Master of European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives
In our interdisciplinary one-year 'Master of European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives' (MAES) you will analyse Europe as a region of historical, political and societal diversities, intense interactions across national boundaries, and complex exchanges with the outside world. Together with students from all over the world and from various disciplinary backgrounds, you can choose between twelve specialised modules, including ‘European External Relations’, ‘Globalising Europe’, ‘Europe and its Eastern Neighbourhoods’, ‘Europe and its Southern Neighbourhoods’, ‘Europe and Asia’ and ‘European History, Integration and Political Order’.
Master of European Policies and Public Administration
The Master of Advanced Studies in European Policies and Public Administration (MEPP) is a one-year programme that empowers you to gain critical insight into today’s key issues in European public administration, public policy and public management. The programme is designed to provide you with rigorous analytical skills and prepares you for careers in governments, international bodies and research, all around the world. This programme combines academic excellence in the comparative study of public sector structures, policy-making and administration within Europe, with a concern for the challenges professionals face at the sub-state, state and European levels. During the second semester students can study at another European university within the framework of the EMPA Network.
Master of International Politics
The Master of Science in International Politics (MIP) is a one-year Master's programme that provides you with the necessary theoretical and methodological skills to study international politics and governance in a globalising world. You will learn to anticipate on and find solutions for complex global challenges in diplomacy, development cooperation, peace processes and conflict management, environmental politics, international development and political economy. Moreover, you will study regional political developments in Europe, North America, China, Russia, Eurasia and the Middle East.
Master in de Vergelijkende Politiek (in Dutch)
In de Master in de Vergelijkende en Internationale Politiek (VIP) krijg je inzicht in de nationale, Europese en internationale politiek en in de manier waarop de politieke besluitvorming op die verschillende niveaus verloopt. De aandacht gaat naar de rol van politieke instellingen en andere politieke actoren, naar het samenspel tussen politieke besluitvorming en maatschappelijke omgeving, en naar het beleid dat daardoor tot stand komt. Je hebt de keuze uit drie opties: vergelijkende politiek, Europese politiek en internationale politiek.
KU Leuven's Faculty of Social Sciences is ranked 5th in the EU and 45th worldwide (THE 2020)
Why KU Leuven?
The MAES, MEPP, MIP and VIP programmes give you the opportunity to study at one of Europe's oldest and most well-established universities while engaging in international affairs at all levels. The programmes enjoy regular interaction with political institutions in and outside Brussels.
Located in Belgium within a stone’s throw of (OK, a twenty-minute train ride from) the European institutions, there is no better place to study European Union foreign policy, the European Union and international politics. Not only is KU Leuven one of the world’s top-ranking universities, but it has been ranked as the most innovative university in Europe by Reuters for the last four years in a row. Founded in 1425, it also just happens to be one of Europe’s oldest universities.
Students come from all over the world to study at KU Leuven. Once you first step foot on campus in the vibrant and welcoming city of Leuven, you will immediately understand why.