Sciences for peace: international cooperation and conflict transformation
Course Description
Level: Degree Programme
Degree Class:
L-37 R - Content in Italian
Scienze sociali per la cooperazione, lo sviluppo e la pace
Department: CIVILISATIONS AND FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE
Admission: Free
CFUs: 180
Duration: 3 years
Italian
Pisa
- Peace building
- Humanitarian cooperation
- Peaceful conflict resolution and terrorism (in collaboration with the University of Brescia).
Gli studenti e le studentesse che intendono iscriversi al Corso di laurea in "Scienze per la Pace: cooperazione internazionale e trasformazione dei conflitti", oltre al necessario titolo di studio superiore di durata quinquennale, secondo quanto previsto dalla normativa vigente, devono anche avere un'ottima conoscenza della lingua italiana, parlata e scritta, ed una buona conoscenza di un'altra lingua dell'Unione europea. Devono poi possedere una discreta cultura generale, con particolare riferimento alle nozioni di storia, di educazione civica e di algebra elementare che compaiono nei programmi della scuola media superiore, ed avere familiarità con lo strumento informatico. Le modalità per la verifica del possesso dei requisiti d'accesso è specificata nel regolamento didattico del corso di studi, che indica anche gli eventuali obblighi formativi aggiuntivi previsti nel caso in cui la verifica non sia positiva.
Gli studenti che intendono iscriversi al Corso di laurea in Scienze per la pace dovranno avere un buon livello di cultura generale e possedere le nozioni di storia, educazione civica, lingua straniera e matematica previste dai programmi della scuola media superiore, nonché qualche familiarità con lo strumento informatico.
Il possesso delle conoscenze iniziali viene verificato al fine di valutare le esigenze formative e di consentire un'autovalutazione - per il tramite di test d'ingresso definiti al livello dipartimentale. In caso di mancato superamento è previsto che lo studente si iscriva e segua obbligatoriamente le attività di recupero organizzate dal Dipartimento.
Course Evaluations
Contacts
Presidente del Corso di Laurea
Sonia Paone
Email: sonia.paone@unipi.it
Referente didattico
Roberta Savioli
Tel. (+39) 050 2216001
Email: roberta.savioli@unipi.it
Unità Didattica del Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere: https://www.cfs.unipi.it/studiare-a-cfs/coordinamento-didattico
Orario di ricevimento: Solo su appuntamento da concordare telefonicamente (+39) 050 2216001: roberta.savioli@unipi.it
Study Plan
For students enrolled in the academic year 2025/2026
Required
- Contemporary history i (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Sociology of conflicts and peace (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Introduction to peace studies (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Political economics (9 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Law (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Basic mathematics (3 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Test di valutazione
Lingue i anno (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
- English language laboratory a (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- English language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- German language laboratory a (6 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
- German language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
- Knowledge of at least one foreign language (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- French language laboratory c (6 CFU)
Gruppo stem i anno (6 CFU)
- Emergency and civil protection (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Europe and the world from contemporary age to modern age (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
Required
- International law (6 CFU)
- Methodology of social research (6 CFU)
- General sociology and development (9 CFU)
- Statistics (9 CFU)
- Advanced linguistic knowledge (3 CFU)
Gruppo cec II anno (6 CFU)
- Development economic (6 CFU)
- Ecological economics (6 CFU)
Gruppo dea II anno (6 CFU)
- Demography (6 CFU)
- Metodologie della ricerca antropologica (6 CFU)
Gruppo sem II anno (3 CFU)
- Stages e tirocini (3 CFU)
- Seminars (3 CFU)
Gruppo ssa II anno (6 CFU)
- Economic history (6 CFU)
- Introduzione alla antropologia culturale (6 CFU)
Required
- Aggressivenesses and reconciliation approches (12 CFU)
- Stages (6 CFU)
- Democracy, justice and peace laboratory (3 CFU)
- Final exam (3 CFU)
Gruppo agi III anno (18 CFU)
- Development geography (6 CFU)
- Regional and environmental sociology (6 CFU)
- Geography of the world economy (6 CFU)
- Computer science for the human sciences (6 CFU)
Gruppo ati III anno (12 CFU)
- Liberta' accademica e diritti umani degli studiosi a rischio. teoria prassi e advocacy (6 CFU)
- History of eastern europe (6 CFU)
- Juridical and political theories and human rights (6 CFU)
- Natural resources and peace (6 CFU)
- Peace philosophy (6 CFU)
- Management of medical response after major disasters and during humanitarian crisis (6 CFU)
- Decisions, complexity and conflicts (6 CFU)
- Migration law (6 CFU)
- Political history of the modern age (6 CFU)
- Social history of the contemporary age (6 CFU)
- Antropologia fisica (6 CFU)
- Arms control and disarmament (6 CFU)
Other
- Free training activity (18 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory c (6 CFU)
- Laboratory of german language c (6 CFU)
- Student's choice (18 CFU)
Career opportunities
- international organisations such as the UN, the OSCE and the European Union
- international NGOs
- volunteer associations
- national and international (governmental and non-governmental) civil organisations
- local authorities, within the Third sector
Enrolment
The Degree Program in Sciences for Peace has an open access. Find more details here.
