International Affairs and Development

The International Affairs & Development (AID) master's degree is designed to provide students with the knowledge and tools they need to pursue careers in international relations and development. The program is interdisciplinary, academically rigorous, professionally relevant, and outward-looking. It opens career opportunities in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, with international organizations, or in research and analysis.

• The AID Master’s prepares for international careers. Nearly one-third of our graduates begin their careers abroad.
• Our curriculum is designed to give students a broad, yet in-depth, understanding of international, environmental and development economics, the sociology of organizations and networks, international politics and relations, international business law, global management, logistics, and finance. Our goal is to provide them with the knowledge, tools, and skills they need for their professional futures, while preparing them to exchange and work effectively with stakeholders of all types (governments, institutions, businesses, citizens).
• The program’s teaching team is comprised of engaged educators, recognized for their work in the program’s fields of expertise. They are key to our students’ academic experience and help them shape their professional futures.
• AID is a 2-year program. In Year 1, students follow a common core curriculum and choose between 3 “majors”, depending on the stream they intend to follow in Year 2. In Year 2, students select one of 7 separate “streams” (areas of specialization).

Semester 1

Economy: mandatory

• Anglais, 3 ECTS
• Econométrie I ou Econométrie II, 6 ECTS
• Cycle de conférences sur les organisations internationales, 3 ECTS
• Macroéconomie, 3 ECTS
• Economie Internationale II, 3 ECTS

Economy: optional

• Politique internationale, 3 ECTS
• Mondialisation des entreprises, 3 ECTS
• Introduction SAS/STATA, 3 ECTS
• Education, santé et développement, 6 ECTS
• Financement du développement, 3 ECTS
• Sociologie des conflits I, 3 ECTS
• Practicing peace, 3 ECTS
• Mondialisation et environnement, 3 ECTS
• Projet de développement durable, 3 ECTS
• Introduction à la Supply Chain, 3 ECTS

Sustainable Development: mandatory

• Anglais, 3 ECTS
• Econométrie I ou Econométrie II, 6 ECTS
• Management et développement durable, 3 ECTS
• Mondialisation et environnement, 3 ECTS
• Corporate Social Responsibility, 3 ECTS
• Projets de développement durable, 3 ECTS

Sustainable Development:  optional

• Politique internationale, 3 ECTS
• Cycle de conférences sur les organisations internationales, 3 ECTS
• Macroéconomie, 3 ECTS
• Mondialisation des entreprises, 3 ECTS
• Economie Internationale II, 3 ECTS
• Education, santé et développement, 6 ECTS
• Sociologie des conflits, 3 ECTS
• Langue vivante 2, 3 ECTS

Peace studies: mandatory

• Politique internationale, 3 ECTS
• Anglais, 3 ECTS
• Mondialisation des entreprises, 3 ECTS
• Financement du développement, 3 ECTS
• Sociologie des conflits I, 3 ECTS
• Practicing Peace, 3 ECTS
• Cycle de conférences sur les organisations internationales, 3 ECTS

Peace Studies: optional

• Econométrie I ou Econométrie II, 6 ECTS
• Macroéconomie, 3 ECTS
• Economie Internationale II, 3 ECTS
• Introduction SAS/STATA, 3 ECTS
• Education, santé et développement, 3 ECTS
• Introduction à la Supply Chain, 3 ECTS

Semester 2

Economy: mandatory

• Microéconomie, 3 ECTS
• Microéconométrie, 6 ECTS
• Politiques de développement, 3 ECTS

Economy: optional

• Economie Internationale III, 6 ECTS
• Mémoire, 6 ECTS
• Econométrie des variables qualitatives, 6 ECTS
• Approfondissement SAS/STATA, 3 ECTS
• Pauvreté, inégalités et ouverture commerciale, 6 ECTS
• Politiques macroéconomiques, 3 ECTS
• Histoire et développement économique, 3 ECTS
• Analyse économique des conflits, 3 ECTS
• Introduction à la finance de marché, 3 ECTS

