About the ISTG Program

The School of International Studies of the University of Trento and the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento) offers an Integrated Graduate Program in International Studies and Transnational Governance.

The program develops its curriculum in coordination with international partner universities, through flexible mobility schemes designed for both students and faculty members. Both the School of International Studies and the Scuola Sant’Anna have a solid tradition of welcoming and integrating international students, helping them in their living and studying conditions in Trento and Pisa. The new program in transnational governance aims at attracting a significant number of excellent students.

The Integrated Graduate Program is open to a limited number (maximum 10) of students who have successfully completed their first year of the Master’s Degree in European and International Studies (MEIS) at the School of International Studies in Trento. Selected students (selected each spring) have the opportunity to spend a year at Scuola Sant’Anna and its international partner institutions. The activities offered by the two institutions allow participating students to complete the required 120 credits (ECTS) in order to receive the MEIS diploma from School of International Studies in Trento in addition to the Graduate Diploma in Transnational Governance from the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. This latter diploma will be conferred only on condition that a grade-point average no lower than 27/30 be kept and that 6 extra ECTS be acquired through specially offered courses and activities.

The main ISTG objective is to form professionals with a broad international framework and interdisciplinary training and research skills in internationalization processes, international relations, global politics, European affairs and sub-national institutions. The programme allows students:

to acquire advanced knowledge of the functioning of international institutional systems, with a specific focus on transnational phenomena and governance challenges;
to build interdisciplinary analytical skills and critical analysis of complex issues, policies and regional dynamics;
to broaden critical understanding of contemporary political, economic, legal and social issues;
to become familiar with theoretical and methodological pluralism;
to acquire practical skills for designing research projects, conducting empirical research, policy analysis and policy plans;
to work in a multilingual context.