The Executive Master in EU Studies -
Key Facts
Online and On-site
Weekend workshops in Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Nice, Rome & Vienna
Duration: October 2025 to August 2027
Credits: 60 ECTS
Working language: English
The Curriculum: First and Second Year
The programme provides structured knowledge of EU fundamentals, focused on key issues for in-depth understanding and a future-oriented approach to EU integration.
The first year offers a range of compulsory and optional courses on:
- History of European Integration
- EU Institutional Architecture
- The EU in World Politics
- EU Law
- Enlargement of the EU
- Sustainable Development
The second year allows a specialisation with the option to either follow a research track, leading to a master thesis or a professional track to intensify your skills and competences for the labour market.
Our Faculty of European Experts
CIFE’s faculty brings together some of Europe’s most renowned academics and practitioners in their fields, providing latest research and concrete insights from the living practice of the EU.
Have a look at our Faculty of European Experts.
Our programmes are designed to offer a teaching method which is academic and at the same time directed towards the professional world. We aim to give participants the ability to enter into dialogue with decision-makers from both the economic and the political world, stakeholders, diplomats as well as officials from international and European organisations. This broad outlook is made possible by the wide variety of our lecturers, the visits organised to different European countries and our relationship with our carefully selected international partners. Our in-house panel of experts contributes to the rich content of the modules.