Going to graduate school is an important decision that involves serious considerations about long-term professional and personal objectives. The Career Services Team works closely with Department Chairs and Faculty to help students throughout this process, from the initial decision to explore the possibility of an academic career, to the selection of appropriate schools, preparation of personal statements, writing samples and the application itself.
General Advice
Mentoring
Post-graduate Workshops
Speakers
Writing the personal statement
“Dichiarazione di valore” for Italian universities
Graduate School Acceptance List
Career Fair
Scholarships and grants
General Advice
The best first point of reference is usually one or more trusted professors in the chosen field, but the Career Services Team and your Academic Advisor are available throughout the academic year alongside the professor to provide additional support.
Mentoring
Students may ask to be paired up with a “mentor”, a John Cabot graduate who is already conducting post-graduate studies in the student’s chosen field, and who can provide first-hand information and practical advice.
Post-graduate Workshops
Every semester the Career Services Center sponsors workshops on how to apply to graduate school and how to survive graduate school, where students can ask any questions they may have to a panel of academics.
Speakers
Throughout the academic year the Career Services Center invites representatives of various graduate schools and a variety of post-graduate programs to present their programs to interested students.
Writing the personal statement
The Career Services Team is available throughout the academic year alongside the professors to provide additional support in the writing of the personal statement.
“Dichiarazione di valore” for Italian universities
Italian universities require a “Dichiarazione di valore”, i.e. a detailed account of the courses taken by the student at undergraduate level that enables them to determine whether the student has acquired all the basic knowledge required to start a post-graduate program at the same level as students coming from an Italian university. The process is not dissimilar to the activity carried out by the Registrars to determine how many credits a transfer student may apply to his or her program. JCU’s Registrar’s Office assists students in this process.
Graduate School Acceptance List
John Cabot University is proud of the list of prestigious universities where its graduates pursue their studies further. The Career Services Team works closely with the Office of the Academic Dean, Department Chairs, Faculty and the Library to assist students in their preparation for, selection of and application to graduate schools.
The following are some of the universities that have accepted JCU graduates in their programs:
American University, Washington, D.C
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Boston College
Cambridge University
Columbia University, New York
Concordia University, Canada
Cornell University
Emerson College, England
Fordham University
Geneva School of Diplomacy
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Goldsmith’s College, University of London
International Business University of
Auckland, New Zealand
Johns Hopkins University, Bologna
King’s College, London
London School of Economics
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich
LUMSA, Rome
Oxford University
Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome
Royal Holloway College, University of London
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Saint John’s University, Rome
School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London
Syracuse University, New York
Tulane University, New Orleans
University of Amsterdam
Università Bocconi, Milan
Università di Pavia
Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Università Roma Tre, Rome
Università Tor Vergata, Rome
University of Chicago
University of Delaware
University of Glasgow
University of Iowa
University of Kent
University of Maastricht
University of Notre Dame
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
University of Warwick
University of Washington
Career Fair
The John Cabot Annual Career Fair takes place in the Spring, and it has a special section on graduate schools, with representatives from various graduate schools in Italy, Europe and the United States.
Scholarships and grants
The Career Services Center helps students research the availability of scholarships and grants, fill out applications and collect the necessary documentation as appropriate.
University of Wales Validated Degrees
Since 2000, the University of Wales, U.K., has validated John Cabot University’s Bachelor of Arts degrees in Business Administration, International Affairs and Political Science. As part of this program, the University of Wales awards
Honours degrees to participating students after reviewing their academic work. Our first group of validated students graduated in 2002 and by 2008 over 100 students had graduated with 13% awarded the highest honors - First Class degrees - and over 80% achieving First, Second-Upper, and Second-Lower Honours degrees. In the British higher educational system candidates for post-graduate study are usually required to have at least a Second-Lower degree.
These degrees are validated and awarded by the University of Wales, UK. For further details regarding the University and its validation services, please log on to
www.wales.ac.uk or email
validation@wales.ac.uk
Source: Academic Dean’s Office, John Cabot University, January 2009