Students must take six courses from the list of core and specialist courses. The following rules apply:
1) Students need to select at least two courses from the list of core courses within their chosen major.
2) Students of the EPAP, EUW and EUN majors need to select one or two courses from the list of core courses and/or specialist courses of the EHC major.

Core courses

• HILLION, C. – The EU’s Relation(s) with a Wider Europe – The Legal Dimension (20h, 4 ECTS)
• LANNON, E. – The EU and its Southern Neighbourhoods (20h, 4 ECTS)
• SCHUMACHER, T. – The EU’s Neighbourhood Policy (20h, 4 ECTS)
• WOLCZUK, K. – The EU and Eastern Europe (20h, 4 ECTS)

Specialist courses

• AYDIN, M. – Understanding Turkey: Politics, Economy, Society (20h, 4 ECTS)
• CASSARINO, J.-P. & DAVITTI, D. – Cooperation on Migration Governance between the EU and its Neighbourhood (20h, 4 ECTS)
• CASTELLINO, J. & CAVANAUGH, K. – Minority Issues, Nationalism and Identity Politics in the EU’s Neighbourhood (20h, 4 ECTS)
• CHABAN, N. – Images and Perceptions of the EU in its Neighbourhoods Throughout Peace and War (20h, 4 ECTS)
• DEMMELHUBER, T. – Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa (20h, 4 ECTS)
• HERRANZ-SURRALES, A. – EU Energy Governance in the EU’s Neighbourhood (20h, 4 ECTS)
• KALENSKÝ, J. – The EU and the Geopolitics of Disinformation and Digital Communication in the Neighbourhood and Russia (20h, 4 ECTS)
• LANOSZKA, A. – War and Conflict in the Post-Soviet Space (20h, 4 ECTS)
• MAYR-HARTING, T. – The European Union and Bi- and Multilateral Diplomacy (20h, 4 ECTS)
• ONUCH, O. – Revolutions and Mass Mobilization in Eastern Europe (20h, 4 ECTS)
• ROUSSELET, K. & SHEIKH, N. – Church-State Relations and the Role of Religious Movements in the EU’s Neighbourhood / Les relations Eglises-Etat et le rôle des mouvements religieux dans les pays voisins de l’Union européenne (20h, 4 ECTS)
• SAIFULLAYEU, A. & KRAIS, J. – Formal and Informal Colonialism and the EU's Neighbourhood: Power, Knowledge, Transformation (20h, 4 ECTS)
• TEOKAREVIC, J. – Western Balkans: EU Enlargement, External Influences, Post-Conflict Transition (20h, 4 ECTS)
• TYUSHKA, A. – The EU, Russia and the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood: Power, Performance, and Perceptions (20h, 4 ECTS)

Master’s thesis colloquium

Students are automatically registered in the major's research colloquium.

• WOLCZUK, K. & TYUSHKA, A. – The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours Research Colloquium

Compact seminars

Students need to select one or two compact seminars.

• AL-SABBAGH, R. – Investigative Journalism in the Southern Neighbourhood (8h, 0 ECTS)
• BOURIS, D. – EU-Middle East Relations: Conflict, Peace and Security (10h, 0 ECTS)
• BUSCHLE, D. – Energy Community with the EU's Eastern and Southeastern Neighbours (10h, 0 ECTS)
• FRANZA, L. – Greening the Neighbourhood: Energy Transition in the Mediterranean (10h, 0 ECTS)
• ISAACS, R. – Central Asia as the EU's Wider Neighbourhood: Power, Politics, and Foreign Policy (10h, 0 ECTS)
• SHAGINA, M. – Sanctions and Economic Statecraft (10h, 0 ECTS)

Simulation games

Participation in the simulation games is optional.

• BUTTERWICK-PAWLIKOWSKI, R. – The Congress of Vienna 1814-15 (8h, 0 ECTS)
• FRANZA, L – Energy and Climate in the Neighbourhood (8h, 0 ECTS)
• SCHUMACHER, T. – EU Foreign Policy-making in Times of Conflict in the EU’s Neighbourhood (6h, 0 ECTS)

Cooperation with external partners

Students can choose any number of the following elements.

• MIKOS-SKUZA, E. – Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (17h, 0 ECTS)
• Cycle of seminars with the European Investment Bank on the EU Green Deal (7,5h, 0 ECTS)
• Workshops in history organized in cooperation with the Max Weber programme of the European University Institute (TBC, 0 ECTS)

Professional development

The Professional Development and Career Orientation programme complements the academic programme with on-site, made-to-measure support and guidance in helping to shape the students’ professional paths.

Language courses

In addition to benefitting from a bilingual study programme, students can take advantage of language courses on offer implemented by the Languages and Intercultural Dialogue Office. The following languages are on offer: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Arabic. The courses are tailored to the individual students' needs, and are also focused on transversal skills required by employers.