European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation – EMA

About

The EMA Programme is one of the eight Regional Master’s Programmes organised by the Global Campus of Human Rights. It was created with the support of the European Union and 43 participating universities from all the EU member states.

EMA is both a residential and an exchange programme: the first semester from September to January is organised at the Global Campus premises in Venice and the second semester from February to July takes place in one of the EMA participating universities within the member states of the European Union plus the UK and Switzerland.

Deadline forself-funded applicants: 31 March 2025

Course leader

About 70 academics from the participating universities and experts from international IGOs and NGOs contribute to the EMA teaching programme. In their second semester destinations, students are supervised and supported by the EMA National Directors.

Target group

EMA is open to a maximum of 90 candidates from EU and non-EU countries.

Candidates must meet the following admission requirements:
- Hold a university degree of a high standard in a field relevant to human rights, including disciplines in Law, Social Sciences and Humanities, and must have a minimum of 180 ECTS (Bachelor/General Degree).
- Have certified knowledge of English at least at level B2. Accepted certificates are IELTS (min. score 6), TOEFL (min. 80 for the IBT) and Cambridge exams (min. score 160-179), obtained no more than 3 years before the start of the programme.

Course aim

EMA was established with the following aims:

- To educate high-level professionals in the field of human rights and democratisation qualified to work as academics, staff members or field workers for inter-governmental, governmental, and non-governmental organisations;
- To provide its graduates with both a solid theoretical understanding of issues related to human rights and democratisation and with operational skills enabling them to perform practical work in this area;
- To create and maintain a European network of curriculum development and staff exchange among universities in the field of human rights and democratisation

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