The Institute offers two types of Bachelor degrees (general and honours), both taught over three years of full-time study. The approach is multi disciplinary involving the politics, history, economics and law of the EU. Students acquire knowledge and competence in, amongst others, the functioning of the EU institutions, EU treaties and laws, the economics of European Integration, European security, the history of European integration, small states and the EU, enlargement, Euro-Mediterranean relations, EU social policy, climate change and EU environmental issues, development studies, the EU’s External Relations and the Common Foreign and Security Policy. During this course students will have the opportunity to do a placement with one of the various institutions; the Institute for European Studies has an agreement with. Access Bachelor European Studies (Hons) brochure [PDF]for more info.
The M.A. in Politics, Economics & Law is offered both part-time and full-time. The course provides a strong foundation in European Studies. It includes compulsory study-units in these areas and a number of elective study units such as lobbying in the EU, EU external relations, Cohesion Policy and climate change amongst others. Placement opportunities are also available within this MA course.
Access M.A. in European Politics, Econonomics and Laws brochure [PDF] for more info.