Diplomacy and Global Governance Brussels School of Governance

Overview

Q&A webinar

We organise Q&A webinars for potential students in this programme. Join our programme director, current students and alumni to learn more and ask your questions about what it is like to study in Brussels at BSoG. Our next online info session on the MA programmes will take place on Tuesday, 17 March 2026, from 17:30 to 18:30. Register here: https://www.brussels-school.be/output/events/online-info-session-masters-programmes-bsog-0 

The English-taught Master of Arts (MA) in Diplomacy and Global Governance * based in Brussels (Belgium) provides students and professionals with comprehensive knowledge and policy-oriented skills at the intersection of diplomacy and global governance. This diplomacy degree is available both as a 90 ECTS (12 months) and as a 120 ECTS (15 months) programme. It is an excellent choice for those seeking advanced diplomacy studies or a master in international politics with a truly global outlook.

Both Diplomacy and Global Governance are important institutions of the international order, but they are also the institutions undergoing permanent processes of change in the modern and at times turbulent world. No institution has undergone greater change in both our theoretical understanding of it and the nature of its day-to-day practice in the last several decades than diplomacy.  

No process has become more important than our ability, or often lack of it, to engage on transnational policy making by international collective action problem solving while at the same time becoming so highly contested and politicised. We face a permanent challenge to govern ourselves beyond the territory of the nation state, and hence face the importance of understanding the expectations and limits of global governance and diplomatic skills.

Key features

With its strong links to the policy-making world and university/think tank partners in Brussels, wider Europe, US and Asia, this MA programme offers students a truly global exchange between theory and practice.

By bringing together key practitioners with scholars from these fields,  Brussels School of Governance  graduates of this programme will be equipped to extract insights and advantages of the various perspectives and approaches at this turning point in the history of diplomacy and global governance.

*Please note that, as of January 2026, TOEFL has updated its score scale from a 0–120 range to a 1–6 scale. For our MA programmes, both the overall TOEFL score and the writing score must now be 5.0. Applicants who take the test on or after 22 January 2026 will receive the new 1–6 scores, whereas tests taken before that date remain evaluated under the previous scale (100 overall / 25 writing).

Accreditation

Vesalius College is registered with the Flemish government of Belgium as an institution of higher education, and its bachelor’s and master’s degrees have been granted accredited status by the Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation (NVAO, Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie Organisatie).