BSc in International Politics and Government

This BSc is the first undergraduate program offered by Bocconi in the field of political science, with a small multicultural class group of selected, highly motivated students, taught by a dedicated international faculty. Students will learn how to interpret the evolution of social, economic and political systems in an international perspective, understand the mechanisms of decision-making within national and international institutions, and develop skills needed for implementing and evaluating policies. Students will acquire a toolbox of soft and hard skills through active learning from a wide array of subjects: politics, economics, management, law, history and quantitative methods. Great emphasis is placed on three moments of policy-making: designing public policies which are both economically efficient and politically sustainable; implementing public policies with an effective approach; and evaluating public policies using modern quantitative and qualitative techniques. All students take part in a compulsory exchange, studying abroad at a partner university for one semester, and have the option of doing an internship. The program aims to educate future national and international policy-makers, active players in international organizations and regulatory authorities, and managers in international private firms dealing with growing non-market environments.

The Data, Society and Organisations track is a double program in the BSc in International Politics and Government offered in collaboration with HEC Paris. This new program uniquely merges social science critical thinking with problem solving and data analytical skills, featuring in-depth training in quantitative methods and data science.