International Relations and Cross-border Cooperation

International Relations and Cross-border Cooperation is an applied Master's program oriented towards the qualitative education of competitive professionals in the field of international relations, with knowledge of foreign languages, specific features of international relations and regional cross-border cooperation in various fields and skills of project work in an international environment.

Educational advantages:

• in-depth study of international political, international-economic, geopolitical and socio-cultural foundations of the modern world order, geopolitical and regional (cross-border) processes;
• possibility of high-quality education in Russian and English, forming high professional level of English, systematic knowledge of professional and industry vocabulary;
• comprehensive education in the field of international legal foundations of professional activity (professional competencies and skills in the field of international law, legal regulation of foreign economic activity, political and legal forms of regional transboundary cooperation);
• modern research complex, international system of interactive lectures with leading Russian and foreign scholars, representatives of Russian and foreign diplomatic corps, political analysts.

The relevance of the educational program is due to the demand for specialists prepared to work in various fields of international political, political-legal, economic, informational and cultural space of the world, as well as in the field of diplomacy and foreign policy activities of the Russian Federation and international relations of Russian regions.

A graduate will be able to work    

• as an analyst, international affairs specialist, project manager — in commercial, non-profit and public organizations of international profile engaged in consulting, information, expert and analytical, research and lobbying activities;
• as a diplomatic officer — in state agencies, federal and regional authorities and international organizations
• as an expert, analyst and strategist in the analytical departments of the business community and public corporations;
• as an expert, analyst and researcher in academic, institutional and non-governmental analytical organizations and in organizations with an international focus;
• as a teacher and supervisor at various levels within the vocational education system;
• as a columnist and analyst in the media.