Career Opportunities

Internship: the first career step

Thanks to an extensive network and numerous opportunities to meet face-to-face with key players in cultural diplomacy during field visits, MAPCD students have access to internship opportunities that are the first step in building their professional careers. 

Below are some of the companies and organisations that have hosted our students on internships::

Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Italy; Ministry of Cultural Heritage – Italy; ENI; ENEL; Intesa Sanpaolo; Cassa Depositi e Prestiti; Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo AltempsL; RAI; IAI - International Affairs Institute; ECFR – European Council on Foreign Relations; FAO – Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations; Unesco; British Council; UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization; ENEL – Res4Africa Foundation; Edelman; FutureBrand; The Branding Letters; Lord Cultural Resources; Musement; TAG - Talent Garden; UNIDROIT; Festival della Diplomazia; Fondazione Santagata; Venice Sustainability World Capital Foundation; International Private Committees for the Safeguard of Venice; Stauffer Foundation; EMMA4Peace, ASEAN Italy.


Network

An extensive network of national and international companies, institutions and organisations offers MAPCD students direct exposure to the future job market. Some of the players that have collaborated in various ways with the Master's programme:


Multifold employability

Students who have completed the Master in Advanced Public and Cultural Diplomacy for International Relations are now working in different Countries within various institutions and organizations:

  • Ministries of Foreign Affairs
  • Ministries of Cultural Heritage
  • International Institutions and Organizations
  • Global Companies
  • Think Tanks and research Institutes
  • Global Consultancy Firms
  • NGOs

Here below, some success stories, directly from the voices of our alumni.

Chiara Rampulla

MAPCD ALUMNI STORIES

Chiara Rampulla

Brand and Cultural Diplomacy?
Chiara Rampulla, Account New Business at FutureBrand, explains how to combine these two aspects. 

Patrizio De Juliis

MAPCD alumni stories

Patrizio De Juliis

"Diplomacy is not only ambassadors and Ministers of Foreign Affairs, but it is made up of relationships with companies, NGOs, think tanks, research centres."
The experience of Patrizio De Juliis, Communication Specialist at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. 

Maria Agnese Pozzovivo

MAPCD alumni stories

Maria Agnese Pozzovivo

What does it mean to do 'diplomacy' in a multinational company? The testimony of Maria Agnese Pozzovivo, Public Affairs Department in ENI.

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