Stretching over one academic year the program is structured into the following two terms. The academic program requires students to complete all the courses on their study plan. Students will be evaluated at the end of each course and may also be invited to seminars. The academic program may change as instructed by the Director of the Master. 

I Term (October 2026 – January 2027) 

Core Courses   

• Democracy and Global Governance: Conceptual and Methodological Issues 
•  Negotiation and Diplomacy in a Changing World 
•  Behavioural Economics and Decision-Making 
•  International Public Policies 

Elective courses   

• Multiculturalism   
• Global Corruption, Global Crime, Good Governance and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) 
• Gender, Trade, and Emergencies 
• Statistics for International and Public Affairs 

Policy Lab   

• Learning Policy Advice  
• Corporates and Policy 

Advanced Seminars

• Leadership today and tomorrow
• Executive power and influence academy
• The Question of Minorities

II Term (February – July 2027) 

Core Courses 

• European Economics  in a global context 
• Theories and practices of international development 
• Theory and History of the International System 
• The EU in a Multipolar World 
• Democratizations and Globalization 
• National Interest, International Relations and Security 
• European Defense 
• Crisis Management and Pandemic 

Elective Courses   

• EU policy making through the lenses of energy policies 
• EU Sovereignty & Strategic Autonomy in external relations 
• Negotiation Techniques in International Organizations   

Final Dissertation  

As part of their academic requirements, a final Master Dissertation must be submitted by the end of the program (October 31st). 

Students are expected to complete a 20.000/25.000 word Master Dissertation under the supervision of a member of the Faculty of the Master program. 

The general objective of the thesis is to evaluate the candidate's ability to: 

• analyse a subject using a stringent methodology using the relevant discipline; 
• adopt a critical attitude; 
• mobilize his or her reflection on the theme addressed; 
• provide a precise and reasoned answer to the question raised; 
• present the difficulties encountered and/or the limits of its analysis; 
• broaden the scope of the problem through a prospective approach.