41 Master Programs in Governance 2024

The combination of technology and management is key in today's world; institutions around the world can improve their efficiency, security and transparency, as well as encourage citizen participation, and create greater closeness between governments and citizens.

Legal globalization engenders processes by which different bodies of law become increasingly interconnected and interdependent, thereby crossing traditional borders. Lawyers are now required to grapple with national, international, European, and transnational laws when they apply norms.

Our master's program in Governance and Commercial Law helps you to develop all the necessary skills for supporting business development. Our master's program in Governance and Commercial Law offers you a comprehensive view of how to ensure financing and manage assets in global financial markets. It also teaches you how international accounting practices and regulations help secure sustainable business practices and continued trust from stakeholders.

Identify how societies are impacted by climate change. Understand how transformative change and governance can address these impacts. Learn directly from the stakeholders playing a key role in advancing climate adaptation. Join MSc in Cultural Geography and follow the Climate Adaptation Track!

This online master's is the best choice for students who are interested in learning about societal problems and governance responses in an online community. The participating students’ national and regional contexts in this master's will be utilised for educational purposes.

In the Governance of Sustainability programme you will learn to become a future ‘change agent’ who can develop and inform governance solutions to complex environmental sustainability challenges.

The MA in International Management and Global Governance is a 3 semesters program offered by the Furtwangen University in partnership with the ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy. The program consists of 90 ECTS credits in total and has a duration of two Study semesters, a Professional Development Training Program, designed individually for each student and a thesis to be written during the 3rd semester and to be submitted towards the completion of the program.

The Master is oriented towards research as the best path for professional specialization, offering suitable training for employment in public and private organizations for the defense of human rights, both national and international, as well as in law firms with specialized departments in fundamental rights and their defense before national and international administrations and jurisdictions.

This Advanced Master’s programme analyses governance problems and possible responses, with due consideration to the specific historical pathways of individual countries, as well as the interaction between dynamics at the national/state level and the local/society level. It also addresses the impact of global developments.

Environmental Security and Governance specialization is designed for those wishing to work on global environmental governance issues. Students critically engage with issues concerning global environmental change and security. They will gain insights into different theoretical frameworks, institutional tools, and practical techniques related to water, food, and climate change, among others.

The Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance (MEIG Programme) is designed for students and young professionals who have obtained at least a Bachelor's diploma. It aims at transferring knowledge about European and international governance, as well as providing participants with the essential professional skills to become a leader in this specific field.

Our International Child Rights and Development MA is a multidisciplinary course designed to promote a rigorous academic approach to contemporary issues of childhood internationally. Underpinned by a children’s rights framework, it will help you develop the skills needed for successful multi-agency and multi-professional work and research with and for children in complex contexts.

The Master’s degree aims at developing a universal culture of human rights. With a strong policy and action-oriented approach, where research and lecturing activities reflect the transnational and transcultural dimensions of human rights studies, it provides professional knowledge and skills to promote and guarantee the respect of human rights. Human rights law, multi-level governance of human sustainable development and security are conceptual paradigms of reference throughout the Program.

Policies and Governance in Europe (PAGE) equips students with the practical public policy analysis skills needed to respond to a changing world in which policy decisions are taken at different, interlinked levels.

WMU’s MSc programme emphasizes the practical application of expertise. It offers both an overview of the complex, inter-related maritime and ocean fields, as well as the opportunity to specialize. The programme is designed to respond directly to the real needs of the maritime industry, and to equip graduates with the skills needed today and in the future. It is academically challenging and professionally oriented, and is designed for ambitious, mid-career maritime professionals. It provides a particularly strong foundation for those intending to move into either a national or an international career.