First year:

1

Courses to the value of one full unit from the European Institute MSc degrees:
EU424 The Idea of Europe (H)
EU435 History and Theory of European Integration (H)
EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the State (H)
EU452 European Political Economy
EU457 Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H)
GV450 European Politics: Comparative Analysis (H)

2 

MI451 Quantitative Analysis I: Description and Inference (H)*

3

EU554 Research Methods and Design in European Studies

4

EU499 Dissertation

5

One full-unit from either the MSc European Political Economy or MSc Politics and Government in the European Union or MSc European Studies: Ideas and Identities under the specialist options or from one of the options not already taken under paper 1 

Promotion to the second year (i.e. admission into the doctoral programme at the European Institute) is subject to the following conditions:
Merit grade in the MSc Research (normally defined as an overall average of 65% or above, and 65% or above in the dissertation)
Pass grade for MI451
Availability of appropriate supervision
A research proposal that is evaluated as coherent by the Doctoral Programme Committee

Notes

* assessed on a pass/fail basis