The postgraduate programme "Master of Peace and Security Studies" at the University of Hamburg is a trans- and interdisciplinary programme of a two semester duration, combining theory-based education in the areas of peace research and security policy with a practice-orientated application of methods for research: The prime objective of the course is to provide highly qualified graduates from a national or foreign university and academically trained practitioners of a field-related vocational background with the fundamental basics of the discipline peace studies and security policy, as well as providing them with the instruments applicable for differentiated research in this field.
The course is a joint programme of the University of Hamburg and the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH).
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