World Politics

World Politics

World Politics

Master Program

English or Russian language

120 ECTS

4 Semesters / 2 years

4320 hours

Faculty of International Relations and Politics

Tuition fee:

374 000 ₽/year

The Master Program is designed for international Bachelor’s students who wish to become professionals in the field of international relations, capable of creative development for the implementation of public administration skills in politics and economy.

It addresses current issues of the modern integration processes in the Eurasian region.

Target audience:

  • International students graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and interested to deepen their knowledge in this field
  • International students with a Bachelor’s Degree in any field interested in pursuing a Master’s Degree in International Relations

CURRICULUM

Compulsory courses:

  • Analysis of International Situations
  • Expertise and Forecast in International Relations
  • Digital International Relations
  • Foreign Language
  • Methodology and Philosophy of Science
  • Foreign Languages in International Research
  • Foreign Language in the Sphere of Professional Communication
  • Geoeconomic Formula of the World Order in the Era of Global Transformations
  • Political Consulting

Elective courses:

  • The Main Trajectories of the Evolution of the World Order in the 21st Century
  • Regional Subsystems of International Relations in the 21st Century
  • Foreign Policy Process and Modern Foreign Policy Strategy of Russia
  • Current Trends in the International Security
  • Transformation of the Political Organization of the World
  • Conflicts in the Modern World
  • Foreign Language in the Negotiation Practice
  • Methods of Information Collecting and Processing
  • Principles of Work with International Legal and Diplomatic Documents

Learning outcomes:

  • Elaborating analytical research strategies
  • Planning long- and middle-term international activities
  • Developing draft agreements, contracts, event programs as well as diplomatic documents
  • Conducting analysis, planning and forecasting in the field of international of the adopted programs implementation relations, providing rationale and analysis of the adopted programs implementation
  • Appraisal of international projects, events and agreements
  • Understanding of the logic of global processes and development of the world political system of international relations, knowledge of key trends in development of current key integration processes
  • Basic skills in applied international situation analysis
  • Ability to monitor dynamics of global security environment key features as a part of the Russian Federation policy
  • Understanding of interregional cooperation opportunities taking into account political and legal special features of regions both locally and globally

Advantages:

  • Experienced teaching staff involving practitioners and international scholars
  • Curricula is developed in cooperation with prospective employers
  • 2 languages – English and Russian

Admission requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Test in International Relations (in Russian)
  • English language test

Program director: Prof. Dr. Nikolay Baranov

Office 202, 3 Tuchkov lane, St. Petersburg, 191119, Russia

Phone: +7 (812) 335-94-94 ext. 3232

E-mail: baranov-na@mail.ru