This year, two citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who have been admitted to the English-language master's program "Eurasian Connectivity: Data-Driven Regional Studies" at the European University at St. Petersburg will be eligible to apply for funding that covers their tuition fees and partially covers their living expenses in St. Petersburg, under the charitable program of the Aurora-Ala Corporate Foundation.
The program "Eurasian Connectivity: Data-Driven Regional Studies" is delivered by the Center for Eurasian Studies of the European University at St. Petersburg, in collaboration with the School of Computational Social Science, the ENERPRO Research Center, and the Center for Science and Technology Studies. The program combines training in international relations and regional studies with modern data analysis methods and digital research tools, offering a fresh perspective on Eurasia as a space of interconnected political, economic, and social processes.
The program focuses on Russia, Central Asia, China, Turkey, and the Arctic, viewed as parts of a single system of regional connectivity.
One of the program's key strengths is its interdisciplinary character. Students receive a solid grounding in area studies and international relations, and also master big data analysis methods, quantitative and qualitative research approaches, modern digital tools, and the methods of computational social science.
Through a partnership with East China Normal University, students gain access to international research projects and academic mobility opportunities in China. Master's students are integrated into the research teams of the European University from the very beginning of their studies.
Detailed information about the program, admission requirements, and application deadlines is available on the program website.
You can also listen to a podcast in which Igor Khodachek, Director of the Center for Eurasian Studies and Vice-Rector for Research at the European University at St. Petersburg, and Evgeniy Mokhovikov, Executive Director of the Aurora-Ala Corporate Foundation, discuss why students from Kazakhstan choose to study in Russia, what may make the international relations program at the European University particularly appealing to them, and what steps are required to obtain a scholarship.
The program "Eurasian Connectivity: Data-Driven Regional Studies" is delivered by the Center for Eurasian Studies of the European University at St. Petersburg, in collaboration with the School of Computational Social Science, the ENERPRO Research Center, and the Center for Science and Technology Studies. The program combines training in international relations and regional studies with modern data analysis methods and digital research tools, offering a fresh perspective on Eurasia as a space of interconnected political, economic, and social processes.
The program focuses on Russia, Central Asia, China, Turkey, and the Arctic, viewed as parts of a single system of regional connectivity.
One of the program's key strengths is its interdisciplinary character. Students receive a solid grounding in area studies and international relations, and also master big data analysis methods, quantitative and qualitative research approaches, modern digital tools, and the methods of computational social science.
Through a partnership with East China Normal University, students gain access to international research projects and academic mobility opportunities in China. Master's students are integrated into the research teams of the European University from the very beginning of their studies.
Detailed information about the program, admission requirements, and application deadlines is available on the program website.
You can also listen to a podcast in which Igor Khodachek, Director of the Center for Eurasian Studies and Vice-Rector for Research at the European University at St. Petersburg, and Evgeniy Mokhovikov, Executive Director of the Aurora-Ala Corporate Foundation, discuss why students from Kazakhstan choose to study in Russia, what may make the international relations program at the European University particularly appealing to them, and what steps are required to obtain a scholarship.