Global Studies - Erasmus Mundus Ghent University

Overview

Global Studies - Erasmus Mundus from Ghent University this international research-based Master's program combines perspectives, methods and theories developed in history, the social sciences, cultural as well as area studies and economics to investigate phenomena of global connectedness.

Key facts

• This international research-based Master's program combines perspectives, methods and theories developed in history, the social sciences, cultural as well as area studies and economics to investigate phenomena of global connectedness. We do not believe that globalization exists as an objectively given, material reality which can be measured. Rather we have to understand the phenomena described as globalization as a collection of political, economic, social and cultural projects to manage increasing transnational and transcontinental connectedness (the so-called global condition). 
• Therefore, the multi-national class-room of the program and the crossover of contributions from various disciplines and universities dealing either with some of these projects and/or with their conflicts and resulting entanglements offer a substantial added value to the study of processes of globalization. Each year we count almost 150 students staggered across two cohorts. They represent citizens from forty-five different nations from all world regions, which results in a truly global classroom experience.