Postgraduate Flagship Progamme in Economic Diplomacy and International Business

No need to choose between diplomacy or international business if you don’t want to! The Postgraduate Flagship Program in Economic Diplomacy and International Business is a comprehensive and highly specialized program that prepares students for careers in both diplomacy and international business. Compulsory courses in Brussels are complemented by either elective subjects in Washington and/or Shanghai, an internship, or a thesis.

Graduates from this program who are active in diplomacy will excel in defending their home country’s economic interests. Graduates who are active in business will excel professionally by mastering trade and investment techniques and through their knowledge of how to maximize the potential of their home country’s economic diplomacy. And graduates can easily switch careers from diplomacy to business or banking and back.

This program is not only relevant for those aspiring to a career in diplomacy and international business, but it is also of particular interest to anyone who wants to be involved in developing international economic, monetary, financial, and banking policy.

Participants receive all-around academic and practical training, giving them a sound understanding of the legal, fiscal, economic, monetary, banking, and commercial aspects of economic diplomacy and international business."

The Postgraduate Flagship Program in Economic Diplomacy and International Business is a highly specialized and comprehensive program preparing students for a career in diplomacy, especially economic diplomacy, and international business. To an important extent, diplomats and business people need to master the same skills and deal with the same matters, albeit from different angles. Graduates from this program who are active in diplomacy will excel in defending their home country’s economic interests. Graduates who are active in business will excel professionally by mastering trade and investment techniques and through their knowledge of how to maximize the potential of their home country’s economic diplomacy. Another advantage is that graduates can easily switch careers from diplomacy to business or banking and back.

Courses of a high academic standard are enriched by hands-on input from practitioners. Participants will be offered all-round training, giving them a sound understanding of the legal, fiscal, economic, monetary, banking, and commercial aspects of economic diplomacy and international business. Skills workshops support optimal professional performance. This program is not only relevant for anyone aspiring to a career in diplomacy and international business, but it is also of particular interest to anyone who wants to be involved with international economic, monetary, financial, and banking policymaking.

Added value

The Postgraduate Flagship Program in Economic Diplomacy and International Business offers you:

• A unique and specialized 99 ECTS curriculum.
• A mixture of academic and practitioner-led classes, designed to provide a theoretical and practical understanding of the various aspects of economic diplomacy and international business.
• Internship services: students are assisted in obtaining internships.
• The BDA can provide references and career advice.

This program is designed to maximize the chances of finding and being successful in jobs across economic diplomacy and international business including jobs in international organizations, governmental departments, and diplomacy such as Trade Commissioner, jobs in trade and investment such as export manager, purchasing or sourcing manager, investment manager, account manager or business development manager; and finally jobs in banks, for example in the international trade finance department, in the international investment finance department, and in corporate relations. Finally, the program is also of particular use to those who want to be involved with international economic, monetary, financial, and banking policy-making.

First step in the market

This is a comprehensive curriculum that delivers graduates able to embark on a career in economic diplomacy as well as independently undertake international business practices such as export, import, sourcing, investing, M&A, and international alliance formation.