Master of Peace and Security Studies | M.P.S.
The postgraduate programme "Master
of Peace and Security Studies – M.P.S." at
the
University of Hamburg is a trans- and
interdisciplinary
programme of two semesters' duration,
combining theory-based
education in the areas of peace research and
security
policy with a practice-orientated
application of methods
for research. The prime objective of the
course is
to provide highly qualified graduates from a
national
or foreign university and academically
trained practitioners
of a field-related vocational background
with the
fundamental basics of the discipline peace
studies
and security policy, as well as providing
them with
the instruments applicable for
differentiated research
in this field. Students will be prepared for
a career
in academic peace research, international
organisations,
the media or private companies,
peace-keeping and
monitoring, verification, development aid,
mediation
or arbitration, etc. The course is a joint
programme
of the University of Hamburg and the
Institute for
Peace Research and Security Policy at the
University
of Hamburg (IFSH). The programme is further
guided
and partly implemented by a number of
co-operating
resident institutes of the "Cooperation
Network Peace
Research and Security Policy"
(Kooperationsverbund
Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik –
KoFrieS).
The intense cooperation with the various
resident
institutes, each concentrating on different
issues
in the broad field of peace research and
security
policy, ensures the programme's diversity.
The programme
is co-sponsored by the German Foundation for
Peace
Research (DSF) and the German Academic
Exchange Service
(DAAD). The instructional languages of the
programme
are English and German; students must be
able to speak
both with adequate fluency. Foreigners are
welcome
to apply for the course. Admission to the
course is
limited. A University/Institute joint
committee takes
responsibility for selection. The programme
starts
by October each year and runs through
August.
Within
the context of the course, students may play
an active
role in the building of a peace-network
programme
in South-East Europe (Akademisches
Netzwerk Südosteuropa). Furthermore,
all
students will have the possibility to carry
out a
period of praxis-orientated research at one
of the
co-operating resident institutes.
The University
of Hamburg
applied for accreditation for this course of
studies.
The accreditation procedure was
carried out
by AQAS e.V. on behalf of the German
Accreditation
Council (Akkretitierungrat) and successfully
completed
in July 2006. It is initially valid until
2018.