Department of International Relations

Founded in 2012, Faculty of Political Science Department of International Relations had welcome students in 2018-2019 academic year for the first time. Our Department offers B.A. degree in International Relations. Department has 7 full-time academic personnel including 2 Associate Professor, 2 Assistant Professor, and 3 Research Assistants.

The study of International Relations (IR) is an attempt to explain the behavior that occurs across the boundaries of the states or private, state, non-governmental, and intergovernmental institutions. IR is becoming increasingly relevant as the world grows more and more interconnected through trade and commerce, migration, internet and through social media, and concerns about pressing global environmental problems. Taking Turkey’s particular place in the complex international system into account, there is no doubt that the country needs more well-educated and competent young people who can understand and analyze global dynamics. COMU IR undergraduate program aims at meeting this need of well-educated and competent human resources of Turkey.

To this end, the Department offers a wide variety of must and elective courses including International Relations Theory, International Law, International Political Economy, Foreign Policy Analysis and Turkish Foreign Policy; area studies courses on the European Union, Central Asia and the Caucasus; and specialty courses on Peace, Nuclear, Conflict, and Security Studies.

The medium of education in the Department is English. All of the courses offered and all the educational activities will be carried out in English. Students who would be admitted to the department will take the English proficiency exam in the School of Foreign Languages and if they could not succeed the required score, they would enroll 1-year preparation class.

Both Department of International Relations and International Relations Office of ÇOMU have strong links with higher education institutions abroad. Students of the department have opportunity to continue their education abroad one or two terms via Erasmus program. Furthermore education of other foreign languages is also supported by the department. Students have opportunity to learn German in the department with elective courses. 

We are looking forward to give the prospective students a warm welcome!