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MSc in International Migration and Public Policy (LSE and Sciences Po)

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Programme Code: TMIMPP2

Department: European Institute

For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

This programme is part of the LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in European Studies

Year 1 at Sciences Po

Students study for the Masters en Affaires Européennes at Sciences Po.

Year 2 at LSE

Students will enrol on either the MSc in Political Economy of Europe, the MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe, the MSc in European and International Politics and Policy or the MSc in International Migration and Public Policy.

Students must take courses to the value of three units and a dissertation as shown below, plus EU471 Researching Migration: Research Questions and Research Methods.

Students must also select EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills during course choice.  Places on EU450 workshops are on a first come first served basis.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5)

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

International Migration

DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5)

EU453 The Political Economy of Welfare States and Migration in Europe (0.5)

EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5)

EU464 International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (0.5) #

EU484 Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance (0.5)

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5)

SO489 Family and International Migration (0.5)

SO4C4 Global Mobilities: International Migration (0.5)

SP445 Migration and Inequality (0.5)

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Politics and Policy

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) #

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5)

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

EU4A6 Reconciliation and Crisis: Politics in Southern Europe (0.5)

EU4B1 Political Elites, Leadership, and Decision-Making (0.5)

GV4F4 Policy Advice in Theory and Practice (0.5)

SP410 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)

Law and Justice

DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5)

EU485 Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation in Europe and Beyond (0.5)

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

LL4BA International Law and the Movement of Persons within States (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

LL4BB International Law and the Movement of Persons Between States (0.5)

SO457 Political Reconciliation (0.5)

SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5)

Society

AN484 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5)

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0)

GV498 Multiculturalism (0.5)

HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0)

PH433 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5)

SO454 Families and Inequalities (0.5)

SO477 Urban Social Theory (0.5)

SO4C2 Racial Capitalism (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

SP414 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5)

Political Economy

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) #

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

EU4A7 Political Economy of the Green Transition in Europe (0.5)

Methodology

MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (0.5)

MY421A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY421W Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) #

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY451W Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

Any course(s) not taken previously from the Paper 2 options list below; or exceptionally: 0.5 units maximum of either an EU-coded course not listed above, or 0.5 units maximum of any course from outside the department, with the approval of the Programme Director and relevant course convenor. Students must refer to the European Institutes approval policy (available via Moodle) when applying for permission to take courses not listed within these programme regulations.

Paper 2 options list

Paper 4

EU471 Researching Migration: research questions and research methods (0.0) and EU499 Dissertation (1.0)

Paper 2 options list

DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5)

EU453 The Political Economy of Welfare States and Migration in Europe (0.5)

EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5)

EU464 International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (0.5) #

EU484 Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance (0.5)

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5)

SO489 Family and International Migration (0.5)

SO4C4 Global Mobilities: International Migration (0.5)

SP445 Migration and Inequality (0.5)

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.