Master’s degree in Political and International Studies

Political and International Studies This two-year Master’s degree provides training for public policy analysts, disseminating and producing intellectual knowledge and research on contemporary political issues, social sciences and relations. in an international academic setting.

are engaged in complex processes of state reform of their political and public decision-making level in a changing international environment. In addition, new ideas emerge or complement the methods of conducting or deploying public action, with competing methods of involving the various stakeholders, society, the public sector, the private sector and representative bodies.

Political and international studies allows to acquire an expertise on these processes, to analyze them, to explain them, to synthesize them and to acquire a capacity of prospective by mobilizing several disciplines, at the crossroads of the political science, the sociology, the anthropology, history, law or political economy. The curriculum is also designed to train professional executives, who are excellent in their ability to synthesize, their methods of reflection, and able to put into perspective and present their conclusions in several languages.

Specialization in International Relations, Political Sociology or Public Action. This international openness is reinforced by specific work on foreign by level group and by objectives, open up recruitment opportunities in a wide range of senior management occupations in the political, public and parapublic sectors, the private sector, particularly the consulting or policy evaluation sector. public services (see Professional assets).

The recruitment for master’s degree is open to graduates with a degree or equivalent in the various specialties of social sciences and humanities selected on the quality of their file then through an interview.

Admission criteria

The EPI Master is open to all students holding a degree or equivalent in the various specialties of the social sciences and humanities (180 ECTS credits). Applicants to the program will submit an application to Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and will be interviewed by a panel of university professors. At the end of the interview, the jury will decide on the application based on a grid of pre-established criteria for this purpose.

The skills targeted

Expertise in the field of the public sector
Knowledge of public policy issues in the Arab world
Analysis of political dynamics and contents of international public policies
Evaluation of public policies
Opportunities

Activity area :

Public organizations (communities, administrations), private (agencies, companies), parastatals (agencies, consular chambers) and third sector (associations, NGOs)

higher education and research
public sector expertise (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Ministry of Defense, local authorities …)
private sector expertise (banks, credit institutions, risk analysis centers …)
third sector expertise (associations, NGOs …)
Parliamentary Assistant
Ministerial Offices
Businesses:

Professions of consulting and expertise in the fields of decision-making and public affairs (consultant, research manager, editing and porting of files) Positions in:

domestic and foreign companies,
banks and other financial institutions,
insurance companies,
international consulting firms,
audit firms,
management and evaluation audit firms,
non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
the Research Institute for Development (IRD),
international services of local authorities,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the European Commission,
international organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Bank, the United Nations (UN), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations