Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Admission Requirements

Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:

Academic Bachelor's programme
Master's programme

You may also be asked to provide additional documents so we may evaluate your application.

Puntenlijst / Transcript of records

Overview of the study plan

Postgraduate in Economic Diplomacy


Compulsory courses

Compulsory courses

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 48 ECTS credits.

3ECTS credits - International Trade Law
3ECTS credits - Corporate International Taxation for Diplomacy and International Business
3ECTS credits - International Economic Organisations
3ECTS credits - Regional Economic Integration
3ECTS credits - Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette
3ECTS credits - Diplomatic Law
3ECTS credits - Country, Region and City Branding
3ECTS credits - International Investment Law
3ECTS credits - International Economic Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Methods
3ECTS credits - International Lobbying
3ECTS credits - International Tendering
6ECTS credits - Techniques of Foreign Trade
3ECTS credits - International Investment Analysis & Business Economics of Plant Location and Development
3ECTS credits - Skills Workshops for Diplomacy and International Business
3ECTS credits - Thematic Workshops for Diplomacy and International Business

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Elective courses

Elective courses

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 18 ECTS credits.

18ECTS credits - Professional Experience: Internship
3ECTS credits - Political Risk Analysis and Forecasting
3ECTS credits - Challenges in the Emerging Geo-Political Landscape
3ECTS credits - International Challenges of the Public-Private Partnership in the Cyber Domain
3ECTS credits - Corporate Statecraft
3ECTS credits - Economic Statecraft
3ECTS credits - The Art of Diplomacy
3ECTS credits - Trans-Atlantic Competitiveness & Western Prosperity
18ECTS credits - Thesis
3ECTS credits - WTO and China
3ECTS credits - Chinese Investment Law
3ECTS credits - Chinese Trade Law
3ECTS credits - Chinese Intellectual Property Rights Protection
3ECTS credits - Chinese Competition Policy
3ECTS credits - Seminar on Shanghai Free Trade Zone
3ECTS credits - Crisis Management and Decision Making

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