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¹û¶³Ó°Ôº has teamed up with Charles University (Prague), Corvinus University of Budapest, the University of Helsinki, Jagiellonian University (Krakow) and Tartu University (Estonia) to offer the two-year MA, starting in 2007-8. The Erasmus Mundus funding will enable the consortium to offer a large number of full two-year scholarships to students from non-EU countries as well as three-month research fellowships for visiting scholars.

The IMESS programme offers pathways in Economics & Business, Politics & Security, Nation & Society, and History & Culture. Each option incorporates advanced research methods training, language tuition in one of Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian or Polish, specialist electives and a research dissertation. Successful students will receive a double degree: from ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and the partner institution where they spend their second year. They will also receive a consortium diploma supplement.

The European Commission has recognised the excellence and innovation of the IMESS by awarding it Erasmus Mundus status, a programme designed to strengthen European cooperation and international links in higher education. The programme does this by supporting high-quality European masters courses; enabling students and visiting scholars from around the world to engage in postgraduate study at European universities; and by encouraging mobility of European students and scholars towards the rest of the world.

Dr Christopher Gerry, Director of the new MA programme and Lecturer in European Economy at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº said: "This is an exciting and challenging programme, combining the unparalleled strengths of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº with the best and most prestigious universities from Central and Eastern Europe. Graduates of the programme will be in a very strong position on the job market as well as being equipped with the skills for a research-related career."

Dr Robin Aizlewood, Director of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº School of Slavonic & East European Studies, said: "The aim of the Erasmus Mundus programme is to promote excellence in EU higher education worldwide and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's success with its partners in this venture is a mark of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's global standing."

To find out more about the MA and Erasmus Mundus, follow the links at the bottom of this article.

Image: Dr Robin Aizlewood [right] with Aleksandra Podhorodecka, President of the Polish Educational Society

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