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HOPE
Master in Humanitarian Operations in Emergencies
15th edition | Starting December 2025
+2000 students trained worlwide 90% employment within 1 year
Start
December 2025
Duration
9 months + 6 months
CDS
Enrolments
to December 2025
Language
English
Blended
Formula
Discounts
Available
About Hope
Didactic Structure of the Master:
- 1000 hours, 9 months: Didactic Common Path + 3 months Career Development Service
- eLearning + 11 workshops during weekends in Rome, Madrid, Milan
- TRAINING PERIOD ON THE FIELD: 3-6 Months paid by Social Change School in Africa, Asia, or Latin America, at a field office of an organisation of the sector, at the end of the Master course.
- Group Project Work
- Career Development Service
- Matching – Presenting your profile to NGOs in Europe and outside is so requested.
Master’s key features
LECTURERS: all the lecturers are professionals and managers working in the main humanitarian and development organizations and NGOs in Europe.
TRAINING PERIOD ON THE FIELD: 3-6 Months reimbursed by Social Change School in Africa, Asia, Latin America or Europe, at an organization of the sector, at the end of the Master course.
CERTIFICATION: Master diploma and International Certifications.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Social change school is the first in Europe to offer theoretical and practical lessons on Artificial Intelligence related to Project Cycle Management
Career Development Service
Our career services department offers exceptional support and assist in finding the best match between our students’ skills and competencies and the right organizations.
This is possible thanks to our extensive network of partners.
During the Master, we work together to define an action plan to successfully enter the job market after the end of the Master.
The Career Plan is based on your personal SWOT analysis and on the coaching, and has the “Professional Action Plan” as an output.
The School is dedicated to making significant investments in optimizing its process, ensuring the best possible start for these professionals.
Alumni testimonials
Alice Novello
HOPE Students, 2023
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Valentina Taglioni
HOPE Students, 2023
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Mara Colautti
HOPE Students, 2023
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Since 2014 approximately more than 200 HOPE students are working all over the world
Our Staff
Marco Crescenzi
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Sabrina Munaò
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Bruno Clerici
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Our Staff and Lecturers are among the best professionals in the Non Profit sector both at national and international level. They come from major NGOs.
Students’ profile
The Social Change School has a broad range of students and professionals, who emerged from different academic and professional spheres with their ages ranging betweeen 25-55 years old.
Our students are carefully selected and admitted for the Master Program through a one-to-one interview, this allows us to properly assess the person’s educational and professional background, motivation and job opportunities in the sector for the specific profile.
Students are selected by Social Change School Didactic Staff.
Careers after the Master
Since 1997, Social Change School is the main recruiting area to which Non Profit Organizations turn to recruit and train their executives and managers.
Former Social Change School students are now professionals working in the main non profit organizations in Italy and abroad.
The Social Change School trains the most requested professional profiles in the sector as our EMPLOYMENT FOLLOW UP ANALYSIS demonstrates.
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Our Partners
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Field Training Period (FTP)?
What is the mission of the Career Development Service (CDS)?
Are early bird rates or other discounts available?
Yes, there are early bird rates available for those who enroll before June 2025, as well as the option to pay the tuition fee in up to 12 interest-free installments.
All the information is available in the Master’s brochure, which you can request by filling out the form.
