Admission Open: MA in International Security Management at Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

M. A. in International Security Management | Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

About

Security is an important issue for business, public administration and NGOs. The tasks relating to it span increasingly international dimensions.

Our new MA International Security Management aims at preparing students for positions in this field by providing them with broad interdisciplinary knowledge and practically oriented skills.

Career Prospects

Graduates are awarded the internationally-accepted qualification “Master of Arts” (M.A.).

The degree programme qualifies graduates to assume management roles in commercial and state security organizations as well as to shoulder demanding security tasks in nationally and internationally-active companies and state agencies, NGOs and aid organizations.

Graduates of this degree course will also be qualified for the higher levels of German public Administration, in accordance with the joint decision of the Innenministerkonferenz and the Kultusministerkonferenz.

Structure

The Master’s degree programme consists of four consecutive phases:

An introductory phase (1 semester) serving to focus and extend students’ existing theoretical understanding and practical skills.

A specialization phase with elective topics (2 semester).

A practical phase (3 semester) giving students the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in a practice-based context and prepare for the assumption of management responsibilities.

A research project (4 semester) with a research seminar and a colloquium within the scope of the Master’s thesis.

Teaching

Teaching is seminar-based. Particular importance is placed on the use of case studies to extend the students’ theoretical understanding of the various aspects of Security Management and apply them in a practice setting.