International Relations

This study programme focuses specifically on current challenges in the international community: legal interpretations and practices of state sovereignty, the challenge posed by failed states and de facto states, the global influence of transnational corporations, the success of international governmental and nongovernmental organisations, the role of international courts, the digitisation of diplomacy, the threatening activities of criminal groups and terrorist movements, and individual responsibility.

Students can specialise in the comprehensive International Relations module (international security, environmental protection, current conflicts) or in the European Regional Integration module (political cooperation in Europe, EU economic policy and EU foreign policy), depending on their own interests. Studies in the programme first provide historical and theoretical insight into the emergence and functioning of the modern international community, and then provide students with numerous opportunities to develop and strengthen practical skills and abilities in the analysis, critically evaluation, and shaping of the policies of international actors. The programme incorporates multiple modes of study: interactive lectures by resident and visiting faculty from around the world, discussions in seminars, use of online classrooms and digital tools, and modern pedagogical approaches such as authentic and problem-based learning, and cross-disciplinary integration.

The programme promotes international exchange as well as the strengthening of good interpersonal relationships in the academic community through the organisation of traditional picnics, sports games, and other social gatherings, as well as the hosting of first-year students, and activities in student societies. Graduates' competitiveness is ensured by their acquiring of the practical skills required for researching and writing professional analytical products (foreign policy analysis, trade and investment profile, SWOT analysis, development report, scientific essay, policy paper, country negotiating position, dossier, diplomatic note, memo, draft resolution, minutes, drafting rules of procedure), and their development of the ability to prepare oral presentations in three foreign languages. Graduates can be employed as diplomats, investment and sales analysts in transnational companies, experts in the systems of specialised agencies in the UN or in European international organisations, experts and socio-political activists in international non-governmental organisations, lobbyists, and journalists.