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World University Atlas

Master's degrees

Postgraduate degrees that deepen or change a field of study.

51 programs found

Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • MA
  • 2 years (120 ECTS)
  • English

A master's on crime, punishment and law enforcement in Iceland within an international context, drawing on sociology, victimology, gender and justice studies. It requires 120 ECTS including an MA thesis.

Innsbruck, Austria

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • MA
  • 4 semesters (120 ECTS)
  • English

A master's programme in international peacebuilding, conflict transformation, development policy, diplomacy, human rights, security and disaster management. It adds action-oriented training in teamwork, diversity, inclusion and intercultural communication. Admission involves a separate procedure.

Rovaniemi, Finland

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • M.Soc.Sc.
  • 2 years (120 ECTS)
  • English

A two-year master's programme in Rovaniemi that studies world politics from Arctic perspectives. It draws on politics and international relations, law, indigenous studies and environmental studies, with attention to Indigenous knowledges.

Riga, Latvia

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • Master's degree
  • 4 semesters (120 ECTS)
  • English

Two-year English-taught master programme in Riga on international economic relations, the European Union and economic diplomacy. It includes a study trip to EU and NATO institutions in Brussels, Luxembourg and Frankfurt.

University of Ljubljana Palace, Slovenia

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • M.A.

A 120 ECTS master programme at the Faculty of Social Sciences combining political science, economics, law and international relations to analyse European actors and processes, with compulsory internships.

Lucerne, Switzerland

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • Master's degree
  • 120 ECTS
  • English

A programme combining social science fundamentals with statistics, computational and programming skills, built on four core modules: social sciences, statistics and quantitative methods, computational sciences and digital skills, and practical skills. Students can do an internship, a capstone project or electives.

Montpellier, France

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • Master's degree
  • 2 years (120 ECTS)
  • English, French

Two-year political science master at the Faculty of Law and Political Science, specialised in political sociology and public policy with an international outlook. Working languages are French and English, and it is part of the IDIL programme with paid laboratory internships in years one and two.

Oslo, Norway

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • Master's degree
  • 2 years (120 ECTS credits)

A two-year master's run by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights. It examines human rights as legal, political and moral ideas that have shaped modernity and globalisation.

Tartu, Estonia

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • Master's degree
  • 2 years (120 ECTS)
  • English

A two-year master's programme in which students specialise in one region: the European Union, Russia and Eurasia, or the Baltic Sea region. It includes field trips to conflict zones and international organisations.

Turku, Finland

  • Law and Social Sciences
  • Master of Social Sciences
  • 2 academic years (120 ECTS)
  • On campus
  • English

A multidisciplinary master's programme on futures studies and foresight, run by the Finland Futures Research Centre at Turku School of Economics. It uses case studies and real-life exercises with foresight methods, from quantitative and qualitative methods to futures design techniques.