Sustainable Development: mandatory

• Environmental Law, 3 ECTS
• Philosophie du développement durable, 3 ECTS
• Microfinace, 3 ECTS
• Sustainable Finance, 3 ECTS
• Natural Resource Economics, 3 ECTS
• Théorie des organisations, 3 ECTS
• Environmental and energy economics, 3 ECTS
• Economie et société, 3 ECTS

Peace studies: mandatory

• Droit international, 3 ECTS
• Théorie de la décision, 3 ECTS
• Anglais renforcé, 3 ECTS
• Protection européenne et internationale des droits de l'Homme, 3 ECTS
• Culture et philosophie de la paix, 3 ECTS
• Traitement de l'actualité, 3 ECTS
• Sociologie des conflits II, 3 ECTS
• Gestion de projets et Peacebuilding, 3 ECTS

Peace studies: optional

• Pauvreté, inégalité et ouverture commerciale, 3 ECTS
• Sociologie des religions, 3 ECTS
• Environmental and energy economics, 3 ECTS
• Genre et inégalités, 3 ECT

Master’s Year 2 – specialization streams

• International Affairs
• International Economics and Development
• Sustainable Development: Corporate and Institutional Responsibility
• International Supply Chain Management
• Peace Studies
• International Economic Assessment 

The program is open to French and foreign students who hold a Bachelor’s degree (Bac + 3) in Management, Economics, or the Social Sciences, or a degree officially recognized as equivalent from an Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP), a Grande École, or a Grand Établissement.

• The AID Master’s program accepts up to 100 students a year.
• All admissions decisions are based on your online application form and supporting documents.

Some of our admissions criteria are:

• Work experience (internships …).
• International experience.
• For Economics applicants: excellent academic performance at the Bachelor’s level
• For Peace Studies applicants: participation in civic and humanitarian activities during your Bachelor’s.
• For Sustainable Development applicants: participation in environmental projects and volunteer activities during your Bachelor’s.

Proficiency in English (excellent level required).

• Admission to Year 2 of the APRS Master’s program: for conditions, see the webpage dedicated to your choice of stream

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

Enroll in the course

For the 2018-2019 academic year, tuition and fees will be calculated based on gross taxable income for the 2016 fiscal year (2017 French tax declaration). The 2017-2018 tuition scale is as follows:

• Income below 35,000 euros: 243 euros (Standard French Public University Tution)
• Income between 35,000 and 40,000 euros: 1,680 euros
• Income between 40,000 and 50,000 euros: 2,240 euros
• Income between 50,000 and 60,000 euros: 2,800 euros
• Income between 60,000 and 70,000 euros: 3,360 euros
• Income between 70,000 and 80,000 euros: 4,000 euros
• Income between 80,000 and 100,000 euros: 4,600 euros
• Income between 100,000 and 120,000 Euros: 5,150 euros
• Income above 120,000 Euros: 6,350 euros

Students whose tax residence (if they are fiscally independent of their parents) or whose parents' tax residence is outside of the European Union and who provide a tax certificate to that effect, pay a flat tuition of 6,350 euros and are not eligible for any reductions or waivers.

Qualified Tuition Reduction

Student's whose gross income or whose parent's gross income is between 35,000 euros and 70,000 euros and whose tax residence is in a European Union country, may be eligible for one or both of the following two qualified tuition reductions:  

• A reduction of 560 euros is available to families who have 2 or more children studying in a post-baccalaureate program. Justifying document: a photocopy of the non-Dauphine sibling's student card from the current or previous academic year.
• A reduction of 560 euros is available to students whose family's tax residence is outside of the Ile-de-France region. Justifying document: official tax notification bearing the address outside of Ile-de-France. If the family has moved outside of Ile-de-France since the last official tax notification, an official proof of domicile dated within the past 6 months may be substituted.

Students who are repeating full-time degree programs (year 1 or year 2) pay a flat 580 euro tuition fee.