EUROPA MASTER

MA PROGRAMME IN POLITICAL SCIENCES

Admission

The deadline for applications for the academic year 2024/2025 is 15 May 2024.

About the programme

Europa Master called “Weimar program” is a unique triple program created and administered jointly by University of Opole, University of Mainz and University of Burgundy. The purpose of the program is to prepare specialists in the area of European integration and make students aware of different “faces” of the united Europe.

Establishment of the EUROPA MASTER program has been supported by the DFH (Deutsch-Französische Hochschule) which also provides the mobility stipends for the participants during their study abroad. Partner universities also apply for financing from other sources, including Erasmus programme and grants from the regional institutions of the partner countries.

The Most Important Courses

Eastern Enlargement as social and cultural clash in Europe

The aim of the course is to analyze the eastern enlargement of the EU from the point of view of a number of conditions that determined its course. Among them, there are historical, cultural, national, social, economic and political determinants. The premise of the course is the belief that the Eastern Enlargement of the EU was a clash between Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe, being one of the most important challenges for the continent since 1989. 

 

Polish and Central European Ideas of European Integration

The theme of the course are the ideas of integration in countries of Central and Eastern Europe in different historical periods. The premise of the course is to demonstrate that the idea of integration in countries of Central and Eastern Europe grew despite the fact that these countries did not participate in the formation of European integration since its beginnings in the 50s.

 

 

Political communication

Topics to be covered during this course include the basic frameworks on political communication research and theory, the history of the mass media, recent trends in the news media, theories of attitude formation and change and the nature of news. It will be focused on the ways in which the news shapes the public’s perceptions of the political world, campaign communication, and the general role of the mass media in the democratic process.

The Structure of the Programme

EUROPA MASTER program lasts 4 semesters. During the first semester in Opole the program of study focuses on the cultural and social dimension of European integration as well as Central and Eastern European perspective on European integration. The classes are taught in English. Second semester in Mainz is dedicated to European Politics and political science. Classes are taught in German and in English. The focus of studies at Dijon during the third semester is European law and European institutions. Courses are taught in French.

Here you can find detailed information about the program. 
Advantages of the Programme

No Tuition Fee

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that EUROPE MASTER programme is FREE of charge to all the students irrespective of their country of origin. This is envisaged in the terms of the cooperation agreement signed by rectors of all the partner universities – University of Opole, University of Mainz and University of Burgundy to encourage talented students from non-EU countries having good command of English and French to participate in the project.

Multiple Opportunities

The program gives the unique possibility of studying at three different universities in three different countries in the international group of students and receiving three diplomas. As the motto of the program says: Study Europe – Live Europe, students from different cultures, representing different ideas, traditions and ways of thinking learn to know more but also to be able to understand different perceptions and points of view.

Admission Requirements
  • The BA diploma (or equivalent) constitutes the basic admission criterion.

The EUROPA MASTER invites applicants with a Bachelor degree in a social science, including political science, international relations, economy, sociology, law, history, journalism and social communication, philosophy and cultural studies as well as the fields of study, where the candidates were able to collect at least 65 ECTS in social science. While applying for the program during the last semester of Bachelor level the applicants are required to include Transcipt of Records covering the whole period of study and proving having collected 135 ECTS at the time of applying for the program.

  • English language skills at B2 level, and French language at B1 level confirmed by a certificate are obligatory.
  • Transcript of Records in the national language certified by the present institution of higher education proving having collected 135 ECTS by the time of applying
  • Certified translation into English of all required documents if they are issued in the other language than English

The deadline for applications for the academic year 2024/2025 is 15 May 2024.

The candidates that successfully undergo the pre-selection process will be invited for the next stage in the form of a short online conversation. Next, those accepted both at the level of the University of Opole and partner universities will be invited to the final application procedure.

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