Academic Year 2024-2025
Why follow the European Interdisciplinary Studies study track?
Students interested in taking a broader, cross-disciplinary view of transatlantic affairs can pursue their interests by choosing from a wide array of courses at both the College of Europe and The Fletcher School. They will gain expertise in European integration processes, EU external relations and transatlantic affairs and learn to provide imaginative solutions to today’s most pressing and complex national, regional and global challenges by adopting a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, contextual and multicultural approach.
My experience in the Natolin campus has provided me with a unique perspective on transatlantic relations in Central and Eastern Europe in the midst of the Russian invasion on Ukraine. I am confident that the knowledge and skills I am gaining in the MATA program will allow me to generate common solutions facing the EU and the US today.
- Pau Alvarez Aragones, MATA-EIS student, class of 2024
Students starting at the College of Europe
Students starting at the Fletcher School
Students starting at the College of Europe
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 1 in Natolin23 ECTS |
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1 MATA compulsory course (27h, 5 ECTS) |
US-EU Relations in the 21st Century: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Transatlantic Affairs (J. SHATTUCK & I. LESSER) |
Select 2 EIS preparatory courses (no ECTS) |
Introduction to Policy (VANNONI M.) Introduction to Theories and Strategies of European Integration (WESSELS W.) |
EIS compulsory foundational course (20h, 2 ECTS) |
History of Central and Eastern Europe, 1740-1939 (BUTTERWICK-PAWLIKOWSKI R) |
3 EIS core courses from pluridisciplinary track (can be exempted with disciplinary entry test and replaced with interdisciplinary track courses) (20h, 4 ECTS each) |
Pluridisciplinary Track (follow 3 unless testing out)
Interdisciplinary Track (can be selected if testing out of Pluridisciplinary track options)
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Select 1 or 2 EIS contextual courses (10h, no ECTS) |
Mapping the World: Geopolitical Imaginations Past and Present (BIALASIEWICZ L.) Politics of Climate Change (KURTYKA M.) Transatlantic Security Dilemmas after the End of the Cold War: From NATO Enlargement to Russian Aggression against Ukraine (MICHTA A.) Grands enjeux de la liberté de la presse (MIHANNA A) La religion dans un monde globalisé (PORTIER P.) Climate Induced Migration (SASNAL P) |
1 EIS workshop (8h, no ECTS) |
Strategic Communication in Digital Age ( KIMBER A.) Media and Climate: Communicating the Green Transition (KRUKOWSKA E.) Making Sense of Strategy (MILEVSKI L.) |
EIS study trip (30h, 2 ECTS) |
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Select 1 EIS simulation game (10h, 2 ECTS) |
The Paris Peace Conference of 1919-20 (BUTTERWICK-PAWLIKOWSKI R., 10h, 0 ECTS) Drafting a Peace Treaty for the End of the Cold War (MINK G. & CICHOCKI M., 10H, 0 ECTS) |
Voluntary courses |
Research methods seminar (20h, no ECTS) Masterclass (10h)
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MATA-EIS Thesis and Internship Preparation |
Select primary thesis supervisor from EIS faculty Begin internship search |
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 2 in Natolin23 ECTS |
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2 MATA compulsory courses (20h, 5 ECTS + 8h) |
US-EU Relations in the 21st Century: Transatlantic Project (B. BERTI & B. LETE, 5 ECTS, 20h) Southern Atlanticism: Rethinking Mental Maps of Transatlantic Relations (I. LESSER, no ECTS, 8h) |
4 EIS Core and Specialist courses within their major (4 ECTS each)
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Students select 1 out of 4 majors
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MATA-EIS students must take a total of 4 Core and Specialist courses within their major
Core courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Specialist courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Core courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Specialist courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Core courses for the Major “The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Specialist courses for the Major “The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Core courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”
Specialist courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”
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EIS voluntary courses (no ECTS)
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EIS compact seminars for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies”
EIS compact seminars for the Major “The EU and the World”
EIS compact seminars for the Major “The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours”
EIS compact seminars for the Major “European History and Civilization” (8h)
Simulation games for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies”
Simulation games for the Major “The EU and the World” (8h)
Simulation game for the Major “The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours” (6h)
Simulation game for all Majors (8h)
Students of all majors may also participate in any number of the following modules: Cooperation with external partners (no ECTS)
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MATA-EIS Study trips 2 ECTS |
