Doha Institute for Graduate Studies offers MA/MS in Critical Security Studies, a master's degree in Politics & International Relations programme in Doha, Qatar. The programme runs for 2 years. It carries 42.0 credits (credit hours).
Also offered as: Doctorate
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Politics & International Relations
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 42.0 (credit hours)
We have no tuition fees or an application deadline on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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The Master's in Critical Security Studies is a two-year Doha Institute program requiring a minimum of 42 credits, including a dissertation, delivered across four semesters within the School of Social Science and Humanities. It targets Qatari graduate students and other Arabic speakers moving into academia, governmental defense policy, foreign affairs, public administration, or journalism, and covers twelve courses spanning human and environmental security, civil-military relations, terrorism, and non-state armed actors.
The program frames itself around a critical approach to existing security-studies literature, paired with scholarship grown specifically out of Qatari and wider Arab knowledge rather than imported wholesale. Students are trained to apply security-environment knowledge critically rather than simply absorb it, working toward careers in militaries, defense and foreign ministries, think tanks, and universities alike, with the degree closing on an oral defense of a dissertation.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry needs an undergraduate degree, earned through full-time study, or its recognized equivalent, at the minimum grade specified in the program's table. Those entering their last undergraduate year can apply, provided degree conferral falls by July 1 of that year. Candidates need Arabic research fluency alongside working English; non-Arabic-background applicants sit an Arabic check before enrollment, and each candidate may submit only one application.
