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    About the Master’s degree

    A program to understand the world and learn to build relationships that mitigate risks and identify new business partnerships and opportunities.

    You will focus on acquiring theoretical and practical skills and competencies to understand the operation of international relations and promote business abroad, using diplomatic channels and processes, both in the public and private sectors.

    This program provides the skills needed to include diplomacy as a key management tool. You will play a key role in understanding the new role of companies, closing the gap between commercial activities and the management of socio-political issues.

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    SKILLS

    Get the skills needed to include diplomacy as a key management tool and play a key role in operating business in a complex VUCA world.

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    CAREER DEVELOPMENT

    Build your career in business internationalization in companies and public institutions.

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    Learning system

    Benefit from an innovative learning system focused on practical experience and case analysis.

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    Work placement

    Train your future by participating in work placements supervised by experts with extensive experience.

    • Campus:

      Bilbao Campus

    • Programme name:

      International Relations and Business Diplomacy

    • Duration/credits:

      2 semesters - 60 ECTS

    • Language

      English

    • Number of places

      25

    • Programme type

      On campus

    • Application process:

      Admission process open

    • Additional information:

      4 afternoons/week

    • Faculty:

      Social and Human Sciences
    • Share:

    Master's degrees

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    Come to the Bilbao Campus (Auditorium Cloister) on March 20 from 12.00h to 17.00h.  

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    Our aim is to provide future professionals with the skills they need

    Iñigo Arbiol Master's lecturer and expert on Agenda 2030

    Why should you choose this program?

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    AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

    Designed by an international council of public and private sectors employers, scholars and high-level experts.

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    WORK PLACEMENT

    100% guaranteed international work placement at leading institutions and companies. 

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    Employability

    Over 80% of our students employed in the first 6 months after graduation

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    LEARNING BASED ON PRACTICAL TRAINING

    Benefit from an innovative learning focused on practical experience and case analysis

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    EXPERIENCE BASED IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY MODEL

    A country committed to a culture of internationalization, open and ambitious in its aim to consolidate itself as a benchmark on the international stage.

    Josu Ugarte

    More outside than inside...corporate diplomacy is the most important function in internationalization and global positioning processes

    Josu UgarteCEO Schneider Electric Iberia
    Maryam Luzarraga

    In a global environment, the management of stakeholders, impacts and risks are key for companies

    Maryam LuzarragaFormer PWC partner. Expert on strategies for public sector transformation

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    Who is it for?

    University graduates who plan to develop their career in business internationalization through innovative training by international scholars and experts in a multicultural academic environment.

    Professionals, currently working at companies and public institutions in the field of international business promotion, who need to enhance their professional profile with advanced training in new strategies and tools that take into account the latest lessons learned, advances and experiences.

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    Alumni stories

    Javier Fernández Rengel

    This master's program trained me to understand and manage the impact of international relations on global companies, with a multidisciplinary approach to managing risks and complex challenges.

    Javier Fernández Rengel

    Corporate Reputation & Reputational Risk (Holding) · BBVA

    Martin Schaefter

    Entirely English taught program receiving top-level worldwide professionals, the master’s degree has been an enriching experience that provided me with the competences to understand global relations.

    Sandra del Campo

    Strategy Consultant Nexio Consulting

    Martin Schaefter

    This program transformed my professional outlook, giving me analytical and practical skills to understand global relations, internationalization, and geopolitical challenges, which I apply successfully in my business daily

    Martin Schaefter

    Managing Director - Orona GmbH

    Naia Begiristain

    The Master has made me grow professionally within the international business development area, doing my internship in an internationalizing fashion industry company.

    Naia Begiristain

    Investigadora Predoctoral en Orkestra

    Diana Dudek

    This master’s degree has offered me the possibility of deepening the internationalization of public-private relations, and how this fits within a framework shaped by the current geopolitical, competitive and sustainability keys

    Diana Dudek

    Project Officer at CINEA - European Commission

    Mikel Gaztañaga

    In an increasingly competitive, complex and unstable global environment, this master’s program has offered me optimal training for its interpretation and conceptualization, providing it with key analytical-operational skills for my professional future i

    Mikel Gaztañaga

    Orkestra. Class of 2021
    SOFIJA MECINAJ

    In a gradually evolving world, this master’s degree taught me not only how to conceptualise geopolitical issues but also how to critically analyse them, giving me the necessary tools for my future in business diplomacy

    SOFIJA MECINAJ

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    Miller Wells

    The master’s degree cultivates competences which allow for a deeper understanding of business in both the public and private sector while also providing the students with one-on-one contact with experts in the field coming from a wide array of backgroun

    Miller Wells

    Carbon Market Specialist – Global Factor

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