International Information
8.291.00.02 International Information
Qualification awarded: Master in International Relations, Social Communication and Regional Studies with a Specialization in International Information
Entry year: 2022
Mode of study: full
Program duration: 1 year 6 months
Institute: Institute of Applied Mathematics and Fundamental Sciences
Number of credits: 90 ECTS credits
Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: NQF Level 7 (Second cycle of QF-EHEA / EQF Level 7)
Field(s) of study: International relations
Specific admission requirements: Not required
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning: Applicants for the Master’s Degree are obliged to prove the recognition of their Bachelor’s level which is arranged by Lviv Polytechnic National University. There are no possibilities for recognizing non-formal and informal education.
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: Successful fulfilment of the Master’s educational and qualification level of appropriate year of enrollment. Fulfilment of the curriculum elements, including the Master’s Thesis internship and Master’s Thesis defence.
Characteristics of the educational program: The aim of educational and professional program is to train specialists capable of solving complex specialized tasks and practical professional problems in the field of international relations, foreign policy and international communication, characterized by complex and uncertain conditions, providing for research and/or innovations.
Програмні результати навчання: - Know and understand the nature, sources and directions of evolution of international relations, international politics, foreign policy, the state of theoretical studies of international relations and world politics.
- Critically comprehend and analyze global processes and their impact on international relations.
- Apply modern scientific approaches, methodologies and techniques to study the problems of international relations and foreign policy.
- Analyze and evaluate the problems of international and national security, international and international conflicts, approaches, methods and mechanisms of security in the international space and in foreign policy.
- Collect, process and analyze information on the state of international relations, world politics and foreign policy.
- Identify, assess and forecast political, diplomatic, security, social and other risks in the field of international relations and global development.
- Assess and analyze international and foreign policy problems and situations, suggest approaches to solving such problems.
- Carry out professional oral and written translation from/into a foreign language, in particular, on professional topics of international cooperation, foreign and world policy.
- Formulate modeling tasks, create and research models of objects and processes of international relations, foreign policy, social communication and regional studies.
Academic mobility: Not provided, but windows of mobility are encouraged in accordance with ECTS procedures
Work placement(s): Master’s Thesis internship is intended to study questions analyzed in the Master's Thesis on the basis of actual state of things, which exists within internship bases such as ventures and organizations.
Programme director: Associate Professor (PhD in Political Sciences) Vira Maksymets. Telephone: +380322582476, e-mail: mi.dept@lpnu.ua
Occupational profiles of graduates: There are 2 professional lines.
Line 1. Applied analysis of information and forecasting of global and regional processes.
The program develops the competencies needed for applied systematical information analysis and forecasting of global and regional processes.
Line 2. Information and geopolitical positioning of states.
The program develops the competencies needed to carry out foreign policy tasks in foreign countries.
Access to further studies: Obtaining third (educational and scientific / educational and creative) level
Other program features: Some components are available to be studied in English.
Educational and professional program includes two specialties:
Applied Information Analysis and Forecasting of Global and Regional Processes; Information and Analytical Support of Foreign Policies of the European States.
Laboratory works are carried out in computer classes arranged with necessary equipment, linked in local networks and connected to the Internet. Students can use modern software, which is intended to apply computer modelling in the sphere of analysis and prognosis.