The Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights (ARMA)

Applications to the the 2017/2018 edition of the Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights are open!

ARMA is led by a partnership between leading universities in the Arab World, including Saint Joseph University  (Beiruth, Lebanon) and its partners, International University of Rabat (Rabat, Morocco), Birzeit University (Birzeit, Palestine), University of Carthage (Tunis, Tunisia), as well as EIUC (Venice, Italy).

ARMA’s multidisciplinary curriculum offers courses in law, political science, sociology and other fields relevant to the study of democratic governance and Human Rights. Open to professionals and graduates, combines a theoretical and practical approach and delivers a Master’s degree from Saint Joseph University, Beirut. The first semester from mid/late September 2017 until January 2018 is held at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. During the second semester, students will be placed in one of the Universities of the Consortium on the basis their research and internship interests, as well as the supervision expertise of the partner universities. Students will write a Thesis of 15,000 words which could be based on field and Internship work.Thesis defense and graduation ceremony are in July 2018.

The Master program plays an active role in the ongoing debate about the principles underpinning the transition of political regimes to democracy. It aims to:

·      Create high-profile experts in the fields of democratic governance and the protection of human rights, allowing them to act as promoters of a process leading to the affirmation of the democratic principles;

·      Foster the creation of an élite group of people committed to the promotion of democratic institutions;

·      Build a network of experts to be active in political institutions, in national and international, governmental and non-governmental organizations in the Region.

Interested? Here are the practicalities:

Deadline: 

1^st Round: 31 March 2017

Language: English, (knowledge of French and Arabic recommended)

Teaching method: Face to face teaching

TUITION FEES: 4.000.00 euro. 

TUITION WAIVERS/SCHOLARSHIPS: ARMA offers financial support in the form of a partial contribution towards living expenses and/or a full or partial tuition waiver. This type of financial support is awarded to a limited number of students on the basis of academic achievement, need and geographical distribution.

More information on the ARMA criteria for admission and the programme can be found here: https://eiuc.org/arma  

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions, by replying to this email or emailing us at arma@usj.edu.lb.