2 Diplomacy Degree Programs in Poland

International Relations and Public Diplomacy (IR-PUB) is a Double Degree Program conducted jointly by the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and the University of Siena. It is implemented within the framework and with the financial support of the Katamaran program of the National Agency for Academic Exchange (from the Knowledge-Education-Development Operational Program: POWER). In line with the double-degree concept, students will complete a study program for two semesters at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and two semesters at the University of Siena in Italy, which has complementary competencies in public and cultural diplomacy.

Full-time master’s degree in the field of Economic Diplomacy and Statecraft deals with the issues of the activity of national institutions in promoting the economic interests of the state. The curriculum combines the issue of economic diplomacy with the economic strategy of the state. Program points out that economic diplomacy is not only the issue of classical diplomacy with the tasks of promoting the country’s economic interests, but building systemic and strategic solutions. Therefore, the study program indicates the need to treat economic diplomacy as state system related to the country’s economic and political potential with its effective external promotion of its interests and cooperation with non-state actors in this area. In such an approach, it is more reasonable to use the English term „Economic Statecraft” as a multidimensional and multilevel system of promotion and implementation of economic interests abroad. Thus, economic diplomacy is understood as an activity to face the challenges in operating in culturally, politically and legally different markets, such as the countries of the EU’s eastern neighborhood. The program also draws attention to the role of Poland and Central European countries as brokers of knowledge about cultural and political conditions of economic relations with countries east of the European Union.