In order to attend the course, students must take a non-selective evaluation test to verify the initial preparation level.
This test can be taken even after the enrolment completion.
Here you can find the evaluation test information.
How to enrol
Enrolment for the a.y. 2023/2024 will start at the end of July 2023. The official dates are being defined.
After signing up, you can choose:
- Standard enrolment;
- Degree program shortening (in the event of a university degree already obtained);
- Relocation from another University.
The procedure will request:
- ID scanned copy
- passport-sized photo (please check size)
- High school diploma details (Secondary School Name, year, final mark).
Students with a foreign qualification are required to upload:
- Declaration of Value (DV) issued by the Italian Diplomatic Authorities in their home country, along with the official translation into Italian of the diploma, legalised (or with an “apostille”) and validated, OR, the ENIC-NARIC certificate is accepted in Italian Language. These documents should attest at least 12 years of schooling and the relevant qualification should allow the access to higher education.
For Degree Program shortening the obtained University degree will be required. For relocation from another University previous university career will be required from the other university.
At the end of procedure please print and sign the FORIM to complete enrolment and upload it on the Alice portal in the Career section annexes.
Students with special needs
Students with handicap under art. 3 Italian Law no. 104/1992 or with a certified disability equal or above 66% are required to upload a medical certificate attesting their health condition for university tuition fees exemption (duty stamp is required anyway).
Some special categories under art. 1.1.2 lett. d) e) and art.1.1.3 lett. c) of the Regulations on Tuition fees (such as Italian government scholarship holders, competition winners, detained subjects ) shall email to matricolandosi@unipi.it for a specific calculation of tuition fees.
If you are not applying for the DSU scholarship
If you are not applying for the DSU scholarship, which will be acquired automatically, after choosing your programme, you are required to pay the first installment of tuition fees.
Information and deadlines regarding fees and scholarships for the a.y. 2023/2024 are still being defined.
International students with a foreign qualification applying for a visa applicants can pay the first installment of fees and submit the necessary documentation by 29 February 2024 without delay.
If you are applying for the DSU scholarship
If you are applying for the scholarship, which is automatically acquired and results in immediate enrolment after the ‘choice of course’, the payment of the first installment is deferred to the deadline of the second tuition fee installment: those who successfully gain the scholarship will not be required to pay any university fees. They will only have to pay €16.00 for duty stamp.
Within 3 working days from the payment (or from the ‘choice of course’ in case of submission of the scholarship application), you will receive a welcome email and on you home page of the Alice portal, in the ‘NOTES’ section, the message ‘ENROLLED 2023/24’, will be displayed until the documents presented online are validated.
After tuition fee payment (or alternatively after scholarship application) you are required to upload the FORIM signed on both 2 pages in the Career section annexes of Alice portal. This document will be checked by the Matricolandosi Centre along with your ID card.
As confirmation of your enrolment registration, you will receive a welcome email to your personal email address and at the same time the wording ‘REGISTERED 2023/24’ will be displayed on the Alice portal home page, in the ‘NOTES’ field, which will remain visible until your documents (FORIM, ID document) have passed all the administrative checks.
Only after FORIM has been validated will you be able to book the withdrawal of your Student Card..
The procedures for issuing the Student card can be seen here.
Students with foreign qualification, regardless of their citizenship, must upload the necessary documents that must be validated by the International Office (wis@unipi.it); after enrolment, they will have to upload the enrolment form (FORIM) and follow the procedure described on the page for issuing the student card.
For Degree Program shortening the previous university career will be recognized after submitting to the Students Office the “qualifications recognition” form with the annexed self certification of all exams.
For relocation from another University the Students Office will confirm you the acceptance of the discharge papers from the university of origin.