
MA in Global Governance
Tbilisi, Georgia
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 5,000
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The program provides graduates (in the field of international politics and relations) with the ability to independently research the effectiveness of international organizations, institutional frameworks, legal-normative mechanisms, and socio-economic factors while studying the complex nature of global processes and events.
Graduates of this program will be able to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Government, Parliament (Committees), Ministry of Internal Affairs, UN, OSCE, International Organizations, International Organizations operating in Georgia, Embassies, and local analytical organizations.
Program Details
- Classes begin at 19.00 and end at 21:15.
- Lectures-120 minutes, break - 15 minutes.
- The maximum number of students in a group is 30 students. The bachelor and master program components consist of 19 weeks.
Admissions
Curriculum
The Master’s program of Global Governance consists of 120 (ECTS) credits.
Student passes the major in total of 90 credits. The remaining 30 credits may be taken from electives block of the same program.
Graduates of this program hold a Master's Degree in Diplomacy and International Politics.
Program Outcome
Knowledge
- In-depth and systemic knowledge of existing international institutional architecture, global processes and their control mechanisms in various fields such as global trade, arms control, migration, and sustainable development.
- In-depth knowledge of international organizations such as the United Nations, OSCE, European Union, NATO, their role, institutional significance, organizational structure and policies performed; also critical understanding of causes of organizational ineffectiveness and suggestions for improvement.
- In-depth knowledge of the legal and other normative regimes clearly defined within the global governance system, including diplomatic practices and tools.
Skills
- To research independently the applicability of international legal norms and regimes in specific fields/issues. (For example, conventional arms control and global trade).
- To organize and participate in thematic negotiations and processes in the specific issue areas, not least to identify (if needed) the format and structure of changes in the organizational design of negotiations.
- To apply respective legal and normative/regulatory frameworks for cases in human rights and EU economic, financial and trade policies (incl. competition policy).
Program delivery
- Interactive lectures
- Discussions/debates
- Explanation method
- Method of working on a book
- Material/Source search and selection in Libraries
- Simulation
- Critical analysis
- Project presentation
- Verbal method
- Case study and analysis
- Brief analytical papers