Program Overview

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Master in Political Philosophy

Presentation

The Master in Political Philosophy is designed to prepare researchers in this discipline, providing them with the theoretical and methodological knowledge, and the critical and analytic attitude necessary to develop research at the highest international level. The program aims to equip students with the skills to participate in research teams and provide a clear added value to the institutions or organizations they will be integrated into.

Objectives

• To develop the necessary research competence to enter a PhD program in Political Philosophy in the best international institutions with guaranteed success.
• To prepare high-level researchers in the field of Political Philosophy and in the field of research of the Departments of Political and Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law, and to develop new lines of research within these Departments.
• To acquire personal competences that improve the chances of students to successfully integrate into the labor market.

Duration and Calendar

• Duration: 1 academic year full-time, 2 academic years part-time (60 ECTS credits).
• Calendar: From September to June.
• Timetable: From Monday to Friday.

Fee and Places

• Fee: EU students: 1,302 €, Non-EU students: 5,749.8 €.
• Places: 35.

Course Type and Language

• Course type: On Campus.
• Language: English (with some optional subjects offered in Spanish and Catalan).

Grants Access

The program grants access to PhD programs in Political and Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law.

Center

The program is offered by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Department of Political and Social Sciences.

Structure and Syllabus

The master's degree is obtained by passing a minimum of 60 ECTS distributed as follows:

• 16 ECTS corresponding to four compulsory courses.
• 25 ECTS to be chosen among the elective courses:
  • 15 ECTS from Political Theory and Philosophy.
  • 10 ECTS from Philosophy and Social Sciences.
• 19 ECTS corresponding to the compulsory Final Master Project.

Compulsory Courses

1st Term

• 31940 Main Themes and Research Methods in Political Philosophy - 5 ECTS.
• 31436 Modern Political Philosophy - 5 ECTS.

2nd Term

• 31437 Contemporary Political Philosophy - 5 ECTS.
• 32477 Master Thesis Writing Seminar - 1 ECTS.

Elective Courses

Political Theory and Philosophy

Choose 15 ECTS (three courses).

• 31440 Distributive Justice Today - 5 ECTS.
• 32918 Art, Philosophy, and Politics - 5 ECTS.
• 31897 Global Ethics - 5 ECTS.
• 32878 Power, Rationality, and Society - 5 ECTS.
• 32257 Political Theory in the 21st Century (block-course) - 5 ECTS.

Philosophy and Social Sciences

Choose 10 ECTS (not all courses are 5 ECTS; schedule times may overlap as courses belong to different Faculties).

• 32260 Federalism and Federations - 5 ECTS.
• 31904 International Relations - 4 ECTS.
• 31905 Temas Avanzados en Filosofía - 5 ECTS.
• 32256 Health and Inequality - 5 ECTS.
• 32258 Democracy and Political Liberalism: Theoretical and Institutional Features - 5 ECTS.
• 31439 Nationalism Today - 5 ECTS.
• 32264 Social Psychological Approaches to Society and the Individual - 5 ECTS.
• 32103 Global Law, Justice, and Democracy - 4 ECTS.
• 32476 Politics and Gender - 5 ECTS.
• 32698 Political Ecology (Key Issues in Critical Environmental Politics) - 5 ECTS.
• 32262 Current Research on Diverse Democracies (block-course) - 5 ECTS.

Final Master Project

Faculty

• Camil Ungureanu, Professor and Master Coordinator.

Double Degree Programmes

• Double degree with the University of Groningen. The DDM in Political Philosophy and PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) is a double degree program jointly offered by the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) of Barcelona, in Spain, and the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Groningen (UG), in the Netherlands.
• Double degree program with the University of Warwick. The Department of Political and Social Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University and the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of Warwick offer students the possibility to take a double degree program, studying one year in each university.

Career Prospects

• Researcher in Political Philosophy / Philosophy of Law / Political Science with a specialty in Political Theory.
• Political analyst.
• Analysis groups in political and social organizations and interest groups.
• Analyst in political institutions and public administrations in a European, national, or local level.