Erasmus Mundus - STeDe Scholarships

STeDe Master aims to create experts in the area of sustainable territorial development. More concretely it trains professionals to be able to help organizations acting in the territory (enterprises, local communities, civil society organizations) to draft sustainable development policies for environmental and intercultural management.


The Master concerns the environmental and intercultural challenges of territorial development focussing not only on local communities, but also on enterprises, non-state actors and civil society organizations. It also aims to offer an example of sustainable territory involving all local organizations, which should have human resources available and able to promote sustainable development.

STeDe Master aims to create experts in the area of sustainable territorial development. More concretely it trains professionals to be able to help organizations acting in the territory (enterprises, local communities, civil society organizations) to draft sustainable development policies for environmental and intercultural management.

The Master concerns the environmental and intercultural challenges of territorial development focussing not only on local communities, but also on enterprises, non-state actors and civil society organizations. It also aims to offer an example of sustainable territory involving all local organizations, which should have human resources available and able to promote sustainable development.

The Master refers to the ability of:
- giving recommendations in the area of sustainable territorial development in the context of climate change;
- taking part in the idea, analysis and management of a sustainable development policy on the territory;
- assessing the different validation tools for sustainable development actions and policies within public and private territorial organizations.

Job opportunities:
Job opportunities for alumni could be found in all sectors where sustainable development actions should be implemented, in particular at territorial organizations responsible for the creation of sustainable territories (territorial communities, enterprises, non-state actors and civil society organizations, local governments), the central government and international organizations.

Potential posts are: environmental adviser; sustainable development manager in local communities, public administrations, enterprises, civil society organizations & local governments; representative within local public institutions, national and international institutions, enterprises, trade unions & professional bodies.

Admission criteria:
  • a first cycle academic degree of at least 3 years - 180 ECTS credits (licenciatura, academic Bachelor degree, diploma di laurea di primo livello, licence) or an equivalent degree (diplôme d'école d'ingénieurs, école de commerce etc.), officially recognised by the national law;
  • a good command of English and French, both spoken and written [1];
  • a personal interest on sustainable development (see the concerned part in the application form);
  • a basic knowledge of information and communication technologies;
  • a basic knowledge of economics will be appreciated.

Contact: pierpaolo.faggi@unipd.it
Moreinfo: http://www.em-stede.eu