Programmes and courses

Programmes

• Bachelor's Programme in Development Studies (BIDS)
• European Affairs – Master of Science programme
• Welfare Policies and Management – Master of Science programme

Freestanding courses

Undergraduate and advanced level courses:

• FKVB21 – War and Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• STVM23 – Master´s (Two Years) Thesis in European Affairs
• STVM24 – Master´s (One Year) Thesis in European Affairs
• STVN13 – War and Peace in a World in Transition
• STVN14 – Political Science Methodology
• STVN17 – Power, Politics, and the Environment
• STVN22 – Policy Processes – Actors, Causes and Consequences
• STVN24 – Comparative Politics: Institutions and Actors
• STVN25 – Environmental and Planetary Politics
• STVN26 – Intelligence Analysis
• STVP30 – European Governance

We now also offer two X-courses:

• STVD01 – Political Science: AI and Democracy
• UNDD01 – Intelligence Analysis: Intelligence Cooperation in an Uncertain World

Here you can read more about X courses: X-courses | Faculty of Social Sciences

Many courses in the Department of Political Science are linked to a specific research project and are therefore not offered each term. For up-to-date information on the courses available in your semester, please see here:

Spring 2026

Undergraduate course:

• FKVB21 – War and Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Master courses:

First half of semester:

• STVN13 – War and Peace in a World in Transition
• STVN24 – Comparative Politics: Institutions and Actors

Second half of semester:

• STVN17 – Power, Politics and the Environment
• STVN26 – Intelligence Analysis

Autumn 2026

Master courses:

First half of semester:

• STVN22 – Policy Processes: Actors, Causes and Consequences
• STVP30 – European Governance

Second half of semester:

• STVN25 – Environmental and Planetary Politics

We now also offer two X-courses:

• STVD01 – Political Science: AI and Democracy
• UNDD01 –  Intelligence Analysis: Intelligence Cooperation in an Uncertain World

Here you can read more about X courses: 

X-courses | Faculty of Social Sciences

Courses for exchange students coming to Sweden

More information on the courses we offer to our exchange students coming to Sweden can be found here: 

Courses for exchange students

Special entry requirements for studying courses at the advanced level

You must have completed the equivalent of 150 ECTS-credits (2.5 years) at undergraduate level, including 90 ECTS-credits (1.5 years) in political science or peace and conflict studies.

Interdisciplinary courses

If you are qualified for Master's courses on the advanced or graduate level, you may also apply for interdisciplinary courses.

Go to the Faculty of Social Sciences to read more about Master's studies and interdisciplinary courses.