Bachelor Degree in International Relations

The creation of the International Relations Degree responds to the current needs of the country and the permanent search for new fields of knowledge including: migration and interculturality; human rights protection concerning gender identity and diversity; evolution of information and communication technologies; changes in the concepts of sovereignty, belonging and internationality; growing role of the civil society in the formulation of public policies and paradiplomacy; ethics and global politics; and environmental challenges.

It is a significant fact that international studies currently 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 taught by both units. The understanding of relations between countries and regions does not only refer to the political, commercial or legal nature, but its interdisciplinary nature requires a strong theoretical basis and knowledge related to humanities, philosophy, history, languages, cultural and regional studies or what is now called global ethics.

What kind of professionals will we train?

The curriculum profile points to a new development in the discipline. The graduates of the International Studies program are professionals 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 perspective. Graduates can perform in the following areas: international analysis and management at all levels of the State administration, private sector, international organizations, NGOs, and the civil society in general. Likewise, their interdisciplinary training will allow them to continue postgraduate studies in different areas and to pursue academic activities, both in research and teaching. Graduate students will stand out for integrating the field of international studies and humanistic disciplines, reflecting their training in the secular, inclusive, pluralistic and democratic context that characterizes the University of Chile.

Seal of the University of Chile

• Offers undergraduate education in the discipline of International Studies, based strongly on humanities.
• Develops specialized knowledge on international issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.
• Aims to be a benchmark for the country in the decision making for international public policies.

Training emphasis 

• Train professionals who respond to the practical need for experts in international studies linked to the public and private sectors of the country.
• Train professionals, through an interdisciplinary vision, who have the required adaptability to face the changes and emerging challenges.
• Train professionals with theoretical training capable of critically reflecting with a humanistic perspective.
• Produce knowledge about the international reality through theoretical assumptions based on international studies, political philosophy, historiography and cultural studies, among others.

Requirements of the Country

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

• Migration and interculturality. Formation of national identity.
• Identities. Human rights protection in relation to gender diversity.
• ICT growth. Certain changes regarding the sovereignty concept, belonging, and internationality.
• Growing participation of the civil society in the formulation of public policies and paradiplomacy.
• Ethics and global politics. Ethnicity problems in the nations.
• Environmental challenges.

Labor Market

• Educational institutions dedicated to research (universities, research centers, 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 the international reality.
• Secretary of State, Diplomatic Academy, national institutions such as ProChile, Regional Governments, Municipalities, National Congress Commissions.
• Private sector, NGOs, Armed Forces, among others.

Graduation Profile

The graduates of the program of International Studies are professionals with the ability to analyze and understand international events and issues with an emphasis on the political, legal, social, economic and cultural dimensions, who are able to propose interpretations and actions from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The areas in which graduates can perform are: international analysis and management at all levels of the State administration, private sector, international organizations, NGOs and civil society in general. Likewise, their interdisciplinary training will allow them to continue postgraduate studies in different areas and to pursue academic activities, both in research and teaching.

Graduates stand out for integrating the field of international studies and humanistic disciplines, reflecting their 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 Degree of Internationalist
Length: 8 semesters for the Bachelor’s degree and 10 semesters for the Professional Degree. 

Admission Requirements 

• High School Grades: 20%
• Class Ranking: 20%
• Language and Communication Test: 20%
• Math Test: 20%
• History and Science Test: 20%
• Special admission tests are not considered.

Vacancies

• PAES Test: 35 vacancies (PAES es Proceso de Admisión a la Educación Superior)

• Bachelor Program: 5 Vacancies

• Special Admission:

  • Academic Excellence Scholarship: 3 students
  • Priority Educational Equity Income System (SIPEE): 5 students
  • Outstanding athletes: 3 students
  • Foreign Students: 3 students

Syllabus

First Semester

• Introduction to International Relations 
• Introduction to Research
• Humanistic Perspective of International Studies
• History of International Relations
• English I

Second Semester

• International Political Economy
• International Relations Theory I
• Quantitative Methods I
• Political Science
• 20th Century History
• English II

Third Semester

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

Fourth Semester

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

Fifth Semester

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

Sixth Semester

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

Seventh Semester

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

Eighth Semester

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

Ninth Semester

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

Tenth Semester

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

Academic Group

• Prof. José Miguel Ahumada
• Prof. Gilberto Aranda Bustamante
• Prof. Marcel Aubry
• Prof. Andrés Bórquez
• Prof. Sofía Boza Martínez
• Prof. Javiera Cáceres
• Prof. Eduardo Carreño Lara
• Prof. Andrés Dockendorff
• Prof. Astrid Espaliat Larson
• Prof. Ricardo Ffrench-Davis
• Prof. Ricardo Gamboa Valenzuela
• Prof. María José Henríquez Uzal
• Prof. María Teresa Infante Caffi
• Prof. Dorotea López Giral
•  Prof. Miguel Ángel López Varas
• Prof. Paz Milet García
•  Prof. José Morandé Lavín
• Prof. Felipe Muñoz Navia
• Prof. Tatiana Rein Venegas
•  Prof. Camillo Robertini
• Prof. Federico Rojas de Galarreta
• Prof. Megan Ryburn
• Prof. Juan Enrique Serrano Moreno
• Prof. Alberto van Klaveren Stork
• Prof. Manfred Wilhelmy von Wolff
• Prof. Fabiola Wüst Zibetti