European Union in a Global Order (MSc)

Introduction

The Master's programme in European Union in a Global Order leads to an MSc in Political Science. It provides students with a theoretical and empirical understanding of the EU's external relations. The programme deals with the idea of a double movement, with a dual focus on the internal determination of the EU's external relations and actions (the role of state and non-state actors in the development of a Common Foreign and Security Policy, the actual decision-making process, its instruments, etc.), and on the impact of global developments, challenges and threats on foreign policy-making at the European and Member State level.

The precise intersection of internal and external determination will be tested for different types of external relations (international economic relations, issues of development and underdevelopment, international security, etc.) and for different geopolitical and geo-economic orientations and priority areas (the EU-Russia relationship, the EU's policy towards the developing world, the EU's Mediterranean strategy, transatlantic relationships, etc.).

European Union in a Global Order is a theoretically and methodologically pluralist and interdisciplinary programme. Social, economic, political and cultural processes of change (at different levels of analysis) are seen as mutually constitutive. The programme's focus is on the EU's external / international / foreign relations rather than politics or economics.

'Tomorrow's world will be more global and interdependent than today's. This Master's programme gives our students the theoretical and empirical tools they need to understand Europe's position and role in this ongoing process.'

- Otto Holman, Programme Director, European Union in a Global Order.

Studying European Union in a Global Order at the University of Amsterdam

In addition to the quality and uniqueness of its curriculum and instruction, a distinct advantage of the Master's programme European Union in a Global Order is its location in the city of Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a city with a long and important history in the development of European and global relations, commerce and law. Today it is among the most lively, diverse and cosmopolitan cities in the world. The University of Amsterdam's location in this city manifests what the EUGO programme explores: the history and diversity of European and global politics from a multidisciplinary and multidimensional perspective. The faculty of the UvA's Political Science department include researchers who have published internationally on a range of topics relating to European Foreign Relations.

European Union in a Global Order as a part-time programme

Part time study is not possible.