Stretching over one academic year the program is structured into the following two terms. The academic program requires students to complete all the courses on their study plan. Students will be evaluated at the end of each course and may also be invited to seminars. The academic program may change as instructed by the Director of the Master. 

I Term (October 2026 – January 2027) 

Core Courses 

• Geopolitics of the broader Mediterranean region - Luigi Narbone, Virginie Collombier
• Institutions and instruments of regional cooperation - Michael Koehler
• Europe and the MENA region: crossed perspectives - Francesca Corrao, Mohammed Hashas
• Security in the Mediterranean - Salvatore Farina
• Intensive writing and research coaching - Rosario Forlenza 

Elective Courses 

• Negotiation and Diplomacy in a Changing World - Pasquale Ferrara
  
• EU Policies and Global Challenges - Francesco Maria Petricone

II Term  (February - July 2027)  

Core Courses 

• Regional perspectives: The Middle East and the Gulf  - Luigi Narbone, Cinzia Bianco
• Political Economy of the Mediterranean area - Timothy E. Kaldas
• The Mediterranean in global history - Lorenzo Kamel

Elective Courses 

• Governance of Migration Flows - Mehari Maru
• Law and Finance in the Mediterranean - Angela Di Maria, Ersilia Francesca, Carmela Sorrenti
• Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid - Michael Koehler
• Mediation and Conflict Resolution - Virginie Collombier
• Diasporas in the broader Mediterranean - Michele Petrone
• Management of Natural Resources - Laury Haytayan
• Doing green business in the Mediterranean - Leon Stille
• Cyber, Digital and Foreign Policy - Enrico Savio, Massimo Tedeschi
  

Final Dissertation  

As part of their academic requirements, a final Master Dissertation must be submitted by the end of the program (October 31st). 

Students are expected to complete a 20.000/25.000 word Master Dissertation under the supervision of a member of the Faculty of the Master program. 

The general objective of the thesis is to evaluate the candidate's ability to: 

• analyse a subject using a stringent methodology using the relevant discipline; 
• adopt a critical attitude; 
• mobilize his or her reflection on the theme addressed; 
• provide a precise and reasoned answer to the question raised; 
• present the difficulties encountered and/or the limits of its analysis; 
• broaden the scope of the problem through a prospective approach.