Philosophy, Politics and Society
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Which political and economic ideas will determine humanity’s course in the 21st century? What are the conceptual roots of current debates on collective and individual identities? How to theorize our relation to the planet and its ecosystems? How will religions affect our collective future? What is the place of science and scientific expertise in society? How to understand the ways in which technological advances affect our lives?PPS is a uniquely issue-oriented philosophy programme. You study the philosophical underpinnings of global issues that will determine the course of the 21st century. The curriculum is organised around themes such as ecological crises, scientific progress, the future of technology, identity politics, or the global political landscape.For each theme, you will examine a combination of key historical philosophical texts, contemporary thinkers, and empirical cases.PPS explores the defining issues of the 21st century from a rich variety of theoretical perspectives, without the narrow economic focus of traditional PPE (‘Philosophy, Politics, and Economics’) programmes.Your first year consists of a series of systematic introductory courses. In your second and third years, you tailor your curriculum to those global issues in which you are most interested.PPS cooperates with other faculties such as Law, Management, Social Science or the Science FacultyPPS gives you the opportunity to spend a semester studying abroad in your second semester of the third year, at a university of your choice.PPS also gives you access to our ‘Edges of Europe’ minor, which combines policy related courses with fieldwork in Cairo, Rome, Athens, St. Petersburg, and Rabat.PPS is taught in comparatively small classes, with a strong focus on your personal development and participation.The entire programme is taught in English.We have an international faculty with enthusiastic, highly qualified researchers and teachers from a variety of cultural and national backgrounds.We have a strong culture of informal exchanges of ideas between students and staff. The faculty houses a large common room and organises many social events throughout the year to support this animated atmosphere.
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EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese students who have not yet obtained a Bachelor’s degree in the Netherlands need to pay legal fee (€2,314) . When you first enrol in your Bachelor’s studies, you will need to pay half of the tuition fees for the first year. There are some exceptions to these conditions. If you do not meet the above conditions and are from an EEA country, you qualify for the EEA institutional tuition fee of €8,692.Deadline: 1 July for EU/EEA students without housing assistance.
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High School Diploma which is equivalent to or higher than Dutch VWO level, according to NUFFIC.
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Nijmegen
Netherlands
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