Program Objectives
Students in the first year of the Master’s degree in International Affairs and Development take courses in three main areas: economics, sustainable development, and peace studies. The program offers students an interdisciplinary education in economics, sociology, political science, finance, and law. There are required and elective courses in each area. Courses are also open to students specializing in other areas.
Program objectives:
- Acquire technical skills in areas such as econometrics, modeling, and optimization
- Gain a solid understanding of the key issues in international affairs
- Specialize in sustainable development, peace studies, or international and development economics
- Acquire and deploy the tools and methods used in your chosen field
Major in Sustainable Development
This major is intended to train executives specializing in sustainable development and CSR. The program is interdisciplinary and provides students with skills in four disciplines: management, economics, sociology, and law.
Goals of this major:
- Understand the sociology of stakeholders and organizations, as well as environmental and safety regulations
- Develop interdisciplinary expertise in law, economics, accounting, and finance
- Learn from experiences with sustainable development policies and CSR (corporate social responsibility) practices
- Gain the ability to advise and support companies in their development of transformation strategies that incorporate CSR
When you enroll in a Master's program, you also join Université PSL. Ranked in the top 50 universities in the world (THE and QS), PSL offers excellent graduate programs at the Master's and PhD level, which benefit from the scientific capabilities of its member institutions. The degree is prepared at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL and awarded by Université PSL.
- Types of education
- Initial training
- Language(s)
- French
- ECTS Credits
- 60 credits
- Internship
- Optional Internship
- Capacity
- 30
- Type of Diploma
- Diploma from a major institution conferring the Master's degree
- Academic Year
- 2025/2026
After your undergraduate studies, applying to the research in management double degree's first year will allow you to benefit from research oriented management training directly during your master degree's first year (M1), which later leads to a choice of 7 organizational sciences' specialization tracks, among which the Sustainable Development and Organizational Responsibility M2 track.
You will thus join the Management Graduate Program ; PSL's pre-PhD cursus which consists of research in management's trainings at the master degree's level
The challenges of the ecological and social transition in the Master's degree programs
Several courses and tools are offered to students in the Master’s program, regardless of their specialization
- “Ecological Transition and Social Responsibility” Certificate
- “Dauphine Durable” SPOC A common base of knowledge in the areas of ethics, social responsibility and sustainable development. It tackles the basics of CSR: control, human resources, finance, marketing, strategy, climate issues and the environmental transition.
- “Managing SDGs” SPOC A unique learning experience in which students from multiple countries work together on real-life case studies.
- Virtual University of the Environment and Sustainable Development At PSL, Dauphine is a founding member of Université Virtuelle Environnement et Développement durable (Virtual University of the Environment and Sustainable Development), which allows it to provide its students with a set of resources and MOOCs.
Contacts
Stéphanie Monjon
Associate Professor
Director of the 1st year of the Master's degree - International Affairs and development
Alexandra REVERCHON
Teaching assistant
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