Diplomacy & International Relations

MSc Cycle^1st year – International Studies

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Diplomacy and International Relations

This first year allows students to acquire and master the traditional approach to the study of international relations and the mechanisms of contemporary diplomacy. The courses explore in depth the political, legal and economic aspects of the foreign relations of states, but also of the European Union. The MSc Diplomacy & International Relations program provides rapid access to positions of responsibility in the private and public sectors: political analysts, consultants, and researchers in ministries or embassies.

This first year of the MSc International Studies cycle is professionalizing, the student has to do several months of internship.

During the first year, HEIP encourages its students to carry out their professional experience in an NGO, a company or a public institution in order to further their career plans. In the second year, they will have a real goal of professional integration. Each field of expertise continues into the second year of the MSc program in one of the specializations offered or as part of a double degree with one of our partners.

Beware! The international admission procedure only concerns you if you are not a French citizen and you live outside of France.

Curriculum

First year

The courses are given in French.

Applications for the first year of the MSc program are open to holders of or in the process of obtaining a BAC+3 (180 ECTS) or an equivalent foreign degree.

Major course topics:

For this first year, there will be a common core of subjects and then specializations to be chosen according to the course for which the student has registered.

At the end of the first year of the MSc program, students have to complete a 60 to 100 page research paper, for which they are accompanied by a research director, a specialist in the field. They are prepared in the framework of a research methodology seminar.