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  February 2022
COURSE TITLE Master in Contemporary Diplomacy (Internet Governance)
 
COURSE CODE PMCDIGVFDL2

POSTNOMINAL

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M. CD(Melit.)

Second Cycle

Level 7

3 Semesters

Full-time Distance Learning

90

Isabelle Calleja Ragonesi

COURSE OVERVIEW
This full-time distance learning M.A. allows you to investigate the vast function of the internet in a world where the internet has become part of its critical infrastructure. The Master’s programme will help you analyse the importance of the internet and to understand how it has strategic relevance in the governing of nation states. From cyberwar to diplomacy to business, the Master’s in Contemporary Diplomacy will train you to work in the most prominent diplomatic arena of the coming decades. Focusing on practical diplomatic skills and delivered through a 10-day residential workshop in Malta, you will then be given the opportunity to write at length about internet governance and related topics of your choosing.
 
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Participate in global forums and policy-shaping discussions
• Research, analyse, and inform about current issues in internet governance
• Prepare and assist in position papers and input to global requests for comments and agendas
• Address current needs in emerging internet issues
• Understand the threat of cybersecurity and how to deal with it
• Appreciate the active role of internet policymaking
 
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS TO FURTHER STUDY The Master in Contemporary Diplomacy (Internet Governance) provides two new career priorities:

• Preparation for traditional diplomats to understand the complexities of global Internet governance policy shaping.

You will be required to understand and provide input to Internet processes that will affect the future of your country, be it a diplomat, government official, or as a regulator. This course will give you the necessary traditional foundation for career advancement, but will also prepare you to address the issues of tomorrow.

• Formal training in negotiation and diplomatic processes for actors in Internet governance from outside the traditional diplomatic community.

As a potential stakeholder from the private sector, academia, civil society, the technical community and international organizations, you will be valuable in providing diplomatic skills and credentials to their expertise in order to engage effectively in global and regional forums.
 
COURSE INTENDED FOR This course is an ideal programme of study if you are interested in:

• Developing a career in internet governance, cybersecurity and other emerging Internet policy areas.
• Pursuing a career in becoming a diplomat or a government official dealing with Internet governance, cybersecurity and other Internet-related policy issues.
• Pursuing a career as a business person or becoming a civil society activist involved in multi-stakeholder Internet governance processes.
• Becoming a postgraduate student of diplomacy, international relations, or communications wishing to study the multidisciplinary topic of Internet governance, and to gain a deeper insight into Internet governance through interaction with diplomats and Internet governance policymakers.
• Pursuing a career as a journalist, staff of international and non-governmental organisations, translator, business person and other position which would allow you take an active part in Internet policy-making.
 
ADMISSION AND
PROGRESSION REQUIREMENTS
The Course shall be open to applicants in possession of:

(a) a Bachelor degree obtained with at least Second Class Honours or with at least Category II in an area of study deemed relevant by the Board or

(b) appropriate professional qualifications, together with sufficient related professional experience, that are acceptable to the Senate and deemed comparable to the qualifications in the above paragraph by the Board.

Details on how to apply are available here.

For further information send an e-mail to admissions@diplomacy.edu

The admission requirements are applicable for courses commencing in February 2022.

For more detailed information pertaining to admission and progression requirements please refer to the bye-laws for the course available here.
 
COURSE FEES
Local/EU/EEA Applicants: Fees are established by the Diplo Foundation

Non-EU/Non-EEA Applicants: Fees are established by the Diplo Foundation
 


 

 
Last Updated: 21 February 2022
 
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