For students who wish to build their career path at EU & international level Master. The European College of Parma Foundation is a higher education institute which provides advanced academic training for young graduates coming from European and Non-EU countries in the field of European Union law, economics and policies, and, more generally, on the process of European integration. The training provided is geared to preparing students for careers in EU, national and local institutions, professional associations, the corporate world and private practice. One of the College’s objectives is to build up the students’ professional skills in order to enable them to deal with EU policies and participate in their implementation. The first phase includes teaching activities over two semesters (October to January, and February to July). Exams will take place in the months of February and June/July. Students who successfully pass such exams will obtain a first qualification: the Diploma in Advanced European Studies (DAES). The second phase starts in July, after second semester exams. DAES graduates have the possibility to achieve a second qualification, University Master’s Degree in Advanced European Studies, by writing a dissertation on a European issue related to one course or seminar of the DAES programme under the supervision of one of the professors of the College. The dissertation must be discussed within a date specified on a yearly basis.