University of Milan Faculty of Political Science TWO-YEAR MASTER'S DEGREE in ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE www.scienzepolitiche.unimi.it/2010-2011/EPS

The two-year master’s degree in Economics and Political Science (EPS) aims at developing a highly qualified learning track in the fields of economics and political science.

The design of the EPS degree is highly innovative in the Italian university system. Even if inter-disciplinary second-level degrees are not altogether missing in the Italian context, at present only the University of Milan offers a two-year master’s degree in economics and political science.

Interdisciplinary degrees such as EPS, however, are part of the academic tradition of most EU and non-EU countries. In the English-speaking world, in particular, the undergraduate and graduate programmes in Philosophy, Politics and Economics have represented for more than a century the privileged access to prestigious professional careers in both the economic and the political fields, in public and private sectors alike. Similar experiences are also familiar in the French- and German-speaking university systems.

These deeply rooted traditions underlie the international character of the EPS programme, which promotes mobility and joint degree agreements with similar courses offered by foreign universities. The language of instruction is English.

The EPS degree is designed to train students in advanced methodologies, analytical tools and quantitative techniques used in all fields of economics and political science.

EPS graduates will be ready to undertake a wide array of career paths in multinational companies, political institutions, public organizations, and other professions demanding high intellectual skills, robust technical competencies, and versatile knowledge. They will also be well prepared to engage in further academic research in top PhD programmes.

About the 2010-2011 programme

The EPS degree is subdivided into two curricula: ‘Economic Analysis and Policy’ (EAP) and ‘Politics, Philosophy and Public Policy’ (PPP). The chief focus of the EAP curriculum is on economic methods and problems, while the emphasis of the PPP curriculum is on political and philosophical methods and issues.

Students will choose the curriculum when they register, thus deciding which degree they will be awarded upon completion of their studies: either a master’s degree in economics (“laurea magistrale in scienze dell’economia”) or a master’s degree in political science (“laurea magistrale in scienze della politica”). Students will be able to...