Studienort	Lettland, Riga
Akademischer Bereich	Sociology and cultural studies 14.2 (ISCED 312) Sociology (JACS L300)
Art	Master, Vollzeit
Nominale Dauer	2 Jahre (120 ECTS)
Studiensprache	Englisch
Auszeichnungen	M.Sc. (Master's Degree of Social Sciences in International Relations and Diplomacy)

Studiengebühren	2.800 € pro Jahr
Bewerbungsgebühr	100 € einmalig
Anmeldegebühr	Zu bestätigen You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You can also familiarize yourself with packages baltic.study/en/packages You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount

Einstiegsqualifikation

Bachelor-Abschluss (oder höher) Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or humanities Please provide the secondary school leaving certificate in the original language. If the diploma is not issued in English, a certified translation should be provided. The document must be legalised/apostilled. Sie müssen die Originalnachweise über die Eingangsqualifikation mitnehmen, wenn Sie schließlich zur Universität gehen. It is necessary to have notarized certified documents translated, legalized and apostilled.

Gebietsanforderungen	Bewerbungen aus den folgenden Gebieten werden NICHT akzeptiert (basierend auf der Staatsbürgerschaft): Bangladesch, Irak, Jemen, Pakistan.

Sprachanforderungen

Englisch One of next variants, if you have no any of this certificates you can pass University or Baltic Center Exams: IELTS 6.5 TOEFL iBT 80 Cambridge English Certificate (Proficiency) 160 Cambridge English Certificate (Advanced) 160 Cambridge English Certificate (First) 170 Pearson PTE General 70 RSU requires both the Certificate and the Performance Report British GCE A Levels B level ESOL English B2 Test 100 (Written component) 35 (Speaking component) RSU requires both the Certificate and the Statement of Results ECL language test 70% (in all 4 exam parts) RSU requires both the Certificate and the Statement of Results.

Sonstige Voraussetzungen	Mindestens 2 Referenz/en soll/en angegeben werden. Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or humanities English language proficiency Skype interview with the applicant

Übersicht

The programme prepares specialists for international organizations, diplomatic corps, international companies, non-governmental organizations, scientific institutes.

The programme provides the opportunity to study various aspects of international governance and diplomacy which teaches students the skills to think and act globally. During their studies students acquire the expertise to analyse, understand, and predict developments in international governance and diplomacy, as well as to provide reasoned opinions both orally and in writing.

Lectures are taught by both academics and practitioners, including current and former diplomats.

Students will be educated in various topics of international governance – small states in the international system; the history of international relations with an emphasis on great powers, wars, and diplomacy; international and diplomatic law, global economy and trans-national interests; the governance of the European Union; the foreign policy of the United States, the Peoples’ Republic of China and other great powers; the Middle East; energy security; security governance; e-governance and other issues.

In the third semester students can apply for Erasmus+ exchange studies.

Programmstruktur

Studies are organised in the form of lectures and workshops with an emphasis on independent work.

Karrieremöglichkeiten

Graduates of the study programme will possess the knowledge and skills to work for international organizations, diplomatic corps, international companies, non-governmental organizations, scientific institutes.