Opportunities for Specialising Master Programmes

For the academic years 2024-25 and 2025-26, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore adheres to the "PA 110 e lode" project, an initiative of the Ministry for Public Administration designed to enhance the continuing education of public employees.

The aim of the project is to allow employees of the Public Administration to obtain a first- or second-level specialising master programme at favourable rates, thus expanding their skills and enhancing their career. This project therefore offers a unique opportunity to update professional skills in a high-level academic context, with the support of qualified professors/lecturers, offering training courses designed to meet the specific needs of the public sector.

Reduced participation fees apply.

In addition, students who are employees of the Public Administration are granted by the Department of Public Administration a contribution equal to 50% of the enrolment cost incurred, within the limits of a maximum threshold of:

• €1,000 for undergraduate, graduate and integrated degree programmes
• €2,500 for first- and second-level specialising master programmes

Below are the training courses covered by the Agreement:

First-level Specialising Master Programmes:

• Advanced Public and Cultural Diplomacy for International Relations, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Milan campus
• Pedagogical Actions and Interactions through Storytelling and Theatricality Education, Faculty of Education, Milan campus
• Labour Consultancy and Personnel Management, Faculty of Law, Milan Campus
• Crisis and Disaster Management: organizational functions in civil protection, security and civil defense, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Milan campus
• Didactics of Italian L2, Faculty of Linguistic Sciences and Foreign Literatures, Milan campus
• Didactics and psychopedagogy for pupils with autism spectrum disorder, Faculty of Education, Milan campus
• Sustainability management and communication. Training, green jobs, circular economy, Faculties of Education; Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences; Political and Social Sciences, Brescia Campus 
• The Elderly and Caregivers: Psychological and Pedagogical Interventions and Approaches, Faculty of Education, Milan campus
• International Cooperation and Development, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Milan campus
• Management of Biomedical and Biotechnological Companies, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
• Middle Eastern Studies – MIMES, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Milan campus
• Pedagogy of the Family, Faculty of Education, Brescia Campus
• Aid relations in contexts of national and international development and cooperation, Faculty of Education, Milan campus
• Climate risk and environmental governance. Adaptation and Training for Integral Ecology, Faculties of Education; Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences; Political and Social Sciences; Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences; School of Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences, Brescia Campus

• Educational Services for the Artistic Heritage, Historical Museums and Visual Arts, Faculty of Education, Milan Campus
   

• Second-level Specialising Master Programmes:

  • Foster care, adoption and new challenges of family care: clinical, social and legal aspects, Faculty of Psychology, Milan campus
  • Legal Skills and Services in Healthcare, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
  • Tax Law, Faculty of Economics, Milan campus
  • Cognitive Dysfunctions in Childhood (DisCEE): Assessment and Neuropsychological Intervention for Learning Disorders and Difficulties and Intellectual Disability, Faculty of Psychology, Milan campus
  • Health Economics and Policy (Mepsa), Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
  • Health Communication Specialist, Faculties of Economics; Arts and Philosophy, Rome campus
  • Human Resource Psychology: development, management and orientation of people in organizations, Faculty of Psychology, Milan campus
  • Digital for Zero-Six. Activating integrated, creative and participatory educational paths, Faculty of Education, Brescia campus
  • Innovability Management. Innovation, Digital and Sustainability, Faculties of Economics; Political and Social Sciences, Milan campus
  • International Patient Advocacy Management, Faculties of Medicine and Surgery; Economics; Psychology, Rome campus
  • Management and Innovation of Public Administrations (MIPA), Faculty of Economics and Law, Milan campus
  • Management and Innovation of Central Public Administrations (MIPAC), Faculty of Economics and Law, Rome campus
  • Management for Sustainability in Healthcare, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Milan campus
  • Market Access: drugs and medical devices from the laboratory to the patient, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
  • Museology, Museography and Management of Cultural Heritage, Faculties of Arts and Philosophy; Economics, Milan campus
  • Behavioural Neuroscience: Prevention, Neuroenhancement and Neurorehabilitation, Faculty of Psychology, Milan campus
  • Operation Management in Healthcare Companies, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
  • Organization and Management of Healthcare Companies and Services, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
  • Organization and Management of Healthcare Companies and Services Executive Profile, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
  • Patient Advocacy Management, Faculties of Medicine and Surgery; Economics; Psychology, Rome campus
  • Pharmacy Management. Pharmacy Organization and Management, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
  • Risk management: decisions, errors and technology in medicine, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
  • Total Worker Health: the new dimensions of personal protection in the workplace, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus
  • Health Technology Assessment and Management, Faculties of Economics; Medicine and Surgery, Rome campus

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    Distribution of the Benefits

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Graduates of Università Cattolica enrolled in the premium services of the UCSC Alumni community are entitled to a reduction on the tuition fees of the Masters to be applied to the second instalment. Visit the pages of the individual masters to find out the subsidized amount

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. have entered into a special agreement for the management of the "PER MERITO" loan for the benefit of students enrolled in three-year degrees, graduate programmes, integrated degree programmes, annual and two-year university masters, research doctorates, courses abroad (double degree or joint degree) and Erasmus.

• INFORMATION NOTE: course requirements and financing plans
• Active by merit

StudioSì is a fund of the NOP Research and Innovation 2014-2020, co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) and managed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), which supports participation in tertiary education courses (master's and single-cycle degrees, masters and specialization schools) consistent with the National Smart Specialization Strategy, divided into thematic areas.
The 12 Areas defined by the National Smart Specialisation Strategy (SNSI):
Aerospace – Agrifood – Blue Growth – Green Chemistry – Design, creativity and made in Italy – Energy – Smart factory – Sustainable mobility – Health – Smart, safe and inclusive communities – Technologies for living environments – Technologies for cultural heritage.

Who it is for: Students residing in the 8 regions of Southern Italy who attend or are pre-enrolled/admitted to tertiary education courses in Italy or abroad.
Students not residing in the regions of the South who attend or are pre-enrolled/admitted to tertiary education courses in universities in the South (up to 25% of resources).
Financial resources: Loans up to a maximum of €50,000 at zero interest and without personal guarantees or third-party guarantors. In addition to tuition fees, the funding can also cover out-of-pocket expenses related to studying. The disbursement of resources takes place through two financial operators: Intesa San Paolo and Gruppo Bancario Cooperativo Iccrea.

Eligible paths: Post-three-year tertiary education courses: single-cycle degrees, master's degrees, first and second level university masters, specialization schools (without scholarships/salaries) recognized by the MUR.

Go to the Call
https://www.studiosiponricerca-mur.it/

The Fund aims to offer the necessary guarantees to allow deserving young people to obtain funding for university enrolment or post-graduate specialization courses or in-depth study of the foreign language.
In order to access the funding guaranteed by the Fund, young people who meet the requirements provided for by the legislation must fill in the application form, attach the required documentation and go to the branches of the lenders participating in the initiative.

Who can apply for funding
students enrolled in first or second level university Masters, up to date with the payment of university fees and in possession of a bachelor's or specialist degree, with a mark of at least 100/110.

The Gasbarri Foundation, established in 1984 by Alleanza Assicurazioni S.p.A, aims to promote the dissemination of knowledge in the insurance field and offer young people valid opportunities to enter this working reality. To this end, the Foundation intends to support research and culture through the provision of Awards, Scholarships and Internships to the most deserving young people.

For the academic year 2025-2026, the Gasbarri Foundation is supporting the following master's degrees with some scholarships: