MScPublic Policy and Security
| Study location | Lithuania, Kaunas |
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| Type | Master, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 1.5 years |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | MSc (Master of Social Sciences) |
| Course code | 6211JX044 |
| Tuition fee | €4,384 per year |
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| Application fee | €100 one-time |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. 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 |
| Entry qualification | Undergraduate diploma (or higher) a university Bachelor’s degree(min. length – 180 ECTS) in any field (priority is given to those from social science) with a good average grade (min. CGPA>60%) Applicants must upload education documents in original language, as well as translations into English. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English proficiency in English: IELTS ≥6.0, TOEFL ≥85, CEFR ≥C1, GRE, IESOL C1 or equivalent. |
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| Other requirements | • motivation (interview online) |
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Overview
The master study programme Public policy and security is designed to broaden your perspective and sharpen specific skills to prepare you to be a professional leader in public sector. The programme will inspire and prepare you to be a competent actor in public policy and security processes and make evidence based decisions. Make an impact in the world, pursue powerful ideas and advance your capacity to lead!
The aim of the study programme is to prepare professionals of high competence having profound knowledge in public governance and policy theories, able to analyse and evaluate security processes in comparative perspective, to design and implement relevant analyses applying sophisticated methodological approaches that form the background for problem solving recommendations.
Programme structure
1 semester
Public Policy Process
Social Research Methods
Information Management and Communication in Organizations
Theories of Public Governance
Electives 1
2 semester
Public Programme Evaluation
Public Policy Analysis
Public Policies of European Union
Public Governance and Civil Society
Electives 2
3 semester
Final Degree Project
Career opportunities
Student’s competences, gained during the studies, will allow to:
Analyse and assess the modern public policy and safety processes at the national, European, international and global level;
Professionally identify public policy and safety problems, forecasts of their solutions and probable consequences;
Analyze of development and prospects of public policy and safety processes.
Solve complex tasks of public policy, management, and safety in new environments;
Make data-based decisions in the areas of public policy and safety;
Recognise arising risks for the state and methods of their management.
You may become:
Professional in Security Policy;
Manager of a public sector organization or unit.