European Peace and Security Studies: Participating Institutions
Vesalius College
Vesalius College was founded in 1987 in association with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Boston University to provide students with a quality and internationally-focused liberal arts education to prepare them for graduate school or to begin a successful career. It provides students with the best of both worlds: a tight academic community backed by the extensive academic resources of two major research universities. Vesalius College is registered with the Ministry of Education of the Flemish Community (Belgium) as an Institute of Higher Education and its three majors are accredited by the Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organization (NVAO).
Institute for European Studies
The Institute for European Studies is a Jean Monet Centre of Excellence at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). It offers advanced Master programmes in International Law as well as European Integration and Development. With over 40 experts, the IES focuses on interdisciplinary research in European Studies, more specifically on the role of the EU as an international actor. Within this scope, it provides academic services to scholars, policy makers and the general public.
University of Kent at Brussels
Kent is the only UK university with a campus in Brussels, ‘the capital of Europe’.
The University of Kent's Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS) is a specialised postgraduate school offering advanced international studies.
Royal Military Academy
The Belgian Royal Military Academy (RMA) is a military institution for university education, tasked with the academic, military and sports education of its students. It trains officers able to lead in varied, complex and exceptional circumstances, in service of the national and international community. To this end, the education is permanently tuned to the needs of Defence, integrating the values of society into the education.
Global Governance Institute
The Global Governance Institute (GGI) is an independent, non-profit think-tank, based in Brussels. It combines the expertise of senior policy-makers with the analysis of scholars from the world’s leading institutions (such as Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, EUI Florence and the LSE) to provide global insights, cutting-edge research and actionable, innovative advice in the fields of peace and security, economic policy, environment & sustainable development as well as international law and human rights.