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| Application Deadline: | Taught: None - rolling admissions | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 17,973 - | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 90 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
These programmes are based in the European Institute and offer the following benefits:
* Historically grounded, multi-disciplinary analysis of European integration and the post-communist transformation process.
* Teachers of academic distinction, with experience of policy making in Europe.
* A seminar on contemporary issues with distinguished outside speakers, including business leaders and policy makers.
* Students from these programmes are actively head hunted by companies and international organisations working in the region.
* Former graduates pursue successful careers in politics, journalism, diplomacy, business and in international financial institutions.
In the degree students focus on the main theories and models of political economy relevant to the process of European integration and of transition in Central and Eastern Europe, and on major trends in the economic and political development of contemporary Europe.
Compulsory courses
(* half unit)
* European Political Economy
* Concepts in Political Economy*
* Dissertation
Options
Choose at least one of the following:
* European Models of Capitalism*
* Patterns of Economic Integration in Europe: Institutions and Politics of EMU*
* The Political Economy of Transition and EU Accession in Central and Eastern Europe*
* The Political Economy of European Welfare States*
* The Economics of European Social Policy*
* Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe*
* Welfare Analysis and Measurement
Choose up to the value of one full unit from the following:
Institutions, Politics and Policies of the EU
* European Union Law and Government*
* Policy-Making in the European Union*
* Europeanisation: the Comparative Politics of Domestic Change*
* Law and Governance of the Single European Market
* Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States*
* Justice, Liberty and Security in the European Union*
* Economic and Social Policy in Mediterranean Europe*
* Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective*
European Identity and Ideas
* The Idea of Europe*
* Europe Beyond Modernity*
* Minorities and Migration in Europe*
* Public Policy Responses to International Migration*
* The Philosophy of Europe*
* Democracy, Ideology and the European State*
Regional courses
* Greece and the European Union*
* Greece and South East Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy*
* The Political Economy of Southeast Europe*
* Turkey: Political Economy and European Integration*
* Economic History of Southeastern Europe and the Middle East, 1820-1970*
* The West: Identitiy and Interests*
Option from another degree programme (maximum one half unit)
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testEnglish requirement:
* TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 627 in the paper test or 107 in the internet based test
* IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum score of 7.0
Applicants for the MSc European Political Economy should have a good upper second or first class degree, or a GPA of 3.5 or better in any of the social sciences, including contemporary history and international relations.
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 627 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 107 |
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