11 Governance MA Degree Programs

The MA Global Governance and Sustainable Development degree is taught within Middlesex University’s School of Law where we deliver high-quality teaching and research, and provide a supportive learning environment, helping students to achieve excellent academic results.

This programme enables students to learn the key features of Political Leadership, Governance, and Democratic Practice in contemporary societies. MA students are given a chance to study cutting-edge policies, and the essential concepts and arguments of the history of Western Political Thought.

The Global Governance, Politics, and Security (GGPS) program provides students with the knowledge and analytical skills for meaningful careers in international affairs and public service. The program incorporates primary and secondary specializations in global security; multilateral diplomacy and global governance; states, society, and politics; or international economic policy.

The STEM-designated Global Governance, Politics, and Security: Quantitative Economic Methods (GGPS:QEM) master's degree program is where advanced economic and quantitative training meets real-world international policy challenges. Our mission is to train students to apply quantitative methodologies to global issues, developing more data and economics skills than a traditional international affairs degree.

Our International Child Rights and Development MA is a multidisciplinary course designed to promote a rigorous academic approach to contemporary issues of childhood internationally. Underpinned by a children’s rights framework, it will help you develop the skills needed for successful multi-agency and multi-professional work and research with and for children in complex contexts.

MA in Global Governance 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.

The Master of Arts in Economic Governance and Development is a 16-month program that offers an interdisciplinary curriculum in economics, governance and development based on international standards of teaching.

Advance your career in global security through a unique focus on addressing the challenges posed by domestic and international terrorism, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and financial crime. Our Master of Arts in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies (NPTS) gives you specialized knowledge and skills that will distinguish you from other graduates. Gain professional experience through real-world projects with this STEM-designated, four-semester degree.

Empowering future leaders to solve transnational problems. We will support you in acquiring the tools, the knowledge, and the network, to design new responses to the unprecedented challenges our society will face during the next decade and beyond.

The Vienna Master of Arts in Applied Human Rights offers students an in-depth interdisciplinary education in the history, philosophy, politics, as well as legal dimension of the international human rights standards and their protection mechanisms by international organizations, such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the European Union, the African Union or the Organization of American States.

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) is designed to broaden your perspective and prepare you with the modern skills needed to initiate and influence change in your community. Students will begin the program seeking knowledge.