NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS: Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies

ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

The Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies was originally founded in 1999 as part of a broader project (“U/SEE Project”), under the auspices of the European Union’s Royaumont Process. The Universities which participated in the “U/SEE Project” were the following: University of Tirana, University of Sarajevo, Sofia University, University of Zagreb, University of Belgrade, Sts Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Eötvös Loránd  University of Budapest, University of Bucharest, University of Maribor, University of Ankara
and University of Athens. The Postgraduate Programme in “Southeast European Studies” operates as an autonomous Postgraduate Programme of the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The Programme was founded at a time of violent upheaval in Southeastern Europe, with the goal of contributing to the promotion of peace, democracy and reconciliation in the region.

It aims to stimulate discussion and promote awareness of the region, to facilitate cross-border academic and scientific cooperation, and to bring together students from all over the region and beyond in order to promote mutual understanding and good neighbourly relations. Among the Programme’s strong assets is its multinational and interdisciplinary
character.

The Coordination Committee grants exemption from the Programme fees to students with citizenship of the following specified Southeast European countries who are not in receipt of a scholarship from any source:

Albania,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo (under UNSC Resolution 1244), Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

More about the program here