MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

2 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IF YOU WANT TRULY TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, TRY TO CHANGE IT. Kurt Lewin

MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 3 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THE MIR IN THREE POINTS 1. Where do you belong in the global arena? One of the many effects of globalization is the need for internationally oriented professionals with the right set of competencies and skills. The IE Master in International Relations is designed for students who combine a desire for professional excellence and achievement with a vocation for creating progress and social change at the global level. The program takes a practical approach, with a relevant and comprehensive study of current global economic, political and social dynamics, rounded off with a strong language component, and taught by a highly qualified faculty of experts in International Relations, with the expertise in international business and economics for which IE is well renowned. Whether looking to start a fulfilling career, to grow within an organization or to redirect their career, the students of the Master in International Relations at IE all share an international calling and desire to become fully versed in international, cross-sector skills.

4 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLASS PROFILE FROM PAST 5 INTAKES Male 46% Average age Average professional experience International students Nationalities represented Female 54% 26 yrs 3 yrs 76% 50+ Geographic distribution Europe 25% Asia Pacific 7% North America 19% Spain 24% Middle East 6% Africa 3% Latin America 16% The MIR at IE comprises a talented, diverse and ambitious group of students. Classes are relatively small (a maximum of 45 students) and very cohesive. This sets the ground for a culturally dynamic class environment and gives students the opportunity to study, collaborate, network and learn from each other s experiences.

MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 5 Academic background Economics 7% Engineering 2% Law 7% 23% Humanities Social Sciences 30% Sciences 4% 5% Other 21% Business / Finance COUNTRIES REPRESENTED Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zeland, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Are you ready to join?

6 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS By joining the program you also join the MIR family and international alumni network, and have the chance to benefit from resulting opportunities across the globe. Daniel Kselman, Academic Director of IE School of International Relations HE WHO WISHES TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY MUST HAVE NOT ONLY THE POWER TO THINK, BUT THE WILL TO ACT Plato

MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 7 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THE MIR IN THREE POINTS 2. What does it take to become a highly qualified international professional? Today s global marketplace defies the traditional distinctions between work in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. Due to the heightened collaboration taking place both within and between these sectors, global professionals increasingly require a strong foundation in the skills and modes of operation found in each. The MIR program provides the necessary skills for success and leadership in this increasingly complex global labor market. Beyond these skills, the program offers access to an incredibly diverse set of students, faculty, and support staff from different national and cultural backgrounds. Students will enter into a network of MIR alumni who are doing amazing things all over the world. PLACEMENT OF SOME OF OUR ALUMNI PUBLIC SECTOR Communication Ministry of Monaco Consulate General of Spain in Mexico European Parliament Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations International Monetary Fund (IMF) Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Spain UN Women UNICEF United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) World Health Organization (WHO) PRIVATE SECTOR Accenture Bloomsbury Publishing Caterpillar Deloitte Ferrovial FTI Consulting Grupo Santander Grant Thornton IBM Jones Lang LaSalle Louis Vuitton Pricewaterhouse Coopers UBS Xerox NON-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR Aspen Institute Carnegie Middle East Center Clinton Health Access Initiative European Council on Foreign Relations FRIDE Latin American Multichannel Advertising Council (LAMAC) The Carter Center University of California, Berkeley World Economic Forum

8 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS When I first thought of joining the MIR, I was looking for a complement for my technical background and my quantitativedriven working experience and IE seemed to offer the perfect program. Its broad portfolio of topics from Social Sciences to Politics, History, and Economics are able to enrich professionals from any walk of life. The MIR s dedication to humanities, combined with economics and business, provided the best insights for my home coming and after graduation, I reengaged in the private sector and found myself reshaped for new challenges. I am now responsible for critical risk management and regulatory controls in Brazil s rapidly evolving financial environment. As an alumnus of the MIR, I m always glad to feel prepared for a ever-more competitive economy. Lucas Namo Cury, MIR Graduate Risk Control UBS - Brazil

MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 9 THEREFORE, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL AND FULFILLING CAREER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS? Multi-sector approach across the public, private, and non-profit sectors: The MIR distinguishes itself from other international relations programs by focusing on synergies between the private, public, and non-profit sectors. As globalization of the world economy and advances in technology and communication accelerate and erode national borders, the line between domestic and foreign policy has become increasingly blurred. New actors like MNCs, NGOs, financial institutions, or media groups have now become key players in shaping contemporary global affairs. Through its privileged relationship with IE Business School, the MIR is ideally suited to provide students training which both encompasses and transcends these sectorial distinctions. The program is designed to help you transform your international calling into a specific career plan. MULTIDISCIPLINARY, MULTILINGUAL TRAINING: One of the many effects of globalization is that more and more people obtain an internationally-oriented education and work in international, diverse and dynamic environments. This raises the stakes to a new level and requires that the international relations professional becomes a well-rounded generalist, able to understand today s complex political, economic and cultural environment. The Master in International Relations prepares students to achieve competence in a wide set of disciplines and skills including Languages, Humanities, Economics, Politics and Business, among others.

10 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION IE School of International Relations and IE Business School are closely integrated. The School of International Relations offers courses that permeate all the undergraduate and postgraduate programs at IE. At the same time, IE School of International Relations benefits from IE Business School s expertise and international recognition, consistently ranked among the best business schools in the world. As a result several of the Master in International Relations classes are taught by selected professors from IE Business School, thus offering a throrough and diverse vision of International Relations studies. APSIA Affiliate Member APSIA is comprised of over 30 different member schools and 25 affiliated programs in North America, Asia, and Europe, all dedicated to the improvement of professional education in international affairs and the advancement thereby of international understanding, prosperity, peace, and security. The Master in International Relations at IE is an APSIA Affiliate Member since September 2010. FACULTY At IE, our students learn from international professors with wide-ranging experience in academia, policy research, non-profit management, and private enterprise. Each year, IE also welcomes a small number of carefully selected visiting professors from prestigious institutions around the world. The MIR also enhances the learning process by inviting internationally recognized authorities from the private, public, and non-profit sectors to interact with students and present seminars on a range of global issues. TEACHING METHODOLOGY Our training emphasizes a constant back-and-forth between theory and practice; between applied experiences and exercises. These experiences include workshops in diplomacy, conflict resolution and social entrepreneurship; debates, oral presentations, and simulations; and a focus on the case method which encourages students to bring theory into practice regarding concrete problems and challenges in international relations. Throughout the year students rotate in small working groups, facilitating a diverse and multiperspectival learning environment. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK Students at IE enjoy a truly international atmosphere, with more than 90 nationalities present on campus and a faculty comprised of roughly 50% international professors. Year by year, this forms the basis of IE s strong network of more than 45,000 alumni spread over 100 countries across the world. They share far more than a master s degree. They share the IE experience, a life-changing experience in an international school that is independent and diverse.

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12 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THE MIR IN THREE POINTS 3. How do you get there? [PROGRAM OVERVIEW] Format: Full-time Language: English Intake: October Duration: 10 months Location: Madrid with a fieldwork visit to Brussels Degree obtained: Master in International Relations from IE School of International Relations NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD; INDEED, IT S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS. Margaret Mead

