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School of Government Luiss Guido Carli

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Program Structure

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   

  • European Politics in the 20th century    

  •  European Macroeconomics    

  •  European Institutions     

  •  Policies and Policymaking in the EU      

Elective courses   

  • EU Funding for Culture   

  • The Cultural Heritage of Mediterranean Europe   

Policy Lab   

  • Learning Policy Advice  

  • EU programming: financial, economic, design and management aspects  

 Advanced Seminars:

  • Leadership today and tomorrow
  • Executive power and influence academy 
  • The Question of Minorities 

 
II Term (February – July 2027) 

Core Courses 

  • Challenge to European Democracy 

Elective Courses   

  • Digital Europe, Data Protection and Cyber Security    

  • European Environment and Climate Policies    

  • Employment and Social Affairs in the EU: Legal and Policy Dimensions   

  • Energy Policy    

  • Cohesion Policy    

  • Eurozone Economic Policies and Governance    

  • EU migration policies  

  • History of Southern Europe  

Policy Lab   

  • E.P.S.O.    

  • Simulation Exercise: Negotiation and Decisionmaking in European Institutions  

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.