Peace and Security Studies

Are you interested in peace research and security policy and how they are connected? Do you want to learn more about strategies for avoiding or reducing violent conflicts and what conclusions politics should draw from this? Do you want to acquire further knowledge and competencies in the field of peace and security policy, work together with experts and researcher with interdisciplinary background and gain life-long networks?

Join our two-year master's programme Peace and Security Studies and study at one of the leading research institutions in Germany. For this, a degree with 180 ECTS is required. After admission, it is possible for applicants with 240 ECTS to apply for a two-semester curriculum. The master's program is the only program in Germany to date that combines questions of security policy and security research with a peace studies perspective.

The master’s programme gives you an overview of the social science foundations of peace research and security policy. You will learn about current conflicts in individual regions of the world, concrete aspects of peacekeeping, disarmament and foreign policy.

The curriculum combines research-oriented learning with hands-on skills in an interdisciplinary environment. We cooperate with academic institutions from Germany and abroad that have a thematic proximity to the work of the IFSH. You will learn from experts in the field of social sciences, law, humanities, ethics and natural sciences. Studying Peace and Security M.A. will be a unique educational experience and prepares you to work in international environment.

This is made possible through close cooperation with other academic institutions from Germany and abroad that have a thematic proximity to the work of the IFSH. It is about current conflicts in individual regions of the world, concrete aspects of peacekeeping, disarmament and foreign policy.