International Master MIREES, University of Bologna, Deadline May 16th‏

International Master MIREES, University of Bologna, Deadline May 16th‏

The international *Master of Arts in** **Interdisciplinary Research and
Studies on Eastern Europe* *(MIREES)* is a *Second cycle Joint Degree* (120
ECTS), awarded by the University of Bologna (Forlì Campus) in cooperation
with the *Vytautas Magnus University <http://www.vdu.lt/>* at Kaunas,
the *Corvinus
University <http://www.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php?id=474>* of Budapest, and
the *Saint-Petersburg State University <http://www.spbu.ru/>*.
 
MIREES is an innovative graduate programme, *taught entirely* in *English* ,
unique in Italy and Europe, devoted to students that have a BA background in
Economics, Politics, International Relations, History, Agricultural or
Cultural studies at large, and would now like to acquire a specialized,
in-depth knowledge of the Post-socialist Countries in transition, the new EU
member States after the Enlargements of 2004 and 2007, as well as the New
East-European Neighbour Countries.
 
MIREES combines an *academic approach* with *professional training*, forging
potential insightful consultants, analysts, and managers as Area Experts for
international agencies, public administrations, private and public
companies, and NGOs, while also offering a solid basis for further academic
studies at the PhD level.
 
The programme produces graduates who are able to analyse, interpret, assess
and manage problems concerning the international dimension particularly of
political, economic and social phenomena in Eastern Europe.
For this purpose, the programme includes learning activities in linguistics,
economics, politological, historical and cultural studies, which are
mutually integrated to provide an in-depth preparation on the operations of
political, social and economic systems in the countries of Eastern Europe
and their role in the international context.
The programme includes an obligatory period of *international mobility* (6
months), not only to enhance the learning value of the whole 2nd cycle
degree programme through the attendance of (linguistic and subject-related)
course units with their relative tests, but also for field research which
the students will implement in preparation of their dissertations.
 
*Admission requirements** *for prospective students are as follows:
 
   -
 
   a First Cycle Degree (or a certificate of study obtained abroad and
   recognised as being suitable),  in one of the following disciplinary
   fields: Law, Economics, Social Sciences, Humanities and Agriculture;
   -
 
   knowledge of English language;
   -
 
   essentials computer science skills.
 
*Two evaluation sessions* are scheduled: the *first one*, with deadline *May,
16**th** 2011*, is open to all candidates; the *second one*, with
deadline *September,
19**th** 2011 *is only for EU students and non-EU students with equivalent
status. Detailed information regarding the application procedure and
documents to submit will be explained in the forthcoming call for
applications. Anyhow, candidates will be requested to send the following
documents:
 
   -
 
   *Application form** *and* programme proposal*, downloadable from the
   on-line system as soon as the call for applications is launched;
   -
 
   *Copy of the graduation certificate, with the full transcript of all
   exams passed, with results, issued and certified by the University *where
   the degree was obtained, together with a back-and-front photocopy of the
   identity document and the student’s statement that it is a faithful copy of
   the original;
   -
 
   *Detailed English-written **CV*;
   -
 
   *English language certificate*;
   -
 
   *Attestation of essential computer skills*;* *
   -
 
   *Two letters of introduction *written in English by academics or, if the
   applicant belongs to an institution, by the institution’s managers.
 
 
 Further information is available at: *www.mirees.unibo.it*
 
 
 *CONTACTS*
 
*Ms Elisa Landi*
Degree programme secretariat
 
*e-mail*: *elisa.landi3@unibo.it*
 
*tel.*: +39.0543.374149
 
 
 *Ms Elisa Grandi*
Mirees tutor
 
*e-mail*: *elisa.grandi5@studio.unibo.it*
 

 

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES)

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES)
This programme is jointly offered by the University of Bologna, Italy together with the Vytautas Magnus University at Kaunas, Corvinus University of Budapest and St Petersburg State University. The University of Ljubljana is an associate partner that offers additional mobility for students.

The Programme is taught entirely in English (120 ECTS) and MIREES students will spend the first year in Forlì (one of the five campuses of the University of Bologna), while in the second year a minimum of 5 months will be spent at Partner Universities (including Ljubljana) and, in particular cases, at other MIREES Associated Universities in the Balkans. A mobility grant is offered to all enrolled students.

The call for application to the MA MIREES will be available as soon as possible. However, the admission requirements and the documents to be provided for application are already available on the MA MIREES' website (http://www.mirees.unibo.it/), as well as detailed information on the teaching plan and the Faculty, and the brochure of the programme.

Two evaluation sessions are scheduled: the first one, with deadline May, 16th 2011, is open to all candidates; the second one, with deadline September, 19th 2011 is only for EU students and non-EU students with equivalent status.

The programme is especially recommended for prospective PhD students. Our best alumni are currently attending doctorate programmes at the Universities of Oxford, Kent, the New School in New York and other prestigious international academic institutions. Moreover, the programme is designed to forge analysts, area experts, consultants and mediators, to meet the needs of research institutes, the European Commission, international agencies, voluntary organizations and NGO's, public administration, managers, corporations and banks located in East-Central Europe and the Balkans or promoting investments in these regions. Most of our alumni have found employment precisely in these fields.

The MIREES programme offers specialized, in-depth knowledge of the post-socialist countries in transition, the new EU member states, and the new East-European neighbour countries to students with a BA in Economics, Politics, International Relations, History, Languages (and Slavic languages in particular), agricultural studies and cultural studies generally.

The programme aims at developing language skills. MIREES offers courses in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Bulgarian, Russian, and Slovak (Hungarian and Lithuanian are also available in the 2nd year), as well as Italian for foreigners as an additional option. The curriculum stresses on interdisciplinary studies in the economics of transition; politics and international relations; history and cultural studies focused on Central, Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The international dimension of the programme is enhanced through student mobility, by an international faculty composed of prominent scholars of international repute, and a genuinely international student body. (In the previous cycles we enrolled students from 22 countries including the US, Mexico, Russia, Georgia, Estonia, Macedonia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, Germany, United Kingdom, Turkey, Albania, Poland, Armenia, Norway, Slovenia, Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Slovak Republic, Finland and, of course, Italy.)