Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:
Academic Bachelor's programme
Master's programme
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Puntenlijst / Transcript of records
Postgraduate in International Trade and Development
Compulsory courses
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 48 ECTS credits.
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 18 credits. Students can choose between 3 tracks: the Brussels track, the Shanghai track and the Washington D.C. track
Brussels track (VUB): 'Professional experience: Internship' of 18 ects or the 'Thesis' of 18 ects.
Shanghai track (Shanghai University for International Business and Economics - SUIBE). Students have a choice of 18 ECTS between the following courses: 'WTO and China', 'Chinese Investment Law', 'Chinese Trade Law', 'Chinese Intellectual Property Rights Protection', 'Chinese Competition Policy' or 'Seminar on Shanghai Free Trade Zone'
Students can also choose 9 ECTS of this track in combination with 9 ECTS of the Washington D.C. track
Washington D.C. track (The Institute of World Politics - IWP). Students have a choice of 18 ECTS between the following courses: 'Crisis Management and Decision making', 'Political Risk Analysis and Forecasting', 'Challenges in the Emerging Geo-Political landscape', 'International Challenges of the Public -Private Partnership in the Cyber Domain', 'Corporate Statecraft', 'Economic Statecraft', 'The Art of Diplomacy', 'Trans-Atlantic Competitiveness & Western Prosperity'
Students can also choose 9 ECTS in the Washington track in combination with 9 ECTS in the Shanghai track
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 18 ECTS credits.