The two-year MSc Program embraces a wide range of topics and is divided into two distinct segments. The focus of the technical and scientific segment lies on the quality management and monitoring of air, water and waste, the management of resources and energy, as well as climate change.

After a general introduction to international relations, the international studies segment deals with the major political, economic and legal issues concerning the environment and sustainable development.

Duration

The Master program is presented in modules and requires two academic years. In the first Academic year of the Program participants attend the international studies segment at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. In the second year participants take courses at the TU Wien.

Modules

The curriculum consists of modules in the areas of environmental management and technology as well as international studies with legal, economic and political issues.

Master's Thesis

The Master's Thesis is a practice oriented study that should enhance the participant's skills in the field of the subject according to scientific criteria.

Modules:

Academic Year - Vienna School of International Studies

  • Diplomacy and International Relations

    optional many more, e.g.

  • Geopolitics in Regional and International Relations
  • Crisis Management and Peaceful Conflict Settlement in a Changing Europe
  • Culture, Media, Politics
  • Transatlantic Relations
  • Latin America – the international and regional setting
  • Understanding China: A Challenge
  • The Political System of Russia

  • Principles of Economics
  • International Economics

  • Environmental Economics

    optional many more, e.g.

  • The Economics of the European Union
  • Principles of Finance
  • Economics and politics of international migration
  • History of Economic Thought and Methodology

  • Economic Growth and Institutions

     

     

  • Principles of International Law
  • Principles of EU Law

  • Environmental Law

    optional many more, e.g.

  • UN Simulation: multilateral negotiations on a current topic
  • Human Rights in Europe
  • The EU as Global Actor - the Legal Framework
  • External Economic Relations and Foreign Policy in the European Union
  • IOs and Multilateral Diplomacy
  • International Criminal Justice

  • Introduction to Environmental History 

    optional many more, e.g.

  • International History, 1775–1945
  • Russia and the State System, 1500-1991
  • Émotions dans les relations internationales: approches et exemples historiques
  • Seminar: The Sound of the Monarchy: A Musical History of the Habsburg Empire
  • Seminar: Re-Thinking Postwar Europe

Culture and Environment

Media training
Social Media Communication in Public Diplomacy
Professional negotiations
Excel basics
Exploring Job Applications with IOs
China: Current Developments and Historic Perspectives
Communication and Rhetoric
The current UN Development Agenda 
The Middle East in World Politics

Academic Year - TU Wien

  • Basics of Physics and Mathematics for Environmental Studies
  • Basics of Chemistry for Environmental Studies
  • Master Thesis Seminar
  • Interdisciplinary guest lecture series
  • Excursions to companies and institutions

  • Environment and Society in Long-Term Perspective
  • Nuclear Energy and Safety
  • Climate Change / Climate Control
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Environmental Meteorology
  • Global Energy Transitions and Climate Policy
  • Global Environmental Monitoring - Remote Sensing

Air Quality and Monitoring

  • Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry
  • Atmospheric Monitoring

Water Quality and Monitoring

  • Water - Availability, Demand and Supply
  • Waste Water Infrastructure
  • Water - Ecological Criteria and Management

Resources and Waste Management

  • Waste and Resource Management

  • Technology of Pollution Control
  • Introduction to Environmental Project Management
  • Traffic and the Environment
  • Energy and the Environment
  • Renewable Energies

  • Writing of Master's Thesis
  • Examination by Committee