Andrea graduated with a Communication and Public Relations degree from La Sapienza University in Rome, in 2005. Deeply interested in International Relations, he flew to Australia in 2006 where he spent two years and completed a Master’s in International Relations at Macquarie University of Sydney (2007). Returning to Italy, after a six-month specialization course in Diplomacy and International Relations in Turin (2008, University Institute of European Studies), he started to work for the University of Pavia in 2009, joining the International Office and taking care of student exchanges with European and US Universities.
Currently, he is in charge of negotiating international agreements with partner institutions all over the world; he manages a visiting professor’s program and a student’s mobility program with Developing Countries. He also collaborates with the University Foundation Alma Mater Ticinensis on special programs: Semesters Abroad for US students and intensive courses for international students. Still interested in international topics, he was awarded a Master’s in Political Science and International Studies from the University of Teramo in 2019.
Email: andrea.pichelli@unipv.it
Phone: +39 0382.984230