As part of its Master's degree in History,Université Grenoble Alpes UFR ARSH) offers a dual degree program with three Italian universities linked by agreements:
- the University of Milan (MIFI/LIFI Program: Franco-Italian international master's degree/laurea internazionale franco-italiana)
- La Sapienza University of Rome (MIFI/LIFI Program)
- University of Siena ( MIFI/LIFI Program)
During the first year of the Master's program, students take classes in Grenoble.
For the second year of the Master's program, students can spend either one semester or the entire year at the Italian university of their choice. At the end of the two-year Master's program, students receive a degree from UGA and the Italian university.
When submitting their application, students indicate their desire to follow the Franco-Italian program. They then confirm this when registering for classes.
At the beginning of the first year of the Master's program, students submit an application for mobility and attend an interview to confirm their acceptance onto the program.
Video presentation of the MIFI course
Organization
The first year takes place in Grenoble and allows students to prepare for the following year's stay in terms of language and historiography. Language training is essential because, during the second year of the master's program spent in Italy, lectures will be given in Italian and various works will be presented in exams, generally in oral form. To support historiographical preparation, two reviews of history books in Italian are submitted to the thesis supervisor during the first year of the master's program. The choice of research topic in the first year may foreshadow that of the following year, but this is not mandatory. It is of course possible to contact an Italian teacher from one of the three partner universities, but the thesis is officially supervised in Grenoble, where the defense will take place.
In the second year of the master's program, students in the dual degree program spend either one semester or the entire year at one of the three partner universities. They take courses and sit Italian exams, which are then recognized as equivalent in Grenoble for 30 credits for the first semester. In the second semester of the Master's 2 program, it is possible to continue the stay in Italy and take exams representing 12 credits. The remaining 18 credits are for the Master 2 thesis, which must be defended in Grenoble. This thesis is co-supervised by a professor from the university chosen in Italy and a professor fromUniversité Grenoble Alpes. During the defense, either the Italian professor is physically present or submits a report prior to the defense, which is taken into account in the final result.
Research topics include, but are not limited to, relations between France and Italy. All periods of history are covered, from antiquity to the present day, although the structure of the partner history departments in Italy facilitates work on the three periods of medieval history, modern history, and contemporary history. The choice of subject is determined by the possibility of enriching a theme by taking advantage of the existence of sources or the wealth of historiographical reflection in both countries. The themes cover cultural history as well as political, diplomatic, and military history, economic history, and social and religious history. Students pursuing a double degree all choose the "History, Cultures, Politics, International Exchanges" (HC) track in Grenoble, but may also opt for the "Ancient Sciences" or "Applied History" tracks.
In order to facilitate their time in Italy, students will receive guidance on applying for funding from the European Union (Erasmus grants) and the Auvergne Rhône Alpes Region (Regional International Student Mobility grants) during their first year of the master's program. To be accepted into the Franco-Italian program, applicants must hold a bachelor's degree in history, another bachelor's degree or equivalent, or a diploma obtained through the Validation of Acquired Experience program, subject to approval by the ad hoc committee. Level B1/B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference is required in Italian before entering the Franco-Italian program. As with all applicants to the Master's in History, a brief research proposal must be submitted at the time of application, without this committing the applicant to a specific future research topic.
Why this Franco-Italian history master's program in Grenoble?
The Master's in History at UGA is an ideal opportunity for students attracted by Italy, who already have a grounding in Italian or who wish to delve deeper into a European dimension through Italian culture. It offers an opportunity to reflect on international and European cultural interactions, and on the reciprocal representations of France and Italy in the fields of history, art history, politics, religion, literature and cultural dynamics. In line with the orientations of the LUHCIE (Laboratoire Universitaire Histoire Cultures ltalie Europe, EA 7421), it provides tools for working in archives and libraries on exchanges and influences between these spaces, including for more specialized research on Italy.
Created byUniversité Grenoble Alpes with financial support from the Franco-Italian University and the Rhône-Alpes Region, the Master International Franco-Italian (MIFI) has been operational since September 2005. It is integrated into the Master's programs in history at various university centers in the Franco-Italian network. Originally entitled "France and Italy: forms, cultures and relations in the European space", this course encourages the mobility of students and teachers, and supports research into two cultural and political spaces that have left their mark on Western Europe. Exchanges between them show the diversity of situations and contexts (monarchy in France, principalities and republics in Italy), ensuring a plural reading of cultural, intellectual, political and religious history. These fields have marked the relationship between the State and the actors, France and the "Italies", with particular solutions, whose approaches are far from exhausted. The dual national and international competence that this course aims to achieve is a strategic challenge not only for students, researchers and universities, but also for companies.
Published on May 15, 2017 Updated on March 18, 2026
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