MATA study trip to Brussels (no ECTS) EIS study trip (2 ECTS) |
MATA-EIS Thesis and Internship Preparation |
Submit thesis proposal Continue internship search / submit internship approval form (for fall internship) |
Option 1: EIS Study Track Year 2
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 3 at The Fletcher School
24 ECTS |
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4 courses at The Fletcher School, 6 ECTS each
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At least one course from each of the three divisions (‘breadth requirement’):
Cross-registration and substitution of 1 course from Tufts University or Harvard University possible |
MATA-EIS Thesis and Internship preparation |
Fletcher faculty member assigned as second supervisor Submit internship approval form |
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 450 ECTS |
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MATA thesis submission, 25 ECTS |
High-level internship, 25 ECTSSubmit internship report |
Option 2: EIS Study Track Year 2
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 3 |
High-level internship, 25 ECTSSubmit internship report |
Fletcher faculty member assigned as second supervisor Select courses for Semester 4 |
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 4 at the Fletcher School
49 ECTS |
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MATA thesis submission, 25 ECTS |
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4 courses at The Fletcher School, 6 ECTS each
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At least one course from each of the three divisions (‘breadth requirement’):
Cross-registration and substitution of 1 course from Tufts University or Harvard University possible |
Students starting at the Fletcher School
for the EIS Study Track
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 1 at the Fletcher School23 ECTS |
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1 MATA compulsory course (27h, 5 ECTS) |
US-EU Relations in the 21st Century: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Transatlantic Affairs (J. SHATTUCK & I. LESSER) |
3 Fletcher courses, 6 ECTS each |
At least one course from each of the three divisions (‘breadth requirement’):
Cross-registration and substitution of 1 course from Tufts University or Harvard University possible |
MATA-EIS Thesis and Internship Preparation |
Select thesis supervisor from the Fletcher faculty Begin internship search |
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 2 at the Fletcher School29 ECTS |
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1 MATA compulsory course (20h, 5 ECTS) |
US-EU Relations in the 21st Century: Transatlantic Project (B. BERTI & B. LETE) |
4 Fletcher courses, 6 ECTS each |
At least one course from each of the three divisions (‘breadth requirement’):
Cross-registration and substitution of 1 course from Tufts University or Harvard University possible |
MATA-EIS Thesis and Internship Preparation |
Submit thesis proposal Submit internship approval form |
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 3 |
High-level internship, 25 ECTSSubmit internship report |
EIS faculty member assigned as second supervisor Select courses for Semester 4 |
EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 4 in Bruges
43 ECTS |
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MATA Thesis submission (25 ECTS) |
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MATA compulsory compact seminar (8h, no ECTS) |
Southern Atlanticism: Rethinking Mental Maps of Transatlantic Relations (I. LESSER) |
4 EIS Core and Specialist courses within their major (4 ECTS each)
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Students select 1 out of 4 majors
or
MATA-EIS students must take a total of 4 Core and Specialist courses within their major
Core courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Specialist courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Core courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Specialist courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Core courses for the Major “The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Specialist courses for the Major “The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours” (20h, 4 ECTS)
Core courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”
Specialist courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”
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MATA-EIS Study trips 2 ECTS |
MATA study trip to Brussels (no ECTS) EIS study trip (2 ECTS) |
EIS voluntary courses (no ECTS)
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EIS compact seminars for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies”
EIS compact seminars for the Major “The EU and the World”
EIS compact seminars for the Major “The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours”
EIS compact seminars for the Major “European History and Civilization” (8h)
Simulation games for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies”
Simulation games for the Major “The EU and the World” (8h)
Simulation game for the Major “The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours” (6h)
Simulation game for all Majors (8h)
Students of all majors may also participate in any number of the following modules: Cooperation with external partners (no ECTS)
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MATA-EIS Study trips 2 ECTS |
MATA study trip to Brussels (no ECTS) EIS study trip (2 ECTS) |