NEW MA Program in EU Studies, U of Illinois

[Lynda Park]

Dear Colleagues,

The European Union Center at the University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign is delighted to announce a new Master of Arts degree 
program in European Union Studies.  We believe this to be the first 
of its kind offered in the United States.   The call for specialized 
knowledge of the European Union has never been greater. Graduating 
students will find a healthy market for their training as the global 
economy rebounds.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a world leader in 
research and teaching, distinguished by the breadth of its programs, 
broad academic excellence, and internationally renowned faculty.  It 
is the only institution to rank in the top five nationally in three 
key metrics, ranking second in the number of Title VI U.S. Department 
of Education National Resource Centers (with eight), fourth in 
international students on campus, and fifth in the number of 
undergraduates who study abroad.  It was awarded the 2008 Senator 
Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization by NAFSA: 
Association of International Educators.

Our program is designed for graduate and professional students adding 
expertise to their studies and for students seeking to enter business 
or government with a master's degree.  The European Union Center 
draws upon the expertise of faculty from departments across the 
University of Illinois campus, providing a broad range of 
disciplinary knowledge.  Internships opportunities and graduate-level 
study abroad program exchanges are available.  We strongly encourage 
students to have at least two years of college-level study of a 
language of the region at the outset of the program; The University 
of Illinois offers advanced training in a wide range of European languages.

The European Union Center is a recipient of Title VI funds from the 
Department of Education and is able to award Foreign Language Area 
Studies (FLAS) scholarships to US citizens and permanent residents: 
http://www.euc.illinois.edu/funding/flas/
Graduate student assistantships are also available on a competitive 
basis.   We are accepting students on a rolling admission; the FLAS 
scholarship deadline is mid-February, 2010.

Please feel free to email our Coordinator of the program, Laura 
Hastings at 
<mailto:lhasting at illinois.edu>lhasting at illinois.edu.  Additional 
information is also available at our website at 
http://www.euc.illinois.edu/academic/program/

Sincerely yours,

Robert Pahre
Director, European Union Center
Professor, Political Science


Lynda Y. Park
Associate Director
European Union Center
University of Illinois
328 International Studies Building, MC-429
910 S. Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-5085; (217) 265-7515; fax (217) 333-6270
lypark at illinois.edu
euc.illinois.edu





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