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
STUDENTS SHOULD BE FLUENT IN ENGLISH

Overview of the study plan

Postgraduate Flagship Programme in Economic Diplomacy & International Business


Compulsory courses

Compulsory courses

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 87 ECTS credits.

3ECTS credits - International Trade Law
3ECTS credits - Thematic Workshops for Diplomacy and International Business
3ECTS credits - Corporate International Taxation for Diplomacy and International Business
3ECTS credits - Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette
3ECTS credits - Diplomatic Law
3ECTS credits - Country, Region and City Branding
6ECTS credits - International Business Strategy
3ECTS credits - Mergers and Acquisitions
3ECTS credits - International Economic Organisations
3ECTS credits - Regional Economic Integration
3ECTS credits - Foreign Trade &Investment Policy of the EU, US & China
3ECTS credits - International Investment Law
3ECTS credits - Supply & Risk Management within International Purchasing
3ECTS credits - International Investment Financing and Project Finance
3ECTS credits - International Sales Techniques
3ECTS credits - International Monetary Policy and Financial Architecture
3ECTS credits - International Macroeconomics
3ECTS credits - International Financial Markets and Banking
3ECTS credits - Intellectual Property Rights Protection
3ECTS credits - Modern Trends in Diplomacy: Capita Selecta
3ECTS credits - International Economic Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Methods
3ECTS credits - International Lobbying
3ECTS credits - International Tendering
3ECTS credits - International Alliances
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

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Elective courses

Elective courses

Brussels track (VUB): students have a choice of 18 ects between 'Professional experience: Internship' or the 'Thesis'

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 of this track in combination with 9 ECTS in the Shanghai track

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.

12ECTS credits - Professional Experience: Internship
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
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
3ECTS credits - Political Risk Analysis and Forecasting

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