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Displaying 151 universities offering MA programmes in Peace from all over the globe.
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Kenya
University of Embu
Master of Arts in Peace and Security Studies. The Department of Humanities at the University of Embu, in central Kenya, offers a Master of Arts in Peace and Security Studies. It admits graduates in fields such as criminology, sociology, political science, international relations, peace and conflict studies and communication, and also welcomes applicants with relevant work or research experience.
University of Nairobi
Master of Arts in Armed Conflict and Peace Studies. The Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Nairobi offers a two-year MA in Armed Conflict and Peace Studies, taught full-time, part-time or through open distance and e-learning. Courses cover theories of armed conflict, conflict analysis and resolution, peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction, and mediation and negotiation, preparing graduates for policy, NGO and research careers.
Kyrgyzstan
OSCE Academy in Bishkek
MA in Politics and Security. The OSCE Academy in Bishkek runs an 18-month, full-time MA in Politics and Security with an interdisciplinary curriculum in politics, comprehensive security and international relations. Up to 30 students a year, mainly from Central Asia but also from Afghanistan and Mongolia, prepare for careers in security, conflict prevention and international development. The programme is internationally accredited and supported by the OSCE.
Lebanon
Academic University College for Non-Violence and Human Rights (AUNOHR)
Master in Conflict Management and Non-violent Mediation. AUNOHR in Beirut, founded in 2014 by Walid Slaybi and Ogarit Younan and licensed in 2015, is a non-profit university dedicated to non-violence and human rights in the Arab world. It offers master's degrees in nine majors, including conflict management and non-violent mediation and the culture of non-violence and human rights, open to graduates of any discipline with professional experience.
Mali
École de Maintien de la Paix Alioune Blondin Beye
Master in Peacekeeping and Executive Master in Post-Conflict State Reconstruction. The Alioune Blondin Beye Peacekeeping School in Bamako, Mali, trains African civilian, police and military personnel for peace support operations. Its four-semester Master in Peacekeeping, paired with an Executive Master in Post-Conflict State Reconstruction from Sciences Po Grenoble (IEP), focuses on peace support operations and rebuilding the state after conflict, with practical workshops and seminars following UN, African Union and ECOWAS principles. Places are limited to 40 per cohort.
Malta
University of Malta
Conflict Resolution and Mediterranean Security: this dual degree programme combines the faculties of two renowned educational institutions: George Mason’s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution School, the oldest and largest programme of graduate conflict studies in the United States, and the University of Malta’s recently established Centre for the Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution (CSPCR), whose main interests are, inter alia, conflict resolution practices, the relationship between conflict and human rights, as well as justice and security.
Mexico
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Maestría en Cultura de Paz. Approved in 2024, the master's in culture of peace at the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the Autonomous University of Querétaro is a two-year, blended professional programme. It trains people to research and intervene in building peace, addressing conflict and preventing violence in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Maestría en Estudios para la Paz y el Desarrollo. The Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico in Toluca has offered a research master's in peace and development studies since 1997. The two-year, in-person programme trains researchers to analyse the causes of violence and the conditions for peace, linking poverty, inequality and maldevelopment to violence and conflict in Latin America.
Morocco
Euromed University of Fes
Master in Conflict Resolution and Alliance of Civilizations. Linked to the United Nations Chair for the Alliance of Civilizations at the Euromed University of Fes, this state-accredited two-year master's trains specialists in geopolitical analysis and the peaceful resolution of conflicts. Three semesters of coursework in negotiation, mediation, crisis resolution and international institutions are followed by an internship in an international organisation under the auspices of the UN Alliance of Civilizations.
Nepal
Tribhuvan University
MA in Conflict, Peace and Development Studies. The Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu was established in 2007, in the aftermath of Nepal's armed conflict, to build national capacity in peace research. Its two-year MA combines lectures, seminars, fieldwork and internships in a comparative, interdisciplinary curriculum, with particular grounding in Nepal's own peace process, transitional justice debates and post-conflict transformation.