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MA in International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy: Babes-Bolyai University (BBU) in cooperation with the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)

The degree is offered and awarded by Babes-BolyaiUniversity (BBU) in cooperation with the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)

Where: Germany: Berlin; Romania: Cluj-Napoca

When: Year Round

Next Program Start:
Spring Semester: February11th - May 10th, 2013;
Summer Semester, Start: June 10th – September 06th, 2013
Overview: Offered by the BBU in partnership with the ICD, the program will combine the traditional academiccomponents of International Relations with a focus on the role of soft power and cultural diplomacy in contemporary global affairs.
The Key Objectives of the program are:
•To provide students with an indepth understanding of the theory and practice of international relations within the contemporary interdependent world placing a particular emphasis on cultural diplomacy within this framework
•Toeducate students about cultural diplomacy within the context of the political, economic and cultural pillars upon which sustainable international relations are based.
•To analyze soft power and hard powerstrategies within the international relations discourse in the recognition that each element is mutually important and compatible in what Prof. Joseph Nye has characterized as “smart power.”

TheMA in International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy is a 4 semesters´ program. The program is consists of two semesters at the Babes-Bolyai University- Berlin Campus with the Institute for CulturalDiplomacy (Berlin, Germany), a semester (three months) at the Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj, Romania) and a Thesis semester, which could be completed either onsite or as a distance semester. Theunique combination of studying at two different institutions and locations provides the vital support and experience that a student needs in order to succeed in the academic, political and professional...