European Studies METU Middle East Technical University

Overview

This interdisciplinary Graduate Programme in European Studies at METU Middle East Technical University aims to provide students with specialised knowledge of political, legal, social and economic aspects of European integration. In addition, the Programme also aims at locating Turkey, an official EU candidate country since the Helsinki Summit of 1999, in the context of a changing and enlarging Europe by examining how and in what ways might the movement of Turkey towards the European Union affects domestic structures and policies in Turkey. Accordingly, the Programme intends to contribute:

•  To help form specialist staff on different aspects of the European integration and EU in different institutions and establishments,
• To constitute public opinion about EU and Turkey-EU relations by means of seminars and conferences

• To determine and analyse the changes that Turkey encounters in constitutional, legislative, institutional and policy contexts during the European integration process.

Key Features

The European Studies Programme targets students who aim to:

•  Specialise in the relationship between the European countries and their global relations and work as a director or as a specialist at national and international organisations and NGOs which operate in those fields.

•  Prefer to work as researchers for the European Studies departments and centres worldwide and be accepted to doctoral programmes in those fields.

•  Be trained to work as a director, consultant and researcher at the public and the private sector and international institutions in Turkey and abroad.

•  Work in researcher and executive positions in Europe and Turkey for the world's leading Area/Europe Research Centres and distinguished Think Tanks.

•  Have the opportunity to pursue their careers in the Europe sections of the leading media organisations.

•  Pursue PhD degrees and an academic career in a range of programmes including but not limited to International Relations, Political Science, Area Studies, etc.