The programme is divided into modules of 10 ECTS each. Within each module, there are two related courses. There are two types of modules. On the one hand, there are modules that are offered jointly by the consortium, which strengthen the virtual mobility between the individual study places, i.e. the different universities of the consortium. Students come together for joint classes, and lecturers from all participating universities teach on topics they are particularly qualified for. As a rule, these modules consist of one jointly offered online course and one offline course. The offline course is taught by local lecturers, but it is thematically and methodologically related to the online course, deepening the learning objectives using local specialised knowledge. On the other hand, there are modules that are the responsibility of the individual study places, providing an incentive to the students to follow the physical mobility track by emphasising – within a common thematic framework for these modules – the particular subject-related strengths of the individual study places and by allowing students to prepare for their theses in a specialised manner.

Courses:

Module 1: An Introduction to European Studies: Traditions and Future Challenges to Knowledge Production about Europe (hybrid, responsibility: Leipzig)

Module 2: Europeanisation under the Global Condition: History, Economics, and Politics (hybrid, responsibility: Graz)

Module 3: Europe and Law (hybrid, responsibility: Granada)

Module 4: European Foreign Policies (hybrid, responsibility: Vilnius)

Module 5: Regions in Europe – Between East and West (local courses)

Module 6: Social Transformations in Europe (local courses)

Module 7: Europe and Development (hybrid, responsibility: Vilnius)

Module 8: Global Challenges and European Answers (local courses)

Module 9: Cultural Representation in Current European Societies (local courses)

Module 10: Elective (local)

Module 11: Europe as a global actor (joint online course) 

Module 12: Master’s Thesis

• International guest lecturers
• Courses are led with foreign partners
• International comparisons and thematic reference to the international context
• Content-related regional focus
• Integrated/optional study abroad unit(s)

Students are highly encouraged to spend at least one semester at a partner university.

In the third semester, or optionally during the fourth semester, there is the possibility of completing an internship outside the universities or a research internship in one of the participating universities in order to establish a relationship between the topic of choice for the Master’s thesis and the world of possible later work opportunities. The programme encourages students to benefit from the chance to discover the practical part of research during an internship.