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• restricted admission

• restricted admission

For inclusion in a master's degree is the completion of studies at the Bachelor's level requirement.
The subject-specific entry requirements are set out in the current Aufnahme-/Zulassungsordnung (admission regulations).
It also includes the different deadlines for the provision of evidence.

If proof of German language skills is required: Information on German language skills.

The MAIR is a research-oriented program that provides students with up-to-date knowledge of the theory and practice of international relations with a special emphasis on the contribution of modern social theory to the analysis of global politics.

During the two-year course, students attend, interact in, and actively contribute to seminars rather than listen to lectures. Group sizes of 20-30 students per cohort are conducive to collaboration and exchange and make for a good student-instructor ratio. Students earn credits through active participation in seminars (based on required readings) and by passing variable and combined types of “exams” in the broadest sense, ranging from presentations and short essays to take-home exams and research papers. The curriculum includes both mandatory and elective modules, and students have the option to earn credits by doing a research internship or studying a semester abroad.

Module

In the first semester, students deepen their familiarity with the history and the present of International Relations, delve into core topics, arguments, and paradigms of contemporary social theory, and revisit the ever-growing toolbox of the quantitative and qualitative methods of social science.

Building on these foundations, in the second semester, students specialize by choosing modules and seminars that further explore issues of political and social theories relevant to international relations, address the variety of global and regional social dynamics that underlie (changes in) present-day world politics, or focus on the attempts by state and non-state actors to institute a measure of global governance in diverse policy areas.

In the third semester, students further broaden their horizon either by leaving Bremen for a semester abroad or a research internship or by taking additional courses in other Master’s programs at the University of Bremen (e.g. MA Political Science, MA European Politics, or MA Social Policy). The semester starts and ends with a two-part block seminar on “Research Design”, helping students to prepare their Master’s thesis.

In the fourth semester, finally, students write their Master’s thesis while attending a supporting Thesis Seminar offering them an opportunity to share and discuss interim results of their ongoing thesis work with their peers as well as faculty.

Detailed information on the curriculum you find at www.uni-bremen.de/mair/program

An internship in the third semester is optional: In the third semester, students further broaden their horizon either by leaving Bremen for a semester abroad or a research internship or by taking additional courses in other Master’s programs at the University of Bremen.

For support when looking for an internship you can turn to the career center of the University of Bremen: https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/career-center or to the Study and Vocational Support Centre of the Facuty of Social Sciences https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/fb8/study/practical-and-professional-relation/study-and-vocational-support-centre

A semester abroad in the third semester is optional: In the third semester, students further broaden their horizon either by leaving Bremen for a semester abroad or a research internship or by taking additional courses in other Master’s programs at the University of Bremen.

For more information on partnerships with other universities see: www.uni-bremen.de/en/ipw/international/studying-abroad

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Students who graduated the MAIR are working in a variety of sectors all over the world, including academia, public administration, NGOs, international organizations and media.

For introduction of some alumni and their views on the program see: https://www.uni-bremen.de/mair/alumni

The Career Center offers a special support for international students.

For conducting PhD research in Political Science at the University of Bremen, the Bremen International Graduate School of the Social Sciences (BIGSSS) provides helpful support and different workshops. The BIGSSS is one of Germany’s leading schools of doctoral training in the social sciences.

For information on the current faculty see: www.uni-bremen.de/mair/faculty

The Institute for Political Science (IPW) is part of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Bremen and organizes the undergraduate and graduate study program of Political Science. The research activities, however, are coordinated by various research institute and centers clustering around questions of European and international politics on the one hand, and dynamics of social policy and modern welfare states on the other hand:

InIIS (Institute for Intercultural and International Studies)

SOCIUM (Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy)

CRC 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy

Research Center "Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt"

Our members also cooperate with other research institutes including:

WoC (Worlds of Contadiction)

artec (Sustainibility Research Center)

ZeMKI (Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research)

HWK (Hanse Wissenschafts Kolleg/Institute for advanced studies)

For conducting PhD research in Political Science at the University of Bremen, the Bremen International Graduate School of the Social Sciences (BIGSSS) provides helpful support and different workshops. For more information see:

www.uni-bremen.de/en/ipw/research