Diplomacy and Strategic Analysis taught in English

Educational Objectives

The Master's degree programme provides analytical education and professional skills in two wide areas that work closely together. In response to the growing intensification of international interactions, research and education in the field of international relations and diplomacy as well as strategic analysis converge and intertwine. This is applicable both in the field of public administration and foreign relations, and in the international activities of non-state actors and business structures as well as in the participation and influence in decision-making within international institutions at supranational level.

The Master's degree programme is also in line with the requirements to work in the field of: national and international business; governance of foreign and world politics and economics; regional, European integration and global institutions; the non-governmental sector.

Graduates of this Master's degree programme expand and deepen their knowledge and skills in the main areas essential for working in the field of national and international institutions, research, consulting and business organizations. The education corresponds to the requirements of practice and meets the challenges of contemporary international politics, security, economics and governance.

Professional Development

Graduates of Master`s degree programme in Diplomacy and Strategic Analysis have the necessary professional competence and potential for career development as:

• Experts in the field of international relations and communications; international programmes and projects management;
• Civil servants, foreign policy experts and advisors in central government agencies;
• Diplomatic servants at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its structures abroad;
• Officers and analysts in the Bulgarian security and defense departments;
• Foreign affairs commentators and analysts for mass media;
• Specialists at the international departments of state institutions, non-governmental, non-profit public organizations, chambers of commerce, customs agency, import-export companies as well as in representations of transnational corporations, companies with foreign ownership;
• Employees in the structures of the European Union and other international organizations and institutions at home and abroad.