Master of European Studies - Governance and Regulation

The Master of European Studies - Governance and Regulation is a one-year postgraduate program, offered by the University of Bonn at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI). Taught by ZEI professors and a flying faculty of renowned experts from all over the EU, you will be a part of an international group of students with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

The development of the EU has increased the need for comprehensive expertise in European affairs as well as in the sources and effects of integration at all levels of government and in the private sector. Political decisions and legislative acts in the EU continuously generate new regulatory frameworks. The interplay of governance and regulation constitutes today's reality in the EU.

ZEI's master program is a research-based response to this development. It enables European and non-European young professionals to understand the interplay between political, legal and economic aspects in the EU and the EU's relations with other parts of the world. It prepares students for an international career in EU institutions, international organisations, national administrations, NGOs and global companies.

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Master of European Studies - Governance and Regulation: Curriculum

The program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum with a focus on issues of Governance and Regulation in the EU. Political science modules focus on contemporary political issues and governance in Europe, especially, as they pertain to the wider spectrum of integration theories, and on the institutional and policy development of the European Union since the ratification of the Treaties of Rome.

Economic modules cover the economic, monetary and financial aspects of the EU, and analyse the Union's internal market against the backdrop of economic globalisation and the international trade regime. Legal modules deal with the constitutional principles of the European Union, the sources and application of EU law, the regulation of industry sectors such as electronic communications, energy and logistics as well as the legal structure of the internal market and the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU and other EU institutions.

The focus on governance in the EU deals with the interaction between political, economic, and legal factors and the dialectical structure of actors and factors in creating the institutional arrangements and policy fields in today's EU. Regulatory issues cover regulation policy and corresponding legal prerequisites in various fields, such as electronic communications, logistics, water, and energy.

The program comprises field trips to European and German institutions, organisations and companies, a career development program as well as business talks, in particular, with practitioners from the private sector and alumni.

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Master of European Studies - Governance and Regulation: Career

Since the start of the program in 1998/99, more than 450 fellows have graduated with a Master of European Studies. ZEI alumni have entered various career sectors: they work in EU institutions and international organizations, NGOs, national administrations, lobby groups, in the field of science and research and have been successful in the private sector. The range of organizations and companies that recruit ZEI graduates is far reaching.

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Master of European Studies - Governance and Regulation: Admission

• An above-average and completed, career-qualifying higher education degree (minimum Bachelor) from a German or foreign academic higher education institution, preferably in law, economics, or political science, with at least 180 credit points (CPs) according to the ECTS system
• Proof of very good verbal and written English skills  
• Relevant work experience of 1 to 2 years (Students who in their undergraduate studies have obtained 240 ECTS points require 1 year, students who have obtained 180 ECTS points require 2 years work experience)

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Overview of Masters programmes - Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

		European Studies - Governance and Regulation
		Agrarwissenschaften
		Agricultural and Food Economics (AFECO)
		Ägyptologie
		Altamerikanistik und Ethnologie
		Applied Linguistics
		Arzneimittelforschung
		Asienwissenschaften
		Astrophysik
		Biochemistry
		Chemistry
		Computer Science
		Deutsch-Französische Studien
		Deutsch-Italienische Studien
		Deutsches Recht
		Disaster Management and Risk Governance
		Drug Regulatory Affairs
		Economics
		Ecumenical Studies
		Englische Literaturen und Kulturen (English Literatures and Cultures)
		European Regulation of Network Industries (MERNI)
		Evaluation
		Evangelische Theologie
		Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie Europas
		Geodäsie und Geoinformation
		Geographie
		Geowissenschaften
		Germanistik
		Geschichte
		Gesellschaften, Globalisierung und Entwicklung
		Griechische und Lateinische Literatur der Antike und ihr Fortleben
		Immunobiology: from molecules to integrative systems
		Katastrophenvorsorge und Katastrophenmanagement
		Klassische Archäologie
		Komparatistik
		Kunstgeschichte
		Lebensmitteltechnologie
		Life Science Informatics
		Mathematics
		Medienwissenschaft
		Mikrobiologie
		Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
		Neurosciences
		North American Studies
		Philosophie
		Physik
		Physik der Erde und Atmosphäre
		Politikwissenschaft (M.A.)
		Psychologie
		Renaissance-Studien
		Romanistik
		Skandinavistik
		Transkulturelle Studien/Kulturanthropologie

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Master of European Studies - Governance and Regulation: Highlights of your program

• Week long orientation in Bonn and continuing student support services
   
• Join excursions to the EU institutions in Brussels, Luxembourg, Frankfurt
   
• Visit the seat of the German government in Berlin
   
• Benefit from an additional Certificate in Intercultural Competences
   
• Enjoy the intimate international learning environment
   
• Profit from networking through Europe Dialogues and Business talks
   
• Students actively contribute to current  ZEI research
   
• Become an EU expert ready for a career in the EU institutions, government, the private sector, media and international organisations
   
• Join the ZEI Alumni network

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Master of European Studies - Governance and Regulation: Special services

• Career Development Program (application training, personal profiling, preparation for EU and international entry-level competitions, intercultural training sessions)
   
• Close contact with professors and directors of ZEI
   
• The program coordinator and student assistants at ZEI support students with information about their stay in Germany and assist with organisational issues for the program prior to students' arrival.
   
• Support via the International Office of the University of Bonn

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