Erasmus Mundus Action 1 Compendium 2009 - EACEA - Europa

Duration: 2 years
Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses
IMESS
International Masters in Economy, State and Society
Course description:
The International Masters in Economy, State and Society – IMESS – is a 2-year, 120 ECTS,
integrated Joint Degree MA programme offered by a consortium of outstanding European universities
coordinated by UCL, London’s leading multifaculty university and one of the top universities
worldwide. The consortium comprises University College London (UCL), Corvinus University of
Budapest, Charles University, Prague, the University of Tartu, Jagiellonian University, Krakow and
Helsinki University. IMESS draws on unparalleled expertise from across the consortium to offer the
definitive Masters course focusing on the economies, states and societies of Central and Eastern
Europe and Russia (CEE), in comparative and global contexts.
The programme comprises 3 study tracks in the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities:
Economics & Business; Politics & Security; Nation, History & Society. Each track combines
specialist electives (economics, politics, sociology, history and culture), research methods training
(social sciences or humanities) and language tuition (Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish)
with an advanced research dissertation of 20-25,000 words. All students spend the first year of the
programme at UCL before moving in the second year to a partner university, where the language of
instruction continues to be English.
All IMESS students will benefit from: the world-leading expertise of the staff delivering the course;
innovation in syllabus and teaching; integrated dissertation supervision; the dynamism of the research
environment; the opportunity to participate in conferences, seminars and workshops; an IMESSoriented
careers development programme; training in Academic English as well as in a CEE language;
the excellence of the consortium’s institutional support structures; the programme’s interactive virtual
learning environment; and the IMESS Alumni Association.
Graduates of the programme will acquire:
• advanced knowledge of the scientific methodologies and tools appropriate to their study track
as well as a broader interdisciplinary awareness
• a multifaceted knowledge and understanding of the economies, states and societies of CEE in
the context of the wider European and international space
• knowledge and skills in two European languages and intercultural competence
• a skill set suited to entering a career in the private or public sector or for developing a
research career in academia
The IMESS programme will thus provide an essential flow of European expertise necessary for
responding to the diverse research and policy challenges of the twenty-first century.
Website: www.imess.eu
Partners:
University College London, United Kingdom (Co-ordinating institution)
Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic
University of Tartu, Estonia
University of Helsinki, Finland
Corvinus University of Budapest, hungary
Jagiellonian University, Poland
Contact:
Robin Aizlewood
UCL-SCHOOL OF SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT, UNITED KINGDOM
r.aizlewood@ssees.ucl.ac.uk / c.gerry@ucl.ac.uk
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