Master of Arts in Russian and
Eurasian Studies (IMARES)
EUSP and its new Center for international education offer prospective students a safe environment combined with the best traditions of world class teaching.
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The best way to improve your professional skills and increase your value in reasonable time
Join our intensive master's degree program in order to study with leading scholars who will
provide up-to date-analysis of the past,
present and future of Russia and Eurasia, providing you with a thorough grounding in the region. You will learn to apply multiple theoretical models to analyze the foreign policy of post-Soviet space and investigate case studies of conflict and conflict resolution. Examine the divisive historical legacies of the region's imperial past and their influence on international relations.

Understand more to create the future.
Program modules
The MA program consists of four intensive two-month modules, each of which may be taken separately to obtain an "analyst" certificate in a particular subject matter
Imperial Past and Legacies of Empires in Contemporary Eurasia
April-May
Yerevan, Armenia
Identities, History, and Culture in the Caucasus and Beyond
September-October
Armenia, Georgia
Russia and Eurasia in a Changing World
November-December
Online / Saint Petersburg
Political Changes, Conflicts and Cooperation in Eurasia
February-March
Online / Saint Petersburg
  • Start
    You may start with any module - no need to wait for another academic year to begin with
  • Duration
    2 -15 months
  • Credits
    12-14 for a module
    60 for MAprogram
  • Language
    English
The program will help you to
  • Explore the dynamics of post-Soviet transition and domestic politics of Eurasian countries
  • Examine cases of conflicts, political violence and terrorism in Russia and Eurasia
  • Study nationalism in Russian and Soviet imperial contexts
  • Apply multiple theoretical models to analyze Russian foreign policy
  • Broaden your perspective on Russian-American relations
  • Get the most out of case studies in Russia, Armenia and Georgia - explore the diversity of their present evolving from common past
Online modules allow international students access to Russia's best specialists, despite the difficulties of international mobility at present
The most spectacular parts of the program will take place in Armenia in April-May and September-October including a short trip to Georgia.
The location of Yerevan campus offers a safe environment combined with high-quality offline teaching by EU faculty, local Armenian scholars and international guest-lecturers.
Our professors
International team of world-class scholars and professors
  • Ivan Kurilla
    Doctor of Science, Professor, Political Sciences Department; Director, Development Partnership Program Department, European University at Saint Petersburg
  • Boris Kolonitsky
    Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Department of History, European University at Saint Petersburg
  • Nikita Lomagin
    Professor, Political Science Department; Vice-Rector for GR and Public Organizations, European University at Saint Petersburg
  • Olga Bychkova
    Candidate of Science (Economic Sociology); Ph.D. (Public Policy, Ohio State University), Dean, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology; Head of the STS Center, European University at Saint-Petersburg
  • Ekaterina Melnikova
    PhD (kandidatskaya), Associate Professor, Department of History; Senior Researcher, Center for Applied Research, European University at Saint Petersburg
  • Amiran Urushadze
    Dean, Associate Professor, Department of History, European University at Saint Petersburg
  • Irina Mironova
    Lecturer of the ENERPO program; Editor-in-chief of the ENERPO Journal
  • Elena Arsenova
    Russian language professor, Senior lecturer, ENERPO Research Center, European University at Saint Petersburg
  • Georgi Derluguian
    Professor of Historical Sociology at New York University Abu Dhabi
  • Alexander Iskandaryan
    Founding Director of Caucasus Institute

The MA in Russian and Eurasian Studies has a proven track record, leading to careers in:
  • academia in North America, Europe and Russia;
  • government bodies (e.g. foreign embassies, NASA), national or regional councils and parliaments;
  • international organizations such as The World Bank, European Commission, the International Criminal Court;
  • journalism at The New York Times, NBC News, Helsingin Sanomat, The Moscow Times, etc;
  • private and state companies, as well as NGOs such as IBM, Bank of America, Boeing, Thomson Reuters, Elsevier, Smithsonian Institution;
  • libraries and museums, editorial boards of academic journals and publishers, etc
          Our alumni
          TREVOR PEARSON
          USA
          IMARES program
          Advisor for U.S. Senator
          Getting a master's degree from European University at Saint-Petersburg helped me land a dream job handling foreign affairs. In a city like Washington, DC, you need to stand out in a sea of job applicants that all went to great schools
          TREVOR PEARSON
          USA
          IMARES program
          Advisor for U.S. Senator
          Getting a master's degree from European University at Saint-Petersburg helped me land a dream job handling foreign affairs. In a city like Washington, DC, you need to stand out in a sea of job applicants that all went to great schools
          KATRI KULMUNI
          Finland
          IMARES Program
          Minister of Finance, Finland
          PETER BANNINK
          Netherlands
          IMARES program
          Thought Leadership Lead, KPMG
          All IMARES courses were very interactive, and with students from very different geographic and ideological backgrounds, that meant we had intense discussions about the Russian political discourse in past and present.
          MARTE FREIHOW LANGELAND
          Norway
          IMARES Program
          Junior Professional Officer, OSCE
          EUSP, with its excellent professors, paved my way for employment opportunities at two Norwegian foreign stations and now at the OSCE.
          ELLEN POWELL
          USA
          IMARES Program
          Managing Editor, Demokratizatsiya Journal
          The year I spent at EUSP was, without a doubt, the best year of my life. I'm so grateful I decided to go and I would recommend the university – and the city – without reservation.
          Application and fees
          For information on the application deadline, start date and cost of the program, please contact us.
          Steps to apply
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          • International team of professors and excellent scholars
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