First year:

1

Courses to the value of one full unit from the European Institute MSc degrees:

EU424

The Idea of Europe (H)

EU435

History and Theory of European Integration (H)

EU447

Democracy, Ideology and the European State (H)

EU452

European Political Economy

SA4F7

The Economics of European Social Policy (H)

EU457

Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H)

GV450

European Politics: Comparative Analysis (H)

2 

MY451

Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H)*

3

EU554

Research Methods and Design in European Studies

4

EU499

Dissertation

5

One full-unit from either the MSc European Political Economy or MSc Politics and Government in the European Union or MSc European Studies: Ideas and Identities under the specialist options or from one of the options not already taken under paper 1 

Promotion to the second year (i.e. admission into the doctoral programme at the European Institute) is subject to the following conditions:
Merit grade in the MSc Research (normally defined as an overall average of 65% or above, and 65% or above in the dissertation)
Pass grade for MY451
Availability of appropriate supervision
A research proposal that is evaluated as coherent by the Doctoral Programme Committee

Notes

 * assessed on a pass/fail basis