The European Institute at Istanbul Bilgi University was established in June 2007. Based on the experience acquired with its predecessor, the Centre for European Studies, and building on the EU expertise within BİLGİ, the European Institute is the primary focus for the inter-disciplinary study of processes of integration in the politics, legal system, society and economics of the European Union. To this end, the European Institute offers interdisciplinary academic programmes and research on European studies and also serves as a public platform hosting lectures, panel discussions and open discussions on Europe and the EU. The European Institute is outward-looking and is developing collaborative links with international partners seeking to promote BİLGİ as a centre of excellence for teaching and research on Europe.
The Turkish-Greek Studies Division, an integral part of the European Institute, was initially established under the auspices of the Centre for European Studies, and now functions under the Institute. The Division aims at fostering institutional collaboration between the academic communities of the two countries, with a view to contributing to the spirit of rapprochement that characterizes the current state of bilateral relations. This is realized through a strategic cooperation with key institutions like ELIAMEP in the form of joint seminars, conferences, summer programmes, and exchange of students and scholars.
The Division supports the MA in International Relations, with a concentration on Turkish-Greek Relations Programme. The curriculum is designed to reflect these two principal objectives of the Programme, by enhancing the students' general knowledge of theory and practice of International Relations and by enabling them to specialize in the politics, policy and society in Turkey and Greece. The curriculum is intended to be an advanced, specialized academic preparation for individuals who would become trained experts in regional issues. Apart from providing an excellent infrastructure for future academics planning to work on different aspects of Turkish and Greek studies, the Programme appeals to diplomats, journalists and government officials from both countries working, or planning to work, on different aspects of Turkish and Greek studies. Currently, the Programme boasts a diverse number of students including a large number of Greek participants, through the generous support of the J.F. Costopoulos Foundation.
For further information:
http://www.bilgi.edu.tr/pages/graduates/ma_in_int_releations/
The MA in European Studies Programme has been designed to give students a thorough knowledge of the European Union integration, its institutions, systems, goals and functioning. Turkey, already part of the process of European integration since the signing of the Ankara Agreement in 1963, is now a candidate for membership. The Customs Union between Turkey and the EU, which was completed in 1996, has already made Turkey part of the European Single Market. After the Helsinki Summit in 1999, a comprehensive project of harmonization with the EU criteria in all fields of political, social and economic life has to be put into motion. The program aims at providing the students with relevant necessary knowledge to handle the prospective situation where Turkey and the EU with become institutional partners.
For further information:
http://www.bilgi.edu.tr/pages/graduates/euro_stud
The EU Studies Undergraduate Program's mission is to train a new breed of EU experts in Turkey. Considering the diversity of actors involved and the variety of their needs, the program is designed with a multidisciplinary approach and allows students to concentrate on specific aspects of European studies of interest to them. The EU Studies majors are required to be proficient or acquire proficiency in one of the four EU languages such as French or German in addition to English, which is the medium of instruction at İstanbul Bilgi University.
For further information:
http://www.bilgi.edu.tr/pages/faculties.asp?fid=2&did=35
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