PoSIG is Joint MA Political Science – Integration & Governance
Program coordinator at UKIM: prof. d-r Aneta Cekikj anetac@isppi.ukim.edu.mk
PoSIG is a joint two-year (120ECTS) MA program covering all fields of Political Science while offering high-standards methodological upgrade. This Master programme provides students the unique opportunity to study in Austria, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Georgia and Armenia. PoSIG targets all international students who have completed their bachelor’s degree in political science or international relations and who have obtained a certain level of methodology education. It offers modules in all areas of Political Science:
- Comparative Politics
- European Integration
- International Relations Public
- Administration and Policy
- Political Theory
PoSIG combines knowledge about integration policies in a globalized world with knowledge about the good governance necessary for the management of integration in domestic politics. This curriculum is also envisaged to offer discussion on the perspective developments of political processes, simultaneously focused on current and future advancement of teaching standards in Political Science in Europe.
PoSIG is offered by 13 partner universities from Austria, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Georgia and Armenia:
- University of Salzburg (PLUS)
- Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (UKIM)
- European University of Tirana (UET)
- University of Tirana (UT)
- University for Business and Technology (UBT)
- University of Sarajevo (UNSA)
- Sarajevo School of Science and Technology (SSST)
- University of Trieste (UTri)
- University of Prishtina (UP)
- Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA)
- Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU)
- Yerevan State University (YSU)
- Eurasia International University (EIU)
The joint degree is awarded by all universities attended by a student during the two-year study programme.
PoSIG students are committed to the responsibility of the Next Europe Generation and supported in their carrier with internships at associated international organizations such as: www.rcc.org; www.cei.org; www.institut-ire.eu; www.unodc.org and www.rycowb.org .
PoSIG is not only teaching about the European model of multilateral politics but is also a multilateral consortium of universities granting highest academic recognition and quality of teaching and management with European Accreditation by AQ Austria and ZEVA- Germany.
The call for applications for the academic year 2025/2026 is open by 15 April 2025.
Details regarding the application process, course programme etc. can be found at our website posig.info and www.facebook.com/posig.
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (UKIM) will enroll students in all semesters starting with the academic year 2025/2026 (spring semester), upon completion of the national re-acreditation procedure.
UKIM’s course offer can be found below.
