College of Europe

The College of Europe is an independent university institute of postgraduate European studies with campuses in Bruges, Belgium and Natolin (Warsaw), Poland. It was founded in 1949, making it the world's oldest institution of studies and training in European affairs.

Study programmes

The academic programme lasts one academic year from September to the end of June and is taught in English and French. It includes lectures, research seminars, workshops and meetings with external specialists.

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English - French

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To be awarded the Master's degree, students must take oral and written examinations at the end of each semester, and submit a Master's Thesis in English or French. This is the product of individual research, mainly conducted in the second semester under the

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Master's degree - Master's Thesis

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supervision of a professor. The programmes are enriched by study trips to the European institutions and, for students in Natolin (Warsaw), also to neighbouring countries.

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In Bruges, the academic programmes are built around three Departments of European Studies: Law, Economics, and Politics and Administration. Students enrol in one of them. There is also a possibility for students in law or economics to take part in the European Law and Economic Analysis specialisation. All students participate in European General and Interdisciplinary Studies.

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The European Economic Studies Programme aims at an in-depth specialisation in the economics of the European Union. The study load and analytical demands on the students are comparable to those in leading universities in the world. The department offers a comprehensive coverage of the process, policies and regulation of European economic integration.

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The European Legal Studies Programme provides students with an indepth education in European law, the teaching methods being similar to those used in North American law schools. The programme establishes a balance between the economic and the constitutional aspects of European law. The legal studies programme emphasizes both the increasing complexity of EU Law and the context in which it is evolving.

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Law schools - European law

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The European Political and Administrative Studies Programme provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the role and workings of the EU and its interaction at the international, national and regional levels. Students follow compulsory courses covering three main topics: Politics and Policies of the European Union, European Institutional Law and the Political Economy of European Integration. The fourth compulsory course deals with Negotiation Processes in the Council of the European Union in the form of two interactive simulation games.

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The Natolin campus (Warsaw) of the College of Europe offers a programme in European Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies. The interdisciplinary approach means that throughout the first semester students are introduced to the fundamentals of European politics and policies, economics and EU/EC law, while the daily workings of the EU are brought alive through a practical introduction to policy-making.

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Natolin - Warsaw - EU/EC law - EU

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The Bruges programmes require a University degree in economics, law, political science and international relations.

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The Warsaw programme accepts university graduates whose background may be from a wide range of disciplines such as law, economics, political science, sociology and philosophy, history, geography, linguistics, journalism and similar, as long as a high academic level has been attained, and a keen interest in European affairs is shown.

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