The two-years Joint MA Programme in SEES provides students with a specialised and professional education focussed on Southeast Europe. The programme entails at least one mobility semester abroad, aimed at strengthening regional expertise and intercultural skills. Our courses are designed to provide students with an interdisciplinary training of the highest quality. The successful completion of the Joint MA Programme in SEES will enable students to understand the interrelationship between history, law, politics, economics, and culture in Southeast Europe.
Students spend the first year at their chosen entrance university (Graz or Belgrade). The University of Belgrade offers an interdisciplinary education combining courses in Law and Politics. Students who enrol at the University of Graz can chose between two tracks, either Southeast European History or Law and Politics in Southeast Europe. The study tracks at both Universities entail an inter- and transdisciplinary education in theories and methods of legal, political, economic, cultural, and intersectional studies.
The first year comprises introductory core courses in multidisciplinary approaches. The second year is dedicated to a mobility semester at one of the partner universities, a Winter School, and the completion of the MA thesis.
All compulsory courses are offered in English, but students may also attend classes in other languages. Language acquisition is an important aspect of the joint degree and students are encouraged to take courses in a language of the Southeast European region and/or the predominant language of their mobility institution
Students of the Law and Politics track enrolled in Graz have also the option to complete a double degree with the University of Ljubljana.
Entry universities: University of Graz (Austria) or University of Belgrade (Serbia)
Partner universities for the mobility semester(s), if enrolled in Belgrade:
University of Graz, Austria
Partner universities for the mobility semester(s), if enrolled in Graz:
University of Belgrade, Serbia (Law and Politics)
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia (Law and Politics)
University of Bologna, Italy (Law and Politics)
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (History / Law and Politics) (Double Degree option)
University of Novi Sad, Serbia (History)
University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Law and Politics)
University of Zagreb, Croatia (History / Law and Politics)
University of Regensburg, Germany (History / Law and Politics)
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania (History)
University College London, UK (Law and Politics)
Central European University, Vienna, Austria (Law and Politics)
Degrees:
Students completing the Joint Master’s Programme in Southeast European Studies will have the following degree:
Austria: Master of Arts (MA)
Serbia: master politikolog (mast. politik.) (Master of Arts in Political Science)
Students in the study track “law and politics” who chose to complete a double degree with the
University of Ljubljana, will obtain – upon successful completion – the following double degree:
Austria: Master of Arts (MA)
Slovenia: magister (male grammatical form) or magistrica (female grammatical form) mednarodnih
odnosov (mag. medn. odn.)
Admissions and Tuition Fee:
The Joint Master‘s Programme in Southeast European Studies welcomes applicants who hold an academic degree of at least 180 ECTS credits (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent), who can demonstrate basic knowledge of social sciences or humanities, e.g. in the areas law, political science, history, social,
cultural or economic sciences, and who have general insight and interest in Southeast Europe.
The APPLICATION must include:
- Curriculum vitae (English)
- Copy of passport (ID with photograph)
- Proof of English language proficiency (one of the following options): IELTS (required minimum score: 6.0), TOEFL (required minimum score: 210 on the computerised test, 547 on the paperbased test, 78 on the internet-based test), Cambridge Exam (required level: FCE) or an equivalent
certificate. Students who fail to present a test before the application deadline can be accepted under the condition that they provide a valid proof of language proficiency ahead of the admission
deadline. Those applicants who are English native speakers or have successfully completed an English-taught Bachelor’s programme do not have to provide additional proof of English language proficiency.
- At least one signed letter of recommendation (preferably from a university professor or employer in English)
- Motivation statement (English)
- Certificate/Diploma obtained at the undergraduate level (for Graz: translated into English or German; for Belgrade: translated into English if it is not issued in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian and Macedonian)
- Transcript of Records obtained at the undergraduate level (for Graz: translated into English or German; for Belgrade: translated into English if it is not issued in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian and Macedonian)
- Diploma Supplement (if applicable)
- Prior to enrolment, the University of Belgrade additionally requires certified translations into Serbian of all Diploma and Transcripts of Records that are not issued in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian.
Applications will be submitted online via: http://jointdegree.biobs.com/
TUITION FEE
UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ
Tuition fees are waived for Austrian/EU students. Tuition costs are approximately €745 per semester for citizens of other states but can usually be refunded upon successful completion of each semester for citizens of Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, North-Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
For enquiries about the admission procedure, tuition fees, and refund processes at the University of Graz please contact the University’s International Office jointdegrees@uni-graz.at.
Please note that the University of Graz does not provide financial support – no scholarships are currently available but we encourage students to seek available funding from third parties.
See for example: http://www.grants.at/
UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE
- €3,900 EUR (or counter value in Serbian dinars), including ALL costs of a four-semester programme,
costs of recognition of a foreign BA degree and ten-day Winter School (full boards and transportation) – payable in ten instalments during the two years of studies – for citizens of Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.
- €4,900 EUR (or counter value in Serbian dinars), including ALL costs of a four-semester
programme, costs of recognition of a foreign BA degree and ten-day Winter School (full boards and
transportation) – payable in ten instalments during the two years of studies – for citizens of all other countries that are not mentioned above.
- Please note that the University of Belgrade is not in a position to provide financial support, but we encourage students to seek available funding from third parties. For all enquiries about enrolment at the University of Belgrade, please
contact gordana.ristic@fpn.bg.ac.rs and dusan.pavlovic@mac.com.
Applications will be submitted online via: http://jointdegree.biobs.com/
For more information regarding the application see:
https://www.jointdegree.eu/de/masees/application-selection/how-to-apply/
Additional links and information::
https://www.jointdegree.eu/de/masees/programme/
http://www.seestudies.eu/
https://suedosteuropa.uni-graz.at/en/
https://www.fpn.bg.ac.rs/41695