PPRREE- -CCOOUURRS SEE OORRI IEENNTTAATTI IOONN PERIOD 1 October-December CORE KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES In this Comparative first period, students Politicswill gain core skills and competencies which they will then apply and hone throughout the entirety of the course. History of International Relations This includes a foundation in classical international relations paradigms, micro- International and macro-economics, Political Economy quantitative analysis, comparative politics, and Micro- international and political Macro-Economics economy. PERIOD 2 January-March AREA STUDIES AND TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS In addition to acquiring the skill set necessary for international success, it is essential that students learn where and in what field they aim to target Comparative their professional Development energies. For of those Africa with a global vocation, this involves Economic identifying Development the geographic Theoryarea which is best suited to one s particular professional goals and global vision. As such, in the Politics, second Society, MIR semester we offer a series of courses designed to provide and students International foundational Relations knowledge of China the politics, economics, and society of the world s most important geographic centers, along with an introduction to crucial fields of work in global politics. FIELDWORK IN IN BRUSSELS LEADERSHIP, STRATEGY, AND FINANCE Regardless of the particular field and continent where one chooses to focus, Politics, a strong Society, foundation and in International finance, management, and strategy will help Relations students of achieve the Middle their professional, East organizational, and social goals. Corporate Indeed, one Social aspect Responsibility of the MIR which sets it apart from other International Relations Masters programs is its proximity to the and Entrepreneurship IE Business School, which allows us to offer students a more rigorous foundation Environmental in these core Politics topics. In addition, the 3rd semester course load is reduced Game so Theory as to allow and students International the time Strategy necessary to advance their Masters Theses (see next Section). PERIOD 3 April-July FINAL PROJECT AND ELECTIVES The June-July period emphasizes work on the Masters Final Project as well as electives and workshops. The Final Project is a 50-page thesis, Public Affairs written under the supervision of a faculty member of your choice, which allows Strategic students to Planning develop expertise and Policy in, and Foresight make an original contribution to, a Social specific Entrepreneurship field of knowledge. The Final Project is an essential component of the BRICs MIR program which very often serves to track and propel students into a particular field of work. In addition, in the month of June students will be able Written to choose Thesis from a series of elective courses and workshops which offer *eletives specific, are hands-on subject training to yearly in reviews different and IR fields. may change BEYOND BORDERS The Beyond Borders Experience allows interested students to add an optional 4th semester to their MIR curriculum, in which they can choose to spend an exchange semester with other internationally renowned universities such as Sciences Po, St. Gallen or the University of Pittsburgh, or do internships with selected MIR partner organizations. PERIOD 4 (OPTIONAL) Exchange Programs: Sciences Po (France), University of Pittsburgh (United States) and St. Gallen (Switzerland)

14 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS P R E - C O U R S E O R I E N T A T I O N PERIOD 1 October-December CORE KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES Comparative Politics History of International Relations International Political Economy Micro- and Macro-Economics PERIOD 2 January-March AREA STUDIES AND TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Comparative Development of Africa Economic Development Theory Politics, Society, and International Relations of China FIELDWORK IN BRUSSELS LEADERSHIP, STRATEGY, AND FINANCE Politics, Society, and International Relations of the Middle East Corporate Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship Environmental Politics Game Theory and International Strategy PERIOD 3 April-July FINAL PROJECT AND ELECTIVES Public Affairs Strategic Planning and Policy Foresight Social Entrepreneurship BRICs Written Thesis *eletives are subject to yearly reviews and may change BEYOND BORDERS PERIOD 4 (OPTIONAL) Exchange Programs: Sciences Po (France), University of Pittsburgh (United States) and St. Gallen (Switzerland)

Quantitative Methods Theories of International Relations A Primer on International Law International Finance & Monetary Theory Conflict Resolution and Mediation Practices The European Union International Organization Global Leadership IR Guest Speaker Series Challenges to Democracy in Latin America Project Management MEETING THE EXPERTS CAREER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY & COUNSELING

14 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS After nine years in Banco de España, in October 2009, I joined the International Monetary Fund, as Advisor to the Executive Director for Mexico, Spain, Venezuela and Central America. It is an amazing and demanding job, especially during these times of crisis. In short, I represent Spain and the other countries in my constituency at the Executive Board of the IMF. Beyond economics, which of course constitutes the backbone of my daily work, the MIR provided me with a number of tools that are very useful in my current job. Understanding the socio-political dynamics, both at the domestic and international levels, and the driving forces behind them has proven critical to grasp the context in which economic developments take place. Miguel de las Casas, MIR Graduate Advisor to the Executive Director for Mexico, Spain, Venezuela And Central America International Monetary Fund, US BEYOND BORDERS (OPTIONAL) MIR students will have the opportunity to expand their international experience by choosing to either participate in one of our academic exchanges with our partner universities or by taking part in a professional Beyond Borders experience. MIR ACADEMIC PARTNERS Sciences Po - France St. Gallen - Switzerland University of Pittsburgh - United States

MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 15 DUAL DEGREES In close collaboration with IE Business School, the IE School of International Relations offers an exciting combination of dual degree programs, allowing students to master disciplines, from business and management with international relations. This combination of master programs allows students to earn two master degrees in less than two years. The MIR Dual Degree programs are: Dual Degree Master in Management + Master in International Relations Dual Degree International MBA + Master in International Relations MADRID EXPERIENCE The IE campus is situated in the heart of the vibrant city of Madrid, which allows IE students to experience everything a city like this has to offer, including the official language: Spanish, native language to 500 million people worldwide and the world s second business language. Madrid is the capital of Spain and Europe s fourth largest city. Its geographic location makes it a cultural crossroad, offering a wealth of history in its architecture and traditions, as well as breathtaking modernity. Watch videos and more at www.ie.edu/madrid For more information about the program, please visit www.mir.ie.edu

