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Joint Master's Degree Programme in International Relations to be established

On 1 October 2012 at a ceremony in Auditorium Maximum Prof. Wojciech Nowak, JU Rector and Prof. Laszlo Komlosi, Vice-Rector of the University of Pecs, Prof. Ivan Maly, Vice-Rector of the University of Masaryk, Brno and Prof. Milota Vetrakova, Vice-Rector of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica signed an agreement to establish an academic consortium with the aim of establishing a Joint Master's Degree Programme in International Relations, Specialisation:  Europe from the Visegrad Perspective.  The Jagiellonian University in Krakow will assume the role of coordinator of the programme.

Graduates of this programme will acquire expert knowledge necessary to better understand the complex nature of the interplay between global and regional phenomena affecting the functioning of international organisations, businesses and civil society.  They will be well prepared to work in international organisations, diplomatic service, public administration, mass media as well as non-governmental and non-profit organisations. Graduates will also possess the necessary analytical ability to carry out individual research as prospective doctoral students.      

Visegrad Network of Research, Education and Mobility "VNDREAM" project aims at building a network of academic excellence among partners of the consortium, that consist of universities from Visegrad countries: Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungry. Main goal of the project is to establish durable organisational infrastructure that would enable scholars and students both from the Visegrad region and from other regions to benefit from experience as well as intellectual, cultural and social resources that the Visegrad region offers.

More on "VNDREAM" project is available at the vndreamproject's website.

Published Date: 02.10.2012
Published by: Mariusz Kopiejka
Uniwersytet Jagielloński