I attended the master course in International Affairs (China and Global Studies profile) at the University of Turin from September 2017 to March 2020. The faculty is located in the beautiful Campus Luigi Einaudi near the Dora River, 15 minutes by feet from the city center.
The master course in International Relations and area studies provides students with a great set of skills related to international affairs, economics and languages, dividing the course in 4 different paths:
– China and Global Studies;
– European Studies;
– Middle East and North Africa;
– Human Rights and International Cooperation.
The lessons are coupled with extra-curricular activities, summer schools and seminars in order to help students to improve both soft and hard skills. Moreover, the China and Global Studies profile is equipped with a mobility programme granting a selected number of students the opportunity to attend a full academic year abroad in a Chinese University.
On the other side, drawbacks might be related to physical spaces: a lack of accommodation facilities for incoming foreign students and the poor number of rooms to speak loudly.
Overall, I would definitely recommend the master course to a friend interested in an academic career with a truly international focus.