Executive Master in EU Studies

First Year

The first year offers a range of compulsory and elective courses on European integration history, the EU institutional architecture, the EU in world politics, EU law, EU enlargement, the political economy of energy transitions, sustainable development and more. To learn about fundamentals of European studies will form the basis for the courses in the second year. The learning outcome will be enlarged by interdisciplinary sessions by experts of different disciplines.

Throughout the whole programme, participants will also acquire skills and competences, resources and expertise, which are useful for their professional careers. This includes for example negotiating within an international context, drafting reports, position papers and policy briefs, presentation skills, working with media and journalists (press release, information cycle), or writing legal opinions and writs.

The first term introduces the basic courses required to understand European integration:

• History of European Integration
• The Institutional Architecture of the EU
• Introduction to EU Law

The second and third term are composed of compulsory courses:

• EU Law in Action: Leading Cases - Internal Market and Competition
• The EU in World Politics
• The Enlargement of the EU - Experiences, Processes and Impact
• Simulation of a Summit of the EU Council

and optional courses:

• Political Economy of Energy Transitions
• Sustainable Development in the EU
• Justice and Home Affairs
• Lobbying and Advocacy in the EU
• Economic Dimension of the EU Integration

Second Year

The second year of the Executive Master in EU Studies starts with Advanced courses in the disciplines Political Science, Economics and EU Law. Participants then specialise in one discipline and have the possibility to either choose the professional track, intensify their skills and competences for the labour market and leading to a final paper, or the research track where research and methodology methods lead to a Master thesis in their chosen field of interest.

In the course Project Cycle Management and Logical Framework Approach, participants will learn to plan, propose and manage an international project.

Advanced courses:

• Political Science: Explaining the Institutional Evolution of the EU: Drivers and Barriers
• Economics: The European Union Facing Global Economic Challenges
• EU Law: Constitutional Framework of the EU, European Citizenship and EU Fundamental Rights

Professional tracks:

• Political Science: Formats of Professional Practice: Working in the EU Political Arena
• Economics: Cohesion and Differenciation - Internal Cohesion of the EU
• EU Law: Internal Market, Trade and Sustainability

Research tracks:

• Political Science
• Economics
• EU Law

Skills and competences:

Project Cycle Management and Logical Framework Approach