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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Career Services Team is available throughout the academic year alongside the professors to provide additional support in the writing of the personal statement.
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.
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:
United States
American University, Washington, D.C.
Boston College
Columbia University
Cornell University
Fordham University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
Middlebury College
New York University
Pennsylvania State University
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Saint John’s University
Syracuse University
Tulane University
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
University of Delaware
University of Iowa
University of Notre Dame
University of Virginia
University of Washington
United Kingdom
Birkbeck, University of London
Cambridge University
Courtauld Institute of Art
Emerson College
Goldsmiths, University of London
King’s College London
London School of Economics
Oxford University
Royal Holloway, University of London
The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
University College London
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Glasgow
University of Kent
University of Warwick
Canada
Concordia University
McGill University
University of Toronto
Europe
Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
Geneva School of Diplomacy
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich
University of Amsterdam
University of Maastricht
Uppsala University
Italy
LUISS, Rome
LUMSA, Rome
Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome
Università Bocconi
Università degli Studi di Milano
Università di Pavia
Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Università Roma Tre
Università Tor Vergata, Rome
Rest of the World
IDC Herzliya
INSEAD
International Business University of Auckland, New Zealand
Tel Aviv University
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
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.
The Career Services Center helps students research the availability of scholarships and grants, fill out applications and collect the necessary documentation as appropriate.