The Cooperation and Development School of Pavia is one of the postgraduate schools of the Institute for Advanced Study - IUSS. The IUSS in founding the School in Cooperation and Development joined three Italian NGOs:

CISP - Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli
COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale.
VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo

This strong partnership is an absolute innovation in the Italian and International array of Schools that provide training in Cooperation and Development. This joint venture is an essential feature of the School and one of the keys to our success. By bringing together academics and practitioners in the field of cooperation and development, it gives our students a complete and complex vision of what they will be studying at the School.

Ever since its creation, 8 years ago, the School has been working in the field of training, university cooperation and research.

Nowadays the School offers two Master Programs: one in Cooperation and Development and the other in Cooperation and International Economic Integration. More than 200 students have successfully graduated in past years and application to our courses increase more and more every year, mainly because we encourage application from candidates from all over the world and due to the fact that our Programs are completely taught in English.

The School is also an active member of several institutional networks. It cooperates with European Universities and NGOs in providing postgraduate education in cooperation. It works together with Universities in Latin America and in the Middle East in promoting master programs in related subjects.

The academic staff of the School is predominantly active in research activities, especially in the fields of development economics, human development and inequality.