Julian Hoerner
“I attended the MSc European Studies (Research) during the 2010/11 academic year and was then successful in securing a place on the European Institute’s MPhil/PhD in European Studies the following year. I chose the MSc European Studies (Research) because of its special emphasis on training in research design and methods. I attended courses at the Department of Methodology in quantitative methods and a research design seminar at the European Institute. The skills I learned here were very useful for me when starting my PhD, but also proved to be an advantage for my fellow students who went into business and public affairs. Besides this special focus on qualitative and quantitative methods, the MSc (Research) enables to you to choose courses from the three streams of the European Institute and even allows you a bit more flexibility in the course choice than the other degree programmes. My specialist courses in Politics and Government in the European Union were a great opportunity to build on my undergraduate work in European Studies while simultaneously helping me to narrow down my research topic for the PhD. The great thing about the MSc (Research) is that it allows you to read for a self-standing Master’s degree at an excellent university while simultaneously being able to start working on your research project and getting a glimpse on what it is like to be a doctoral researcher. The MSc (Research) is thus a great degree if you want to study Europe from a variety of angles while strengthening your methodological and analytical skills, regardless of whether you want to stay in academia or not.”
2010-2011 Alumus