Languages for Communication in International Enterprises and Organizations

Great attention is paid to the development of language skills. Students are streamed into small groups for language tuition classes and are expected to reach a C2 and C1 level of competence (European Framework of Reference) in their two chosen languages of study, at the end of the two-year program. Advanced competences in the legal, economic, administrative and political fields are acquired through a close scrutiny of the way companies and organizations strategically manage their economic, financial, and legal procedures, in the awareness that the adopted cultural approaches, structural models, and communication techniques should facilitate negotiations with international stakeholders. The lectures are enriched with contributions from external professional experts, so as to provide students with a first-hand contact with the operational reality of the various business sectors. From the academic year 2015-2016 all lessons are taught in English, with the exception of the French, Italian, Spanish and German language courses. One- or two-year language courses in Chinese, Portuguese and Russian are also available. In addition to Erasmus exchanges students can also obtain grants to study at the University of Technology of Sydney (UTS), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and other oversea Universities. They can also participate in the competition for admission to the “Renzo Imbeni” Summer School, which offers the opportunity to gain better insights into the workings of the European Union. Moreover, the three students who produce the best essays will receive a scholarship for an internship in Brussels at the European Parliament and/or at the Committee of the Regions. All internships allow students to apply their knowledge in the field, and in many cases, offer interesting stimuli for the drafting of the final dissertations. It is also quite common for trainees to be employed by the company where they carried out their internship.