We are please to share news of this opportunity with the European Inter University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization
EIUC and its partner universities Birzeit University (Palestine), Saint Joseph University (Lebanon), International University of Rabat (Morocco) and Ca’ Foscari University (Italy) are proud to present to you the second edition of the Master in Democratic Governance – Democracy and Human Rights in the Mena Region (DE.MA), starting in January 2016.
DE.MA is a multidisciplinary curriculum offering courses in law, political science, sociology and other fields relevant to the study of democratic governance and Human Rights. Open to professionals and graduates, it will combine a theoretical and practical approach and it will deliver a professional Master’s degree (60 ECTS) from Ca’ Foscari University, Venice. The first semester from January to April 2016 is held at the EIUC premises in Venice and the second one from April to July 2016 takes place in one of the partner universities in the Master’s Consortium.
This is meant to play an active role in the ongoing debate about the principles underpinning the transition of political regimes to democracy. It aims at:
- Creating high-profile experts in the fields of democratic governance and the protection of human rights, allowing them to act as promoters of a process leading to the affirmation of the democratic principles;
- Fostering the creation of an élite group of people committed to the promotion of democratic institutions;
- Building a network of experts to be active in political institutions, in national and international, governmental and non-governmental organizations in the Region.
Interested? Here are the practicalities:
Registration deadline: 16 Nov 2015
First semester dates: 4 January 2016 to 15 April 2016
Second semester dates: from 18 April to 15 July 2016
Language: English, (knowledge of French and Arabic recommended)
Teaching method: Face to face teaching
TUITION FEES: 3.750 euro.
TUITION WAIVERS/SCHOLARSHIPS: EIUC offers financial support in the form of a partial contribution towards living expenses and/or a full or partial tuition waiver. This type of financial support is awarded to a limited number of students on the basis of academic achievement, need and geographical distribution.
More information on the DE.MA, the professors and the programme can be found here: http://eiuc.org/dema
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