Uluslararası İlişkiler Tezli Yüksek Lisans Diploması

ISCO:08

ISCO:08

1. Acquiring the skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts and methodology of international relations.
2. Acquiring the skills of analyzing international relations from a theoretical level.
3. Acquiring the ability to make logical interpretations about the recent either global or national political events.
4. Acquiring different perspectives on international relations.
5. Improving the ability to make analyses about the current and future prospects of global and regional actors.
6. Developing relevant academic and applied research skills in political areas.
7. To improve the academic writing skills pertaining to the academic area.
8. To improve the academic presentation skills pertaining to the academic area.
9. To improve analytical thinking and independent research skills.
10. Acquiring an open-minded behavior through encouraging critical analysis, interpretation, discussions, and/or continuous learning.
11. Improving the ability to effectively develop arguments.

Atlım University's International Relations Department has been established in 1997. Its graduate M.A. program is restructured in 2013 and since then active in our Kızılay building. The language of instruction of this program is Turkish and it does offer a thesis option. Overwhelming majority of the students of this program are working students coming from several disciplines. It is distinguished from many other M.A. programs in Turkey and in the world with its wide range of elective courses pool, as well as a comprehensive thesis supervision by our professors. The students of this program are also active contributors to our Diplomacy O'Clock program which hosts foreign dignitaries, statesmen and leaders four times each semester. 

Students, who apply for this program are expected to hold Bachelor's Degree in related fields. They will be evaluated due to her/his competiencies concerning the field with an oral examination by the members of the Department of International Relations along with her/his ALES score and English language score (YDS, IELTS, TOEFL)

The graduates of this program are usually employed in four different sectors. First one is the state sector. This this sector, in addition to the ministry of foreign affairs, all ministries and state institutions in Turkey has got foreign affairs and EU departments, which keep their doors open to our graduates. Also the power ministries such as defense, culture and economy have representations in other countries and sources opf employment for our gradutes in addition to intelligence agencies as well as directorate of religious affairs like institutions.  Second sector is the private sector. All companies and corporate structures are naturally major magnets for our gradutes but the media sector with its constrant need for employees with foreign language and field knowledge is a special source of employment for the International Relations graduates.  Third sector can be called as the International Organizations and Civil Society NGOs. International organizations are very populous in our age. The most famous of them are the ones under the United Nations' umbrealla, such as the ones UNICEF, UNESCO, UNDP and UNHCR. Apart from them NGO's such as International Conferedarion of Red Crescent and Red Cross are also in this category. However, among the NGOs our graduates mostly prefer think-tanks for their employment. Among them the Turkish think-tanks such as SAM, DPE, SETA, TEPAV, ASAM, 21YYTE etc. quite large and powerful policy groups are the leading ones. Lastly, some of our graduates prefer to continue their academic life by pursuing a PhD program in or out of Turkey. 

Qualification is continuous