Are you interested in a graduate program that:
- addresses the most pressing global problems?
- goes beyond traditional academic programs by applying a mulitdisciplinary perspective?
- offers the possibility to work with public policy practitioners at Canada’s leading think-tank on international affairs?
- develops policy papers that feed into the Canadian Foreign Policy decision-making process?
- provides internship opportunities with the United Nations system, governments and civil society groups?
- has options for studying abroad?
- offers small class sizes so you can work closely with leading international researchers?
The Balsillie School of International Affairs offers three world-class academic programs through Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, advancing ambitious, new approaches to global governance and international public policy. The BSIA campus brings together scholars, students, and policy makers in a unique, collaborative format to identify meaningful solutions to humanity’s most critical problems.
With more than 60 affiliated teaching faculty, drawn from political science, economics, history, sociology, business, geography and environment studies, the School provides students with a truly interdisciplinary environment that fosters comprehensive global learning.
Through the BSIA’s partnership with the Foreign Policy Bureau of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), students in all programs can contribute to the foresight and research activities of the department by identifying new and emerging trends that could significantly impact the world in five- to ten-years’ time, and developing recommendations to adapt Canadian foreign policy to the changing and evolving nature of the global operating environment in the 21st century.
Are you ready to shape the future of global governance?
The Balsillie School of International Affairs offers three world-class academic programs through Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, advancing ambitious, new approaches to global governance and international public policy. The BSIA campus brings together scholars, students, and policy makers in a unique, collaborative format to identify meaningful solutions to humanity’s most critical problems.
With more than 60 affiliated teaching faculty, drawn from political science, economics, history, sociology, business, geography and environment studies, the School provides students with a truly interdisciplinary environment that fosters comprehensive global learning.
Through the BSIA’s partnership with the Foreign Policy Bureau of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), students in all programs can contribute to the foresight and research activities of the department by identifying new and emerging trends that could significantly impact the world in five- to ten-years’ time, and developing recommendations to adapt Canadian foreign policy to the changing and evolving nature of the global operating environment in the 21st century.
Are you ready to shape the future of global governance?
PhD in Global Governance
A unique opportunity for interdisciplinary examination of global power and authority, the PhD in Global Governance is a joint program offered through Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. It challenges students to critique the concepts, tools and assumptions that have served scholars in the past and assess new approaches to contemporary and future global problems. The PhD in Global Governance requires the completion of 6 courses and the following program milestones: two comprehensive examinations, research seminars, dissertation proposal and defence, and dissertation and defence. The expected time to completion is four years. Students are eligible to receive PhD-level fellowships valued at $25,000, as well as additional university-based scholarships and funding.
Master of International Public Policy (MIPP)
The MIPP is a three semester one year intensive professionalization degree program offered by Wilfrid Laurier University aimed at enhancing your analytical, writing and presentation skills in the area of international public policy. Our courses focus on current issues using a combination of coaching, action, classroom and blended learning approaches with continuous practice aimed at increasing your effectiveness in policy development and advocacy. Classes will be taken at our award winning campus, in small groups with unprecedented access to our internationally recognized faculty. Our diverse faculty are leaders in their respective areas, and are committed to interdisciplinary teaching and research aimed at generating policy solutions to the most pressing global issues, including global health and science policy, food security, climate and environmental change, global financial and trade systems, and humanitarian and social policy challenges. Our students have access to ASPIRE, an award winning professional skills development training program for graduate students. You will also have the potential to directly influence international policy debates through our unique proximity to CIGI, an international think tank focused on international governance.
Master of Arts in Global Governance (MAGG)
An interdisciplinary program through the University of Waterloo, students in the Master of Arts in Global Governance examine the social, cultural, and political processes and relations involved in the management of global society that affect billions of ordinary lives around the world. Designed to be completed in sixteen months, the program typically consists of two terms of course work; a third term in which students complete a Major Research Paper (MRP) on a specific research topic of their choosing relating to the study of global governance; followed by a fourth term as an intern working on global governance issues in the public or private sector, a research institute or NGO. Students typically receive university-based scholarships and funding. A new feature that was added in 2015, the UW-University of Warwick Double Degree program offers students the opportunity to combine the MAGG with their choice of one of eleven Masters programs offered by one of the UK’s top-rated Departments of Politics and International Studies.