Programme N0312A200010: International Masters in Economy, State and Society - spec. Politics & Security

Academic year 2024/2025

• International Masters in Economy, State and Society aka  IMESS is a double-degree programme based on cooperation of the  School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College of London), which is the main coordinator of the programme, and seven other universities:  University of Belgrade (Serbia),   Charles University (Czech Republic),   Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary),   Helsinki University (Finland),   Jagiellonian University (Poland),   University of Tartu (Estonia).

• The programme, with the first year spent at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College of London) and the second year at one of the seven mentioned universities, concentrates on the area of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Eurasia. IMESS is divided into four specialisms: Economy & Business; Politics & International Economy with an emphasis on Economics or Politics; Politics & Security; History & Society. Each specialism focuses on language training, research methods and on selected and important issues of the area according to teaching and scholar orientation of the each of the mentioned universities. Successful graduates will be given a double degree (UCL and one chosen university) and a diploma supplement issued by the IMESS consortium.

Academic supervisor:  

  Website of IMESS

  Website of the Institute of International Studies

Politics & Security specialism: course structure

  (Optional courses see article 5 para 4 of Consolidated University Code of Study and Examination of Charles University in Prague)

Politics & Security specialism - compulsory courses J#0588

Total number of ECTS: 36 ECTS

Politics & Security specialism - research methods module J#055920

Maximum: 12 ECTS

Politics & Security specialism - language module J#0564

12 - 24 ECTS

Language options:

1. Students take 1st year language module (JTM090) worth 12 ECTS as compulsory and during their 2nd year they can take one or two language modules as electives

2. Students do not take language module during their 1st year at UCL, then have to enrol either Czech Language modules worth 12 ECTS or Russian Language modules worth 12 ECTS

Politics & Security specialism - electives J#0590

Total number of ECTS: 48 - 60

Optional courses: during the first year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the IMESS Optional courses, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities, during the second year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the optional courses at the FSV UK, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities.