Bachelor Degree in International Relations

The creation of the Internationalist Degree responds to the current needs of the country and a permanent search for new fields of knowledge, including migrations and interculturality; the protection of the identity and gender diversity Human Rights; the expansion of information and communication technologies; the changes in the concepts of sovereignty, belonging and internationality; the growing role of civil society in the formulation of public policies and paradiplomacy; ethics and international politics; and environmental challenges.

Today international studies significantly incorporate the humanistic area. Therefore, the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities and the Institute of International Studies have combined their prestige and academic trajectory to integrate their fields of studies in this major, which will be dictated by both units. The understanding of relations between countries and regions does not only refer to political, commercial or legal nature, but its interdisciplinary nature requires a strong theoretical base and knowledge from the humanities, philosophy, history, languages, cultural and regional studies or what is now called global ethics.

What kind of professionals will we form?

The curricular profile points to a new development in the discipline. The graduates of the International Studies program is a professional with the ability to analyze and understand international events and problems with emphasis on the political, legal, social, economic and cultural dimensions, being able to propose interpretations and actions from an interdisciplinary look. The areas of graduate performance are international analysis and management at all levels of the State administration, the private sector, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and civil society in general. Likewise, his interdisciplinary training will allow him to continue postgraduate studies in different areas and to dedicate himself to academic activity, both in research and in teaching. Graduate students will stand out for integrating the field of international studies and humanistic disciplines, reflecting his training in the secular, inclusive, pluralistic and democratic context that characterizes the University of Chile.

Seal of the University of Chile

• To give an undergraduate education in the discipline of International Studies, based strongly on the humanities.
• Develop specialized knowledge on international issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.
• It aims to be a benchmark for the country in making decisions in international public policy.

Training emphasis 

• To train professionals who respond to the practical need of having experts in international studies linked to the public and private sectors of the country.
• To form, by means of an interdisciplinary vision, professionals who have the required adaptability to face changes and emerging challenges.
• To train professionals with theoretical training capable of reflecting critically from the humanities perspective.
• Produce knowledge about international reality through the theoretical assumptions of international studies, political philosophy, historiography and cultural studies, among others.

Country’s needs

Critical aspects of the Chilean international reality, understood and grouped as theoretical problems:

• Migration and interculturality. Formation of nationality
• Identities. Human Rights protection regarding diversity and gender.
• ICT expansion. Some changes regarding the sovereignty concept, belonging, and internationality.
• Growing participation of the public society in the public policies formulation and paradiplomacy
• Ethics and international politics. Ethnicity problems in nations.
• Environmental challenges

Employment Fields

• Educational institutions dedicated to research (universities, research center, think tanks).
• International Organizations, such as the World Bank, IMF, United Nations (ECLAC, UNESCO, UNDP)
• Regional Organizations, such as OAS and UNASUR.
• The media, where they can analyze international reality.
• Secretary of State, Diplomat Academy, national institutions such as ProChile, Regional Governments, Municipalities, National Congress Commissions.
• Private sector, NGOs, Armed Forces, among others.

Graduation Profile

The graduate of the International Studies program is a professional with the ability to analyze and understand international events and issues with an emphasis on the political, legal, social, economic and cultural dimensions, being able to propose interpretations and actions from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The areas of graduate performance are international analysis and management at all levels of the State administration, the private sector, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and civil society in general. Likewise, his interdisciplinary training will allow him to continue postgraduate studies in different areas and to dedicate himself to academic activity, both in research and in teaching.

The graduate stands out for integrating the field of international studies and humanistic disciplines, reflecting his training in the secular, inclusive, pluralistic and democratic context that characterizes the University of Chile.

Admission

Academic units: Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities and the Institute of International Studies.
Professional Title: Internationalist
Academic Degree: Bachelor in International Studies, conducive to the Professional Title of Internationalist
Length: 8 semesters for the Bachelor’s degree and 10 semesters for the Professional Title. 

Admission Requirements 

• High School Grades: 20%
• Ranking: 20%
• Language and Communication Test: 20%
• Math Test:  20%
• History and Science Test: 20%

Special tests for admission are not considered.

Vacancies

• PSU: 35 vacancies
• Bachelor Program: 5 Vacancies
• Special Admission:
  • Academic Excellence Scholarship: 3 students
  • Priority Educational Equity Income System (SIPEE): 5 students
  • Outstanding athletes: 3 students
  • Foreign: 3 students

Syllabus

Semester I

• Introduction to International Relations 
• Introduction to investigation
• International Studies Humanistic Perspective
• International Relation History
• English I

Semester II

• International Political Economy
• International Relations Theory I
• Quantitative Methods I
• Political Science
• XX Century History
• English II

Semester III

• Compared Politics
• International Relations Theory II
• Quantitative Methods II
• Political Philosophy
• Argumentation Theory
• English III

Semester IV

• International Law
• Global Civil Society
• Qualitative Methods I
• Contemporary Political Philosophy
• International Political Geography
• English IV

Semester V

• International Organizations
• Foreign Policy Analysis
• Human Rights and Gender
• Qualitative Methods II
• Contemporary Latin American Political History
• English V

Semester VI

• Trade Policy
• Social Sciences Philosophy
• Political Ethics
• Theory and Cultural Critics
• English VI
• Second Foreign Language

Semester VII

• International Negotiation
• Public Policies
• Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Aesthetics and Politics
• Elective in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
• Second Foreign Language

Semester VIII

• Strategy and Negotiation
• International Integration and Cooperation
• Elective Seminar I
• Elective in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
• Second Foreign Language

Semester IX

• International Management
• International Public Policies
• Professional Internship
• Elective Seminar II
• Elective Seminar III

Semester X

• Design Project and Evaluation
• Elective Seminar IV
• Elective Seminar V

Academic Group

• Prof. Íñigo Álvarez Gálvez
• Prof. Gilberto Aranda Bustamante
• Prof. Ulises Cárcamo Sirguiado
• Prof. Eduardo Carreño Lara
• Prof. Eugenio Chahuán
• Prof. Kamal Cumsille Marzouka
• Prof. Marcos García de la Huerta Izquierdo
• Prof. María José Henríquez Uzal
• Prof. Margarita Iglesias Saldaña
• Prof. Rodrigo Karmy Bolton
• Prof. Dorotea López Giral
• Prof. Miguel Ángel López Varas
• Prof. Alejandro Ramírez Figueroa
• Prof. Mario Matus González
• Prof. Paz Milet García 
• Prof. José Morandé Lavín
• Prof. Astrid Espaliat Larson
• Prof. Ricardo Gamboa Valenzuela
• Prof. Felipe Muñoz Navia
• Prof. Tatiana Rein Venegas
• Prof. Walter Sánchez González
• Prof. Carlos Ruiz Schneider
• Prof. Bernardo Subercaseaux Somerhoff
• Prof. Alberto van Klaveren Stork
• Prof. Guido Vallejos Oportot
• Prof. Raúl Villarroel Soto
• Prof. Hiram Vivanco Torres
• Prof. Claudia Zapata Silva