LIFE AT THE LEADING INDEPENDENT, WESTERNSTYLE UNIVERSITY IN CENTRAL ASIA
INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM ACCREDITATIONS:
- Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQAA Austria)
- Independent Kazakhstan Quality Assurance Agency for Education
(IQAA Kazakhstan)
- Asian Forum on Business Education (AFBE)
- Foundation for International Business Administration accreditation
(FIBAA)
- European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA)
- American Communication Association (ACA)
KIMEP has student exchange agreements with
more than 120 top international universities in
North America, Europe and East Asia
Master in International
Relations
The objectives of MIR program are:
• to provide students with graduate-level
knowledge and analytical skills needed for
employment in public, no-profit, and private
organizations with an international orientation
as well as government agencies and higher
education institution; and
• to educate graduate students for ethical
service to their society and the broader
regional and international community.
• to prepare graduates for doctoral studies in
areas relevant to international relations
CURRICULUM
Requirements for the MIR:
• Program Foundation courses
 13 credits 24 ECTS
• Program Major courses
 24 credits 40 ECTS
• Internship
 4 credits 5 ECTS
• Thesis
 6 credits 20 ECTS
• Comprehensive Exam
 1 credit 1 ECTS
• Total Required for Graduation 48 credits 90 ECTS
Program Foundation required courses (13
credits equivalent to 24 ECTS)
Course Code
Course Title
Credits
ECTS
IRL 5010.2
Professional Foreign
Language for
International Relations
2
3
IRL 5536.2
Management of
International Institutions
and Organizations
2
3
IRL5517
Political Psychology and
International Relations
3
3
IRL5513
Theories of International
Relations
3
10
IRL5515
International Political
Economy
3
5
TOTAL
13
24
Program Major Required courses (15
credits  25 ECTS)
Students need to take:
• All courses from Group A:
- Central Asia in Global Politics
- Ethics in International Affairs
- Research Methods/Thesis I
• One course from Group B:
- Developmental Studies
- International Institutions and Law
• One course from group C
- Master Seminar in Regional Studies
- Master Seminar in International Relations
Program Major Elective courses (9
credits  15 ECTS)
Students need to take any 3 of the following elective courses:
- Asian Security: Theory and Practice
- Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy in the Post-Communist World
- Emerging Powers and Markets
- Political Geography
- History of International Relations
- Government and Politics in Central Asia
- Russian Foreign Policy
- Petro Politics
- Central Asia – Russia Relations
- Central Asia – United States Relations
- European Union: Politics and Foreign Policy
- Foreign Policy: Doctrines and Strategies
- Master Seminar in Regional Studies (if not taken as major required)
- Master Seminar in International Relations (if not taken as major required)
Other requirements (11 credits 
26 ECTS)
-
Internship
Thesis II
State Exam
Thesis III
The State Exam and Thesis III should be taken
after completion of all other courses
IMRCEES Students
- 30 ECTS courses to be chosen among the
elective courses focusing on Eurasia (each
course is 5 ECTS). It is strongly recommended
to take: Central Asia in Global Politics, Master
Seminar in IR and Master Seminar in Regional
Studies + 3 more courses (with a language
option – Russian or Kazakh – at different
levels)
- Thesis III
● Language courses for
foreigners
- Kazakh for Foreigners
- Russian for Foreigners (Intensive language course + internship)
• International
Summer School 2016
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