The programme aims to:

1. 

   provide a programme that will attract and meet the needs of both those seeking to prepare for careers in fields concerned with international conflicts and those with a general intellectual interest in international conflict analysis;

2. provide students with a research-active teaching environment which gives them a good grounding in the study of international and domestic conflict and war, cooperation and peace;

3. examine how state, non-state and supra-national actors behave and interact in conflict situations;

4. ensure that students acquire a solid knowledge of theories of the causes and dynamics of different kinds of conflict and the means to overcome them;

5. ensure that students who specialise in regional conflicts acquire an advanced understanding of the historical, cultural, social and institutional context of the area to be studied;

6. prepare students for various careers in jobs related to international conflict analysis as well as for career changes in the spirit of lifelong learning;

7. develop students’ general research skills and personal skills (transferable skills);

8. provide an opportunity to study abroad in a different academic environment;

9. contribute to students’ learning experience by offering them the opportunity to approach the study of international conflict analysis from a different intellectual and cultural tradition;

10. enable the students to apply their knowledge and skills while interning with organisations working on peace and conflict related issues