Tolerance and Global Peace

About the Department

The program hereby introduced qualifies you to obtain a Master's Degree in Tolerance Studies and Global Peace (MATP). It enables you to develop knowledge and understanding for those students who wish to develop specific competencies related to international peacekeeping efforts.

Higher education, one of the main pillars of Tolerance and Peace, should continuously be transformed through the development of quality programs, especially at the postgraduate level. These programs can meet society’s needs from economic, cultural, and community engagement perspectives.

Learning and research about Tolerance, as a new discipline in higher education, has become vital to nurturing and equipping graduates with innovative knowledge and skills, and to meeting the community’s needs for living together in harmony and stability. Without tolerance, peace in societies cannot be maintained, and acceptance of and solidarity with each other cannot be cultivated.

Program Goal

The aim of this program is to provide students with a strong theoretical foundation, blended with practical application to enhance students’ effectiveness in the areas of tolerance and peacekeeping efforts.

Knowledge Areas:

• Communication
• Innovation & Creativity
• Dialogue
• Conflict Transformation
• Critical Thinking
• Conflict Analysis
• Influencing and Affecting Change Empowerment
• Community Engagement

Career Opportunities

• Human Rights Officer, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Legal Advocate (poor, refugees, women, civil rights)
• International Negotiator
• Minister
• Coordinator for Peacebuilding
• Governmental Advisor
• Public Advocate/Activist
• Media Critic/Specialist
• Community Development Organizer
• Regional Monitor (e.g., for Human Rights)