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Master's degree program in International Economics and Trade Policy

The program aims to prepare highly skilled professionals in the area of international trade and international trade policy equipped with the trade-related knowledge and language skills necessary to successfully work at an international level in today's globalized world economy.

Training is delivered in English by leading faculty members of the Belarus State Economic University (BSEU),representatives of Belarusian government bodies,and experts from international organizations specialized in international economics and trade policy. Modern educational methods and technologies, such as simulations exercises, case studies, work with data, work on projects, multimedia resources and videoconferences, are employed in the training process.

The program, with itsunique set of courses,has no Russian language equivalent in the Republic of Belarus.

Program Description (training plan)

The programhas been designed by the BSEU Department of World Economy, with technical support fromthe Virtual Institute of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the University of Applied SciencesBerlin.

The graduates will acquire specialist knowledge of the international trading system, in particular the rules and operation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), learn about the trade policy regimes of specific countries, as well as regional integration agreements, and complement their knowledge of economics with notions of international economic law and cross-cultural communication. This unique set of skills will equip themfor work both in the government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, diplomatic missions and countries' representative offices in international and regional organizations) and the business sector (Chamber of Industry and Commerce, international trade departments of national companies).

The Program lasts 1.5 years(three terms) and is complemented with a one-month internship aimed to allow the students to apply the knowledge acquired in their studies to practical work assignments in the government or the business sector.The students are also required to write and defend a Master's thesis at the end of their studies.

Upon graduation, the students are awarded a degree of Master of Economics majoring in «International Economics and Trade Policy» (specialization 25 81 «Economics»).
Students benefit from access to the vast BSEU library and the materials and resources of the UNCTAD Virtual Institute. Modern technical facilities provide the perfect learning environment.

	Number of hours	Credits
CompulsoryCourses	1770
International Microeconomics	164	4
International Macroeconomics	164	4
International Trade Theory and Policy	128	3
International Economic Law	138	4
International Finance and Capital Markets	120	3
International Competition and Competitiveness	72	2
National Strategies of Transition Economies	122	3
Econometrics	152	4
Cross-cultural Communication for Negotiations	194	5
WTO Regulations and the International Trading System	122	3
Regional Trade Agreements	138	4
Trade in Goods	72	2
Trade in Services	60	2
Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights	72	2
Trade Negotiations and Trade Dispute Settlement	52	2
Optional Courses	180
Trade Policy of the European Union / Trade Policy of CIS Countries / Trade Policy of African Countries	72	2
Foreign Direct Investment and International Investment Agreements / Environmental Economics and its International Dimension	108	3
Research work on Master’s thesis	857	23
Internship	216	6
Final certification (final exams and Master’s Thesis finalization and defence	324	9
Total	3347	89

The academic year starts on 1 November.

Contacts

Program Director

Prof.Shmarlovskaya, Galina Aleksandrovna, Dr.habil. (economics)
Dean, School of International Economic Relations, BSEU
E-mail: shmarlovskaya@bseu.by

Institute of Masters programs

	Partizanski Ave., 16A, Room 3A/7, Minsk 220070
	Telephone number: +375-17-209-88-71
	E-mail:magistr@bseu.by berezovskaya@bseu.by- Deputy Director of the IMP, Sveta Berezovskaya

Department of World Economics

	Partizanski Ave., 26, room 229/3, Minsk 2200070
	Telephone number:+375-17-209-88-39
	E-mail:kme@bseu.by (since September,1)

Admission process