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Maastricht alumnus describes European Studies double degree year at University of Cologne
Maastricht University profiled a graduate of its Research Master in European Studies who took the double degree track and spent his second year at the University of Cologne on an MA in Political Science.
Why it matters: Applicants considering Maastricht's Research Master in European Studies get one graduate's account of spending a second year at Cologne through the double degree track.
Maastricht University published a profile of Janic Luca Belz, a graduate of its Research Master in European Studies.
According to the profile, Belz took the programme's Double Degree track with the University of Cologne, spending his second year there studying for an MA in Political Science.
Belz said the programme encouraged students to apply the quantitative methods they learned to research questions from their substantive courses on European politics, including in their own research papers.
He said the Cologne year let him specialise further in political behaviour and coalition politics and exposed him to somewhat different academic traditions.
Editor’s view
Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor
The profile gives prospective applicants to Maastricht's Research Master in European Studies one graduate's first-hand account of the programme's methods training and of his year at the University of Cologne on the double degree track.
