The degree program in Politics, Institutions and Markets confirms its excellent results in terms of the employability of its graduates, as shown by the 2026 Almalaurea data reported here.

Upon completion of the Master’s Degree programme, students may choose to:

• Enter the labour market directly – see the Career Guidance and Job Placement service offered by the University of Florence;
• Continue their studies by enrolling in first- or second-level Master’s programmes or advanced training courses. Among the latter, particular mention should be made of the “Silvano Tosi” Seminar on Parliamentary Studies and Research, aimed at recent graduates in legal and socio-political disciplines.
• Apply for PhD programmes, which provide advanced scientific training for research or for professional opportunities requiring specialised skills.
• In addition, within 12 months of graduation, graduates may undertake a non-curricular internship as a period of training and career guidance. The internship must last no less than 2 months and no more than 6 months; this may be extended to 24 months, including any extensions, if the recipients are persons with disabilities as defined by Law no. 68/1999. Further information is available on the University website.

Career opportunities

The Master’s degree program in “Politics, Institutions and Markets” provides a well-balanced multidisciplinary education in political science, economics, law, history and sociology. This enables students to master the analytical tools needed to interpret political, economic and social processes. The programme allows students to specialize in the social sciences, acquiring essential knowledge of collective decision-making processes and the functioning of public and private institutions. Through a range of course options within the same disciplinary area, the programme offers a versatile education that enables students to pursue a wide variety of opportunities.

The choice between two curricula in the second year allows students, after acquiring a multidisciplinary foundation, to specialize further either in political science disciplines — Institutions and Politics curriculum — or in economics — Institutions and Markets curriculum. Students following the first curriculum will be able to work as political consultants, providing support primarily to candidates and political parties, but also to professional associations and trade unions. Students following the second curriculum will be able to work in the evaluation of public policies concerning markets and businesses, and to analyse issues related to the regulation of economic activity and the protection of competition.

More generally, graduates will have a solid foundation for taking competitive examinations for positions as officials in the Chambers of Parliament and regional assemblies, including through the further training stage offered at the University of Florence by the “Silvano Tosi” Seminar on Parliamentary Studies and Research. Students are also prepared to take competitive examinations for high-level positions in central and local public administrations. Demand for these professional profiles comes both from public decision-making bodies — national government bodies, central, regional and municipal public administrations, European and international institutions — and directly from large private companies, due to the importance of the services they provide, such as major public utilities or financial markets, the contracts they may win, such as the construction of major national and international infrastructure, or, more directly, the role they effectively play in markets, where medium-large companies and multinationals need to interpret public policies.