Optional specialist courses

Students must take 6 optional specialist courses. For the selection of these 6 courses, the following rules apply:
1) Students need to select 4 courses from the list of optional specialist courses available to them within their chosen major.
2) Students of the EUW major need to select 1 course from the list of the EHC major and may select 1 course from the EPAP major. Should they refrain from this possibility, they need to select one more course from their selected major.

• AVERRE, D. – Contemporary Russian Foreign Policy (20h, 4 ECTS)
• BLOCKMANS, S. – The Legal Dimension of EU External Relations (20h, 4 ECTS)
• CABESTAN, J.-P. – China and the World (20h, 4 ECTS)
• CARBONE, M. – EU Development Policy and the Politics of International Development (20h, 4 ECTS)
• DIMIER, V. – Les politiques internationales publiques en Afrique subsaharienne (20h, 4 ECTS)
• FALKENBERG, K.F. – EU Trade Policy (20h, 4 ECTS)
• FRÖHLICH, S. – After Liberal Hegemony - The transatlantic partnership and the return of Great Power Competition (20h, 4 ECTS)
• GARDINI, G.L. – EU - Latin American - Caribbean Relations (20h, 4 ECTS)
• ISLAM, S. – The Indo-Pacific Century (20h, 4 ECTS)
• JORGENSEN, K.E. – The Foreign Policy of the EU (20h, 4 ECTS)
• MARTELLI, A. – International Political Economy (20h, 4 ECTS)
• MAYR-HARTING, T. – The European Union and Bi- and Multilateral Diplomacy (20h, 4 ECTS)
• MILLS, K. – Human Rights in International Politics (20h, 4 ECTS)
• PORTIER, P. – Religion in Global Politics / La religion dans un monde globalisé (20h, 4 ECTS)
• SMITH, M. – Perspectives in European and International Security (20h, 4 ECTS)
• VICTOR, D.G. – Global Climate Governance (20h, 4 ECTS)
• WINAND, P. – Comparative Regionalism (20h, 4 ECTS)

Master’s thesis colloquium

Students are automatically registered in the major's research colloquium.

• WINAND, P. & STEINGASS, S. – The EU and the World Research Colloquium

Compact seminars

Students need to select at least 3 compact seminars.

• BÉCHET, T. – Coopération au développement et d’aide humanitaire (8h, 0 ECTS)
• BIALASIEWICZ, L. – Geopolitics of Vaccination (8h, 0 ECTS)
• CHASE, P. – Digital Transatlantic Rift (8h, 0 ECTS)
• FREYTAG VON LORINGHOVEN, A. – Challenges of Multilateralism and Intelligence Cooperation (10h, 0 ECTS)
• LEWIS, M.A. – Crimes against Humanity and International Justice (8h, 0 ECTS)
• LUFF, D. & BAKER, P. – Policy Toolbox: Assessing Macroeconomic and Regulatory Risks in the Global Economy (8h, 0 ECTS)
• PANT, H.V. – Indian Foreign Policy (10h, 0 ECTS)
• STODDARD, E. – Changing Character of Warfare (10h, 0 ECTS)
• VIMONT, P. – The EU and Crisis Management in Practice (8h, 0 ECTS)
• WATKINSON, P. – Paris Agreement Implementation (10h, 0 ECTS)

Simulation games

Students need to select at least 1 simulation game.

• CARVIN, A. – Disinformation in Diplomacy (8h, 0 ECTS)
• PEKAR, M. – International Negotiations (12h, 0 ECTS)

Cooperation with external partners

Students can choose any number of the following elements.

• Cycle of seminars with the European Investment Bank on the EU Green Deal (10h, 0 ECTS)
• MIKOS-SKUZA, E. – Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (within the framework of a seminar organized with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva - open to external participants) (17h, 0 ECTS)
• Workshops in history organized in cooperation with the Max Weber programme of the European University Institute (TBC, 0 ECTS)

Professional development

The Professional Development and Career Orientation programme complements the academic programme with on-site, made-to-measure support and guidance in helping to shape the students’ professional paths.

Language courses

In addition to benefitting from a bilingual study programme, students can take advantage of language courses on offer implemented by the Languages and Intercultural Dialogue Office. The following languages are on offer: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Arabic. The courses are tailored to the individual students' needs, and are also focused on transversal skills required by employers.