Displaying 85 universities offering MA programmes in Peace from all over the globe.
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Serbia
University of Belgrade
Peace Studies: the Regional Master’s Program in Peace Studies is an advanced inter-disciplinary program designed for both students and practitioners, offering an expertise in several specialized fields, including Conflict Resolution and Peace and Development.
South Africa
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies: Students will examine and analyse root causes of real African conflicts and explore solutions to resolve, prevent and transform these. Students will be equipped to understand the trajectories and trends of national (gender-based violence, xenophobia, ethnoreligious violence), regional (Mozambique, Lesotho, Zimbabwe) and global conflicts (Middle East, Asia). Students will be exposed to conflict analysis, mediation, negotiation skills and their application to Africa’s conflict landscape. Students will take modules such as: Recovering from Conflict, Theory and Practice on Non-violence, African Approaches to Conflict Transformation and Restorative Justice.
South Korea
Kyung Hee University
Graduate Institute of Peace Studies. The Graduate Institute of Peace Studies at Kyung Hee University, established in 1984 and located in a dedicated campus outside Seoul, offers English-taught master's education in peace studies grounded in the university's long commitment to a culture of peace, recognised by the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 1993. The small residential programme combines international relations, peace theory and civilisational studies with scholarship support for its students.
Spain
Jaume I University
International Peace, Conflict and Development Studies: the main goal of this master's degree is to create an international, intercultural and interdisciplinary learning community in which the peaceful transformation of conflicts is fostered by recognising, respecting and understanding diverse cultures and ways of life. Sometimes, the students – who come from different countries – have experienced wars and violent conflicts directly, and this makes the discussion richer and facilitates the search for alternatives to face unfair situations in a peaceful manner. The lecturers come from renowned universities, organisations and institutions worldwide, which contributes to providing the programme with an international and intercultural profile.
University of Granada
Culture of Peace, Conflicts, Education and Human Rights: the master’s degree in Peace Culture, Conflicts and Human Rights is a conjuncted qualification offered by the Peace and Conflicts Institute of the University of Granada, the the Unesco desk of Conflicts Resolution of the University of Córdoba the Faculty of Education of the University of Malaga and the Faculty of Science of Education of the University of Cádiz, and it is the product of an agreement signed by their own universities with the aim of contributing to the knowledge and development of human rights, the principles of democracy and men-women equality, solidarity, protection of the environment, universal accessibility and promotion of peace culture.
Sweden
Linnaeus University
Peace and Development Programme: the Peace and Development Programme provides you with comprehensive knowledge within the areas of conflict transformation, peacebuilding, development work and international development cooperation. You also gain knowledge about the connection to human rights and security issues. By combining theory with experiences from practice abroad, you will be able to work in a wide range of organisations, both in Sweden and abroad. The language of teaching is English, and the programme offers cross-cultural perspectives and experiences.
Umeå University
Crisis Management and Peacebuilding: Master’s Degree Programme in Crisis Management and Peacebuilding gives you in-depth knowledge about crisis management and peacebuilding at national and international level. The main perspective is governance under uncertainty caused by crisis, disasters and conflicts. You will develop skills to analyze and manage uncertainty in light of knowledge about crisis management systems, legal norms, power relations and planning for societal reconstruction. You will get in-depth training in analysis methods and writing of scientific reports.
University of Uppsala
Peace and Conflict Studies: Why is there armed conflict? How do we reach sustainable peace? Peace and Conflict Studies is a relatively young research field addressing crucial issues in a troubled world. The Master's Programme in Peace and Conflict Studies gives you a broad skill-set with specialised knowledge in conflict management and peacebuilding at both a national and global level.
Switzerland
University of Basel / swisspeace
MAS Peace & Conflict. swisspeace and the University of Basel jointly offer postgraduate continuing education in peacebuilding, including the Master of Advanced Studies in Peace & Conflict alongside diploma and certificate programmes. Designed for working professionals with field experience, the modular programmes combine academic grounding with swisspeace's practice expertise in mediation, dealing with the past, gender, conflict sensitivity and peace promotion.
Thailand
Payap University
MA in Peacebuilding. The Department of Peace Studies at Payap University in Chiang Mai offers graduate education in peacebuilding, including an English-taught MA alongside its international PhD in Peacebuilding and certificate programmes. Growing out of the university's Institute of Religion, Culture and Peace, the programmes train professional peacebuilders with multi-perspectival approaches, drawing students from across Southeast Asia and beyond.