Background:
The European Master in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis
aims at providing a high quality education in designing and assessing public
policies targeted to the agricultural and food sector as well as the rural
environment. This European Master responds to the increasing need to
better understand and anticipate the various and often complex socio-economic
and environmental effects of these policies either in a functioning market
economy as in the European Union or in economies in a development or transition
phase. The European Master offers a two-year academic curriculum with
integrated and advanced theoretical, methodological and empirical courses in
economics and quantitative methods as well as in agricultural, food and
environmental sciences, agricultural and trade policy, environmental and
natural resource policy, rural development policy and agribusiness management
and market analysis. To connect theory and methodology to practice, a
problem solving project is developed and presented as a master thesis at the
end of the two-year curriculum.
The
European Master is jointly organised by five leading European educational and
research institutions: the Corvinius University of Budapest (CUB) in
Hungary, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Sweden, the
Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn (UBonn) in Germany, the
Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium and the Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Spain. These five partner universities
are recognised worldwide for the quality of their educational programme and scientific
achievements in agricultural, environmental and economic sciences. The
required 120 ECTS credit points are structured into three blocks: a
minimum of two semesters of studies (55 ECTS) at a first partner university, as
well as two semesters of studies (60 ECTS) at a second partner university, and
two joint summer schools (5 ECTS) at partner universities. The language
of instruction and examination is English for most of the courses in three
partner universities while it is either French at UCL or Spanish at UPC for
most of the courses. The Master degree is awarded as a double degree from
the two home and host universities.
This
European Master is accessible to candidates holding a bachelor degree or a
recognized equivalent academic degree with a minimum of 180 ECTS or 3 years
university study from an accredited institution, with sufficient undergraduate
training in economics and agricultural or environmental sciences, with an
excellent scholastic average, and with fluency in English but also French or
Spanish if attending either UCL or UPC respectively.
Recipients
of this European Master are qualified to understand the fundamentals of public
policies oriented to the agricultural and food sector, rural areas and natural
resources, develop and use quantitative methods to perform rigorous
socio-economic and environmental assessment of these public policies, and
provide sound and relevant policy recommendations for a more sustainable
development of this sector and rural areas. They are qualified to take
responsibilities in international, national and regional agencies,
non-governmental organisations, consultancy firms, professional organisations
and private companies.
Partner Institutions:
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Institution
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Contact
person
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Coordinator :
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CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN, Belgium
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Partners:
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CORVINUS
UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST, Hungary
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Prof. Csaba Forgacs
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Ms. Kristina H. Jansson
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UNIVERSITY OF BONN, Germany
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Prof. Thomas Heckelei
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Prof. José M. Gil
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Main
area:
Social sciences (including economics), cultural sciences
Second area: Agricultural and forestry sciences
Third area: Geography, earth and environmental studies
Second area: Agricultural and forestry sciences
Third area: Geography, earth and environmental studies
Duration
in months:
24 months
Tuition fees: 3000 €/per year for EU students
6000 €/per year for Third country students
Tuition fees: 3000 €/per year for EU students
6000 €/per year for Third country students
Deadlines:
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Here
Address:
Croix du Sud,
2 bte L7.05.05 - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
(Belgique)
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