Sabancı University European Studies MA Program
provides a comprehensive study of historical and
contemporary developments in Europe, specifically
of the European integration process, from a
multi-disciplinary perspective. The students will
acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of the
European political and administrative systems
as well as historical and philosophical foundations of
modern Europe. They will also gain the necessary
skills to compete for increasing opportunities in
careers within the newly emerging institutions of
Europe as Euro-bureaucrats and policy-makers, as
representatives of and/or analysts/consultants
to governments, NGOs and the private sector in all
matters relating to the European Union.
Given Turkey's candidacy, there is a pressing
need for advancing EU studies in Turkey and
generating an awareness in the Turkish public
opinion as well as the policy-making circles about the
European Union, its decision-making procedures,
its institutions. This is reflected in the increasing
demand coming from the private sector to employ
specialists who know how decisions are made
within EU and how they might be effectively pursued
and shaped. Private sector organizations in
Turkey will require all the human resources they
can find to compete in the increasingly complex
European and related global markets. Similarly
in the government sector, the prospects of the start
of accession negotiations imply an immediately
growing need for a new breed of able and
knowledgeable public servants specializing
in the European related issues.
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