Freshers' Week 2025 - Global Management and Politics

Start your experience at Luiss Freshers' Week 2025 here!

Check out the full schedule of Luiss Freshers' Week 2025 for the Master's degree programme in Global Management and Politics: meetings, experiential workshops, practical insights and a chance to familiarise yourself with the University's services, expand your network and prepare yourself in the best possible way for this new stage of your journey.

An opportunity to make the most of your experience at Luiss!

To participate, you must have activated your Luiss account and downloaded the Luiss App, available for iOS and Android. The Luiss App's QR code must be scanned at the Campus entrance using the appropriate devices.

To participate in the welcoming day dedicated to you, please register via this form. You can access this page using your Web Self Service account credentials.

Register here

Registrations for the welcoming day will open at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 26 August and close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, 31 August.

Programme of activities on Friday 5 September at the Luiss Campus in Viale Romania 

Here is the schedule of activities: 

Unlock yourself and your learning mindset 

Kick-off activities to welcome students and to present the Graduate Education Model and its structure. 

In the first part of the session the graduate education model will be presented while the second part of the session will be dedicated to Learning Mindset, a practical workshop to build an effective, conscious and sustainable approach to study, but above all to learn how to work in a group while respecting others and oneself. Students will receive suggestions on how to improve their way of studying and/or adapt it to the study required by the graduate education model. 

Career track builder with BAT 

The aim of the workshop is to help students imagine their career path in a concrete way by identifying ambitions, required skills, available resources and actions to be taken even while still studying for their master's degree. Each workshop will be held by a HR professional from a partner business who will explain how to build and enhance a competitive CV and provide useful tips for entering the labour market. 

Unconventional speed networking 

During this informal meeting, students can quickly get in touch with their fellow students, relevant tutors and alumni, fostering an initial sense of belonging and learning about the resources available to them. The first part of the meeting is devoted to a conversation between the students' assigned tutor and a young guest alumnus during which (i) the alumnus will talk about their experience as a Luiss student and how their professional and life path has taken a different direction from the one dictated by their studies and (ii) the tutor will present the tutoring service. 

After the speeches, students will be able to get to know each other and talk to university tutors and alumni, to whom they can pose questions about their university studies and the choices they have made during their careers, the services available to them and the key contacts at the University. 

Three educational activities, lasting 8 hours each and incorporating transversal and multidisciplinary content, will be offered during the welcome days. The sessions of each activity, lasting 2 hours each, will take place every day from Wednesday 3 to Saturday 6 September from 12 noon to 2 pm and you can choose which educational activity to attend, from those on offer, by booking.

In addition to the welcome day dedicated to you, your participation is also required for the entire duration of the educational activity chosen from the following:

Entrepreneurship Sprint

The introductory activity on Design Thinking and Entrepreneurial Mindset aims to provide students with an understanding of Design Thinking as a mindset and approach to innovation. The aim is to analyse the strategic role of DT in the success and competitiveness of an enterprise, experiencing its practical application to business processes to improve efficiency and promote customer-oriented solutions. 

Humanities Toolkit

The past that returns: understanding the present through comparison with the past. 

Starting from the analysis of classic texts on political thought, political science and the history of political institutions, students will be able to develop their critical thinking skills in order to understand how dynamics of the past reoccur in contemporary reality in new forms and what social, economic and political actions to take on the basis of the past. 

A classic piece of literature will be analysed, emphasising its political underpinnings and implications, and through classroom discussion, students will be guided in analysing the articulation of contemporary myths to understand their performative nature and strategic potential. 

Thinking through play – Training critical thinking through game theory 

Inspired by the P.E.R. (Play, Explore, Research) project, this experiential course is aimed at developing critical thinking skills, creativity and problem solving in female students through play, thus following game theory. The pathway aims to promote life skills anchored in everyday play, overturning the common idea of freedom as the absence of rules. On the contrary, the pathway highlights how playing means immersing oneself in rules and accepting limits to explore the world. 

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Freshers' Week Luiss 2025 information desks: from Wednesday 3 to Saturday 6 September

During the week various Information Desks will be set up at various locations dotted around Campus, showcasing some of the University's main services: 

• Teaching Desk: Information and instructions will be provided to students on how to compile their study plan, including what the plan can contain and the relevant deadlines.
• Student Office and Language Center: the Student Office will support students in understanding and remembering the rules, procedures and administrative deadlines that will characterise university life from the first day of lessons until graduation. The Language Center will present the offer of curricular language courses.
•  International Development Office: The International Development Office will raise awareness of international exchange and mobility programmes. 
• ENGAGE.EU Desk: This desk will heighten awareness of the network and, in particular, the mobility opportunities offered and the active participation of the student community in the network's projects and their promotion.
• E-Learning Help Desk: The e-Learning team will help students find their way around the My Luiss digital learning platform. 
• Financial Aid Desk: Information will be provided on the tax relief and scholarships offered by the University and the procedures and requirements for accessing them. 
• Tutoring Desk: Students will be able to receive detailed information on the role of tutors following the presentation held for all freshers, including finding out who their key tutor for the academic year is. A Se.I.Tu! (It's You!) tutor will also be present at the desk to provide information on tutoring services dedicated to fostering inclusion of the most vulnerable students. 
• Buddy Desk: In addition to explaining how to join the programme, the Buddies will introduce themselves to freshers and provide an overview of the orientation and support activities that they are involved in and that students can turn to during the academic year. 
• Campus Services Desk: Students can obtain information on student halls of residence, the canteen service, the shuttle service between Campuses and available medical services. 
• Career Service/Alumni Desk: Staff will be on hand to present the services offered (internships and sessions providing advice on how to write CVs and cover letters), the Job Teaser platform and the Alumni Network. 
• Library Desk: Staff will provide an initial overview of resources and services and in particular information on paper and online resources, available services (reading, lending and inclusion services for facilitated access to resources and services). The Library at Via Santa Costanza 53 will also be open to students who wish to visit the premises. 
• Luiss Ti Ascolta Desk: The free welcoming and psychological counselling service that helps students in times of difficulty or confusion. 
• Sport Association Desk: The AS Luiss team will present its Academy’s offering, from the Luiss Sport Program for Top Athletes to the Sport Schools open to students of all levels.
• Guide to the Luiss Digital Tools” Help Desk: Located at the IT Support offices at the Viale Romania and Viale Pola Campuses, students can contact it to receive support in configuring Luiss institutional accounts (Keyless, e-mail and app) and technical assistance on how to use all the digital learning tools (Webex, Web Self-Service, viewing of class timetables and booking systems for access to Luiss facilities and services). 

Campus Tours

Each day students and their families and relatives, if any, will be taken on guided tours to get to know the Campus structure and the various spaces dedicated to them.

To book a Campus tour, click here:

Viale Romania Campus Tour (in italian)

Viale Romania Campus Tour (in english)

Registrations for the tours will open at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 26 August and close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, 31 August.

Welcome to Freshers and Degree Programme Presentation on Monday 8 September

Monday 8 September, the Welcome Ceremony for Freshers will be held with the traditional greeting from the Luiss top management.

Coinciding with the start of teaching, the Programme Director, Professor Gianfranco Pellegrino, with the support of the Programme Manager Roberto Urbani and the Students Representatives, will present the degree programme by giving a detailed description of the rules underlying its organisation. Together with the Alumna Chiara Mezzogori, Strategic Relations and Advocacy Specialist – Assoholding, will also provide an overview of the associated career prospects and job opportunities.