Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights at Saint Joseph University in Lebanon
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
Details of the Arab Master's Program in Democracy and Human Rights:
This is a unique, interdisciplinary program that includes research-based courses aimed at developing practical skills. It offers an international environment with lecturers and students from over 15 countries, and features a semester at a partner university across the region: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Palestine (for European and American students).
The curriculum ranges from 75 to 120 ECTS credits, depending on the student’s academic background and chosen track. The program includes courses and seminars from across the Arab region and Europe, divided into four thematic tracks:
Human Rights: Civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights.
Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law.
Political, Social, and Intellectual Dynamics in the Arab World.
Applied Human Rights: Research and professional skills.
The program also includes field visits, field research, a Human Rights Lab, the development of a human rights project, and a professional internship at a human rights organization.
Benefits
- The program offers fully and partially funded scholarships.
- The Arab Master includes research-oriented courses and practical training in the field of human rights and democratization.
- The program includes all the programme's features such as field visits, a field research, two human rights laboratories, regional mobility, and an internship programme geared at developing the student’s practical and professional skills.
- An opportunity to launch a successful career at the national, international, and non-governmental levels.
- Gain theoretical, practical, and critical knowledge, along with clear insights about the region.
Eligibility criteria
A comprehensive two-year track:
- It is available for students who hold a bachelor’s degree.
- This programme provides students with a solid theoretical basis, multidisciplinary knowledge and skills, and an informed and critical understanding of the field of human rights and democratic governance.
- It includes all the programme's features such as field visits, a field research, two human rights laboratories, regional mobility, and an internship programme geared at developing the student’s practical and professional skills.
- The first year courses are scheduled in the afternoon, starting at 17:00 from Monday to Friday. During the second year, the first semester courses are scheduled in the morning.
- It is available for students who already hold a master's degree in social sciences or the equivalent of 60 European postgraduate credits in these disciplines.
- This track gives direct access to the second year of the master’s programme with additional foundational and specialisation courses from the first year of the programme.
- Students following this track take between 75 and 90 European credits, depending on their academic background, with classes in the morning and in the late afternoon.
- Acceptance to this track is subject to the recognition of the credits obtained in the previous post-graduate degree as meeting the learning objectives of the programme.
* Proficiency in English (spoken and written) is required.
* Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Required Documents:
- A transcript of grades from your last diploma
- A copy of your diploma
- A CV
- A copy of your passport
- A digital photo
- A letter of intention explaining your interest in the programme and your career ambitions
- Two letters of recommendation (with at least an academic one)
About Global Campus Arab World:
Global Campus Arab World is a network of one hundred universities around the world that seeks to advance human rights and democracy education. The Global Campus Arab World offers the Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights Programme (ARMA) which is a unique program designed to meet the needs of students, professionals, and experts who want to deepen their knowledge and develop their skills in the field of democratic governance and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa. The Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights is supported by the European Union, the Danish Institute for Human Rights, and a growing network of partner universities from the region and beyond.
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