24 International Security Master's Degree Programs

This joint degree is a fantastic opportunity to study with well-known European universities: the University of Glasgow, Dublin City University, Charles University, and the University of Trento. You’ll tackle real issues like terrorism, civil wars, mass migration, energy security, cyber threats, and organized crime. You’ll network with brilliant academics, researchers, and experts from around the globe. Get ready to engage with industry leaders and gain insights from real-world practitioners in security and defense. This program is not just a classroom education; it‘s an experience that will shape your future career.

There’s an increasing global demand for experts and highly qualified professionals within the fields of national and international security. This need has been recognized by public agencies, international organizations, businesses, and NGOs working within the field of security management and international security. Solving societal and organizational problems posed by the continuously changing security environment requires experts who can innovatively and strategically integrate state-of-the-art scientific knowledge into the domain of security from both public administration and international relations.

The Master’s Degree in International Relations enhances students’ understanding of global dynamics through an interdisciplinary education. It concentrates on diplomacy, international security and Euro-Mediterranean studies, building strategic and analytical skills to address contemporary challenges.

Do you want to work with security issues and deepen your knowledge of war, terrorism, and international security challenges? The master’s programme in Conflict, Risk and International Security (CRIS) provides you with the tools to analyse and manage complex security risks and armed conflicts. You will be prepared for roles as a project manager, analyst, or security strategist in government agencies, international organisations, the private sector, or for further doctoral studies.

The Master in International Security Studies is jointly awarded by the University of Trento and the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. The course has been designed being aware that security in the contemporary world should be analysed through an inter- and multi-disciplinary approach.

The Master in International Security Management is designed to help you understand today's complex global landscape, defined by new security threats that require innovative and multifaceted approaches. Taking this Master's degree will allow you to learn how to use the right tools to address security challenges, including military challenges, but also the design of policies to address climate change, energy sustainability, food security, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

The master’s degree in International and Security Politics focuses on key international security issues generated by armed conflict, terrorism, climate change, and transnational migration across the world. At the intersection of defense policy, economics, peacekeeping, and international relations, this training program provides a strong understanding of how public and private actors address these issues and try to solve them, as well as expertise for analyzing contemporary forms of conflicts and hostility, locally as well as globally.

The International Master in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies examines causes of conflicts and a range of contemporary security challenges, such as terrorism, civil war and conflict, mass migration, energy supply security, cybersecurity and new technologies and serious organised crime.

In order to respond to these two trends, Jagiellonian University launches the International Security and Development program. ISAD aims to foster creative thinking about complex problems of global security and development, as well as to equip students with analytical tools, language expertise, and cross-cultural understanding.

This program offers theoretical and methodological training in security issues such as conflicts, wars and agendas associated with cyber or space realms. There are four specializations: Peace and Conflict Studies, Strategic and War Studies, Global and Regional Security, Security and Technology. You will be ready for a career in international institutions, administration and foreign services, NGOs, media, and academia. The program offers a double-degree option with the University of Konstanz.

The Defense and Security specialty of the "International Strategy Analyst" title immerses students in an in-depth analysis of major powers and their defense policies, as well as all state and non-state actors in the international community, in order to decode the strategies of international alliances and identify geopolitical fractures. Through a comparative and analytical approach, they will develop a global vision, essential for anticipating trends and addressing security and defense challenges.

The MSc in Global Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence prepares students to lead this transformation, combining advanced academic knowledge with real-world applications. This integrates AI technologies with modern cybersecurity practices to equip students with technical and analytical skills.

The Master of International Security is designed for those interested in understanding complex global issues related to security, conflict, and peace. The program covers a wide range of topics, includ...

This programme focuses on gathering the tools and knowledge to best apprehend and analyse issues in the international security field in the 21st century : changes in the international environment (remodelling of geopolitical systems, new forms of crises and conflicts, controversial military interventions, transnational terrorism, nuclear proliferation, cyberwarfare, etc.), conflict-ridden regions and the specific internal transformations in security and defence activities (specialisation, institutional transformation, "judicialisation", new technologies, etc.)

The Master’s Degree in International Security Studies (MISS) aims to prepare a new generation of analysts, policymakers, and scholars to address contemporary national and international security challenges.