Study location	Lithuania, Vilnius
Type	Master, full-time
Nominal duration	1.5 years (90 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	M.A. (Master in Social Sciences)
Course code	6211JX019

Tuition fee	€4,700 per year
Application fee	€100 one-time
Registration fee	To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You can also familiarize yourself with packages baltic.study/en/packages You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) N. B. for non-EU/EFTA applicants: The gap since your completed Bachelor degree should not exceed five years. If your qualification and motivation match the programme, you will receive an invitation for an interview with the Admissions Committee. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Russian / Lithuanian. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Applicants must upload education documents in original language, as well as translations into English. Diplomas and transcripts issued outside EU must be legalized with a legalization stamp or Apostille. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Translation is considered to be official when it is bound together with the certified true copy of the original document and is confirmed by the translator’s signature. Documents issued in English, Lithuanian must be certified true copies and do not require translation. It is required that you send verified copies of the entry qualification documents directly to the university by postal mail. Important! Never send original documents by post!

Territory requirements	Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen.

Language requirements

English IELTS Academic 5.5+, TOEFL iBT 46+, Cambridge English exam 160+, Pearson PTE Academic 59+, LanguageCert IESOL B2, Duolingo English Test 95+ or another language proficiency certificate equivalent to B2 CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). If your first language is English and/or if you have a university degree in English, you will be exempt from providing an English language test score.

Overview

The aim of the programme: to prepare highly qualified specialists, to provide them with deep and comprehensive knowledge about the region – its political, economic and cultural particularities, and develop their academic and analytical skills enable them to analyse, evaluate and assess key political and social processes within this dynamic and exciting region.

Programme structure

1 semester

Compulsory courses
Economic Transformation:
From Command Economy to a New System
Search and Research: Methods and Approaches
in Political Science
State and Society in Eastern Europe
and Russia: From Autocracy to Democracy
Inventing Eastern Europe: Explorations
of the European East
Elective courses
Russian Language
Introduction to Political Science Methods

2 semester

Compulsory courses
Master Seminar
Russian Politics and Economy in Post-modern World
Eastern European Security
Elective courses
International Political Economy and Globalization
Change Management in Public Sector Organizations
Theories of Social Revolutions
and Movements: Comparative Analysis
Islam in Europe
Contemporary Politics of Central
Eurasian Countries and Regions
Energy Security
Belarus and Ukraine Studies
Nordic and Baltic Studies

3 semester

Compulsory courses
Master Seminar
Master‘s Theses
Elective courses
International Negotiations
Security and Sustainable Development
Project Management in Public Sector

Career opportunities

Graduate may pursue career as a civil servant in public administration institutions in Lithuania and abroad; in diplomatic service; as analyst and expert in the international organizations, academic and research institutions, private sector in Lithuania and abroad.