Diego Prados Jódar was born in Granada. He studied the Double Degree in International Studies and Law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, spent an exchange year at UC Berkeley and a stay at the University of Bologna, and is now studying the Master of Arts in Transatlantic Affairs at the College of Europe in Bruges.
Alongside his studies he has worked in the administrative law department of a law firm, with the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a collaborating researcher at an independent media outlet on international affairs. In 2023 he co-founded AUGE, the geopolitics and strategy association of his university, and has presided over it since.
Studies, placements and a student association, city by city.
Double Degree in International Studies and Law
A five-year programme that pairs demanding legal training with the multidisciplinary approach of international studies: the global economy, poverty and inequality, migration and climate policy.
Global Studies
A one-year exchange programme, completed in May 2023.
Law
Law courses at the University of Bologna, founded in 1088, during an exchange stay.
Independent media outlet on international affairs
Published an article in Spanish on the South China Sea and international law in March 2024.
Administrative Law department
Deputy Directorate-General for Common Foreign and Security Policy
Transatlantic Affairs (MATA)
A two-year, 120 ECTS degree awarded jointly with The Fletcher School at Tufts University, with study at both institutions and a transatlantic internship.
Master of Arts in Transatlantic Affairs
The Fletcher School is the other half of the degree. Students who begin in Bruges cross the Atlantic for a partner semester in the Boston area.
Asociación Universitaria de Geopolítica y EstrategiaUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid, Getafe campus
AUGE exists to analyse, understand and anticipate the geopolitical world through talks with experts and university activities built around current strategic cases.
Its method takes the geography, history, economic relations and culture of the actors involved as basic tools of analysis, together with the particularities of each case.
First external session, with Peter Bartu, who teaches at UC Berkeley and specialises in the Middle East.
Recorded session.
Recorded session.
Recorded session.
The Universidad Autónoma de Madrid economist presented his new book. It closed the first term.
Recorded session.
Takahiro Nakamae, Ambassador of Japan to Spain, spoke on the main challenges for the region. Moderated by Diego and Lucía Barona Bonet, with the support of the Embassy of Japan and UC3M.
The new geopolitics atlas by the El Orden Mundial team, with its authors. Organised with El Circo del Poder, Sonora UC3M and the student council.
Six external sessions are documented between September 2023 and March 2024, the first months of an association announced that August, and it was still organising them in November 2025.
It worked with institutions beyond the student body: the Embassy of Japan, the university’s student council and its radio station, Sonora UC3M. Its sessions are archived in UC3M’s media library and on its own YouTube channel.
Diego is interested in opportunities in international relations, geostrategy and international law.
