tuition.

 

master program. The Master is focused on Institutional and commercial relationships with Eastern countries two specializations:

Central/Eastern Europe and China.

It aims to provide students with high professional competences that might be used either in enterprises operating in Central and Eastern Europe or in China, or in institutions involved in development/international cooperation programs, or even in consulting firms that support enterprises in internationalisation strategies.

 

The Lectures. The lectures - taught in English - will be structured in 3 parts:

Part I - fundamentals in economics, management, law, and EU policies/programming;

Part II - internationalisation: international law, international marketing, international trade and international institutional relations;

by choice, one of the following parts:

Part IIIa – selling and investing in Central/Eastern Europe: analysing strategic, legal and operational problems when selling and investing in Central/Eastern Europe;

Part IIIb – selling and investing in China: analysing strategic, legal and operational problems when selling and investing in China;

Classes take place from September to December 2005.

Stage is scheduled from January to April 2006. Some companies grant stageires a reimbursement of living costs.

 

The Place.  Lectures will be held in Civitanova Marche, a small beautiful town in Central Italy, in the heart of largest European footwear district.

Monthly living expenses considering a shared apartment and the university canteen are roughly 450-500 euro.

 

The Application Procedure. The students, in order to apply for a scholarship through the Club of Economic and Commercial Counsellors of Foreign Embassies in Italy will have to:

-          hold a Chinese, South-Eastern Asian or Central/Eastern European citizenship;

-          have already achieved (or will achieve by the end of July) a bachelor diploma preferably in Economics, Political Science, Law or Engineering;

-          send by July 30th a request of admission (as from the form that can be downloaded from www.unimc.it/masterest) plus a curriculum vitae and studiorum with a motivation letter

-          send an attestation with level of knowledge of Italian and English languages.

A preliminary admission list will be drawn based on the applications received by June 30th 2005

 

The Admission Procedure. For the enrolment, once the selection phase has been completed, the admitted students will have to send by August 15th also:

-          an official certificate about the achieved Bachelor Diploma, with final mark and marks in every examination. The certificate will have to be officially translated in Italian, with a declaration from the competent Italian authority, located in the country where the diploma was granted, that says that the diploma is legally accepted in that country;

-          a letter of raccomendation from the Club of Economic and Commercial Counsellors of Foreign Embassies in Italy;

-          two passport-type photos;

-          a copy of passport or identity card and tax identification number.

In case the student doesn’t enrol on time or renounce, other candidates in the final list will take its place according to the position in the list itself.

 

For additional information please contact

www.unimc.it/masterest  - e-mail: masterest@unimc.it

asking to be put you in touch with the Economic Counsellors of the Embassy of your Country in Italy or with the General Secretary of the Club of Economic and Commercial Counsellors of Foreign Embassies in Italy.