All the information regarding the compulsory Mirees Mobility
Students will spend the first year in Italy at Forlì Campus of the University of Bologna.
During the second year, students are expected to spend the first semester abroad for at least 5 months at one of the Partner or Associated Partner Universities within MIREES Consortium as well as at other Universities (under specific agreements).
The mobility is an integral part of the student teaching programme and is aimed at carrying out educational activities in order to fulfil the required number of University credits as well as the research activities related to the master’s thesis.
Living and studying for a semester in a MIREES Partner University allow students to combine knowledge and concrete experience on the ground. In addition, they will become aware of the importance of learning different languages (even less used or taught languages) and perspectives in order to be more open and tolerant in the situation of multilingual and multicultural Europe. As a result, they will be better prepared in managing differences as well as in rooting a sense of co-ownership of the process of European integration.
Therefore, as soon as the 1st and 2nd term are spent in Italy, MIREES students can experience their mobility and attend courses in the 3rd semester.
Comenius University in Bratislava is the largest university in Slovakia as well as internationally
recognised centre of science and research. Comenius University comprising thirteen faculties, with currently more than 24.000 students, offers study programmes in a wide spectrum of disciplines. The university is responsible for about one quarter of all scientific output in the country. Around 40 per cent of the research funding is acquired in competition from external sources. As one of few universities in Bratislava, Comenius University is a Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and is visible and regularly ranked by HEI’s international ranking agencies.
The lead institution participating in MIREES program at Comenius University is the Faculty of Arts, Department of Political Science (DPS). The Department is fully integrated into international organisations (European Consortium for Political Research, International Political Science Association and Central European Political Science Association).
The DPS has long-standing experience in researching democratic processes, democratic transition and the governance within the European context including East Europe and Eurasia. The MIREES students will have also opportunity to select courses from other departments of the Faculty including Department of Russian and Easter European Studies as well as the Central European Study programme.
With around 5,000 students from more than 100 countries, the European University Viadrina is the most internationalized university in Germany. Located directly on the border with Poland, it has been for the last three decades an academic gateway to Central and Eastern Europe. This status has been manifested, among others, by the Collegium Polonicum – a joint German-Polish institution located on the Polish side of the border in Słubice, wide selection of study programs (especially the European Studies https://www.kuwi.europa-uni.de/pl/studium/master/es/index.html , one of the best in the Old Continent), research initiatives (first of all the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION https://www.borders-in-motion.de/pl/index.html ), and recent projects and developments (revealing, among others, expertise in Ukrainian Studies https://www.europa-uni.de/en/struktur/unileitung/pressestelle/Ukraine/index.html) related to the region.