Hello everyone, my name is Riccardo from China. I am the member of the ongoing 2009-2010 master program “Relations with Eastern Countries”, the Eighth annual edition Master program organized by the Faculty of Political Science of the prestigious University of Macerata.
With great pleasure, I am very delighted to be granted such a precious occasion which allows me to share my living and study experiences with everyone through our faculty blog, in particular with those prospective students who wish to pursue their postgraduate studies in this city.
First of all, I would like to give you some clue about this program. As you may well note from our website, this annual Master is a tailor-made program for those who aspire to dedicate their career in bilateral trade ties and business cooperation between Italy and the three most important oriental countries in the world, including Russia, India and China. It is a program jointly launched by the time-honored University of Macerata with financial support from local public agencies such as Confindustria Macerata and Chamber of Commerce Macerata, two of the most significant business-related public institutes in Italy which will grant scholarship to the top-ranking applicants.
Additionally, I would like to give you a briefing with respect to the master courses. As per its scope, this master is intended to foster would-be professionals such as export manager and international trade consultant in the aforesaid field with its intense but extremely useful courses comprising international trade, international management, international law, inter alia, with wide-ranging respective sub-subjects. As a result, given its great intensity, it is highly advisable to get really highly committed to the study in that you will be supposed to have a fully-loaded three-month course consisting of a total of 40-hour weekly study program. In other words, it is a highly demanding but greatly fruitful master program as you will find out that all the courses are closely related to your future career which eventually will make all your efforts and hard-working much justifiable and worthwhile.
As regards the course, it is likewise important to point out that you will have a highly qualified and competent teaching team made up of university professors, independent consultants and professional executives. You will benefit so much from their expertise, knowledge, insights and experience. Moreover, they are so kind and available to give you their valuable advice with regard to your future career. All you need to do is to follow their lectures as much as you can to make what you learn from them part of your own knowledge for your future career.
Once this highly demanding while deservingly conducive teaching part is completed, you will be also required to finish a 300-hour internship program. In most of the cases, you will be doing that in one of the local companies as per the agreement between the Confindustria Macerata, our university and the companies concerned. Please do take advantage of this internship since this is where you will be practicing all that you will have learned in the classroom, which might be of great help to your future career.
One more point concerning your future study in Macerata also needs emphasizing. As you might have noted through the online application, the Italian language study is also part of this master program. If you have made your decision to join us, it is strongly advisable for you to start your Italian language study in advance as local people tend to speak quite limited English. You will be much better positioned if you have a good Italian foundation to make your daily life somewhat easier.
Apart from the study per se, it is necessary to drop some lines related to the City of Macerata. Located in the Marche Region, central and eastern part of Italy, Macerata is not a big city but definitely a peaceful place with extremely gentle and kind people. Near to both the seaside and mountain area, it is an ideal tourist destination due to its natural scenery, lovely sunshine and fascinating long coastal beach area. It will definitely do you good to get yourself a breakaway from the hustle and bustle of big cities. Just go to visit them and you will be having big fun!! Oh don’t forget here we have superb local Marchigiano cuisine which is one of the best in all Italy.
In particular, some more words are intended for my would-be Chinese alumni. Macerata is the hometown of Father Matteo Ricci (in Chinese Li Ma Dou or 利马窦), who was one of the forerunners of cultural exchanges between the east and west. This year Macerata and the Chinese government jointly commemorated his 400th anniversary decease with many cultural activities. So this may be an additional reason for those Chinese students to come to study here in Macerata if you want to be part of Sino-Italian cooperation and exchanges in cultural, educational and economic field, among others.
Meanwhile, I would also like to talk something about the supporting service. ERSU, the local supporting agency and the faculty staff are so kind and they will just try their best to help you to settle down. Compared with other big Italian university cities, the daily life here in Macerata is really much less costly in terms of lodging, boarding and traffic.
Last but not least, the international presence is also a well known aspect of our program. Basically, for each edition, there are students from eight different countries. It is a great pleasure to have such an opportunity to live the intercultural interaction among us teammates and other local students, which, I strongly believe, is an added value for your future study.
All in all, I would tell you that you will get rewarded by your decision to come to study here in Macerata. So get ready, work hard, and try to have big fun at the same time. See you in Macerata soon!
Ciao!
Riccardo
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