16 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS [ADMISSIONS PROCESS AND FINANCIAL AID OPPORTUNITIES] 12 +3 week ADMISSIONS PROCESS ONLINE APPLICATION WHO SHOULD APPLY The objective of the admissions process is to select students with the greatest potential who can make a significant contribution to the program s learning experience. We search for dynamic, motivated and creative candidates who not only have an excellent academic background, but are also committed to developing an international career, where they can influence, at the highest levels, the major challenges that we face as a global community. Admission is granted on a rolling basis and, although there is no deadline for applications, early application is recommended given the limited number of places in the program Admission is valid for two intakes. Apply at www.ie.edu/app ENTRANCE EXAM (iegat, GMAT OR GRE) ENTRANCE EXAM As part of the admissions process, candidates must take the iegat (IE Global Admissions Test) or present a valid GMAT or a GRE score. The iegat determines participants ability to process information and think strategically under time pressure. It is not an academic exam and, as such, no preparation is required. To schedule a date for the iegat, visit: www.ie.edu/events or contact Admissions.IR@ie.edu for further information. MIR had everything I was looking for and more when applying to Master s programs in International Relations. In fact, it was the only program I found that offered a beautiful balance between traditional international relations courses but also offered the opportunity for a growth of knowledge in the world of business. Also, MIR was a perfect fit for me because it offers a French course, a trip to Brussels, and exposure to students from all over the globe. Lastly, my scholarship with the Organization of American States (OAS) not only carries with it a huge honor, but more importantly has helped make this experience possible and I am forever grateful. Stephanie Uribe, MIR Student 2012-2013

MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 17 s 34 INTERVIEW PERSONAL INTERVIEW The objective of the interview is to examine, in greater detail, the data provided in the application and to evaluate whether your profile will meet the demands of the program and will add value to the class discussion and group work. FINAL DECISION FINAL DECISION Following the interview and upon review of your entire application, the Admissions Committee will make its final decision based on the evaluation of your candidature as a whole. The decision will be based on all aspects of your profile, as well as how your profile is aligned with IE s core values and learning environment. The entire admissions process takes roughly 2-3 weeks, once all documents have been received. FINANCIAL AID OPPORTUNITIES FINANCIAL AID & SCHOLARSHIPS To further foster diversity within our programs, the IE Foundation awards tuition funding assistance to talented students in need of financial aid based on merit, distinctive competences and academic excellence. IE also has agreements with leading Spanish banks to offer students attractive packages to finance tuition and living expenses. To learn more about these opportunities visit IE s Financial Aid website and blog: www.ie.edu/financialaid financialaid.blogs.ie.edu

18 MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS A Word from the Dean I would like to thank you for your interest in IE s Master in International Relations. Whether you read the information in this brochure, explore the school website, or ask members of the widespread IE community (which consists of students, alumni, professors and other IE professionals) you will reach the same conclusion - that selecting IE for your graduate studies in international relations is the first step in a successful strategy for your professional and personal development. The Master in International Relations is a program wholly dedicated to teaching, researching, and reflecting on world affairs. As such, it will act as the spearhead of IE s international projection, which responds to our firm belief that global awareness is vital to the success of today s projects in both the public and private sectors. It is not by mere chance that some 45.000 of our alumni are working on 5 continents, and that more than 100 nationalities are represented among our student body. In addition, the diversity of our faculty places us among the most international postgraduate institutions in the world. The Master in International Relations objective is to train internationally-oriented professionals for excellence, achievement, and leadership in an increasingly complex and multipolar world. The program features courses on international politics, international economic and business environments, regional studies, skills, languages and fieldwork on the European Union, which provides a unique lens into both the opportunities and challenges which result from increased international cooperation. The Master in International Relations at IE provides all the ingredients for success in an international career. Should you decide that IE is the right place to pursue the knowledge and professional skills necessary in a dynamic and changing world, the extent of your contribution to society and professional success will depend solely on your commitment to achieving them. But don t take our word for it - find out for yourself! Dr. Arantza de Areilza Dean, IE School of International Relations

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