The program recruits foreign students with an academic background in international politics or other social science disciplines. The program trains the students advanced theories in international politics and relations, with a focus on Chinese politics (domestic and international), great power diplomacy, nontraditional diplomacy, and new global order. Students are required to study 6 required courses including 2 language courses, elect 4 courses, and write a dissertation. All the courses are in English. Students are expected to finish their study within 3-5 years.
1. Courses structure
Required courses
| Contemporary Chinese Diplomacy |
| Political Development in Modern China |
| International Politics and Theories |
| Chinese Public Administration |
| Research Methods for Political Science |
| Language class 1 |
| Language class 2 |
Elective courses
| Studies of China's Foreign and Security Policy |
| China's Foreign Economic Policies |
| International Relations of Northeast Asia |
| Global Governance |
| International Relations of East Asia |
| Political Economy of East Asia |
| Sino-Russian Relations & Russian Politics |
| Sino-U.S. Relations & American Politics |
| Sino-EU Relations & European Politics |
| Individual studies (designed by student’s advisor) |
2. Potential advisors
| Advisor | Title | Research fields |
| XU Yihua | professor | Religion and international relations, Christianity in China, American religions |
| CHEN Zhimin | professor | Theories of foreign relations, foreign relations of EU, foreign relations of China |
| PAN Zhongqi | professor | International relations theories, Chinese diplomacy |
| TANG Shiping | professor | International relations, institutional economics, political theory, and philosophy of (social) sciences |
| CHEN Yugang | professor | International relations theories, EU politics and foreign relations, global governance |
| WU Xinbo | professor | China's foreign and security policies, Sino-US relations, |
| ZHAO Huasheng | professor | Russian politics, Sino-Russian relations |
| PAN Rui | professor | US economy, policy-making of US foreign policies |
| ZHANG Guihong | professor | International organizations, international security, international relations of 0Asian-Pacific region (especially South Asia) |
| XIAO Jialing | associate professor | Chinese diplomacy, Japanese diplomacy |
| BO Yan | associate professor | Environment and International Relations, International organizations, Global governance |
| BERSICK, Sebastian | associate professor | EU politics and foreign policies, Sino-EU relations |
| SONG Guoyou | associate professor | Sino-US economic relations, China's foreign economic policies, international political economy |
| LIU Yongtao | associate professor | US government and politics, US foreign politics, international relations theories |
| SHEN Yi | assistant professor | Information technology and international security, media and diplomacy, national information security strategy, relations of great powers |
| WU Chengqiu | assistant professor | International relations theories, international relations in the Asian-Pacific region, International political economics, Chinese politics and diplomacy |
| CHEN Yudan | assistant professor | History of international relations theories in the classical period and in the Renaissance, culture and identity in international relations |
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