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An affordable, fully online doctoral program with an intergovernmental mandate and proven track-record of training world-class diplomats and experts.
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EUCLID (Pôle Universitaire Euclide | Euclid University), an international intergovernmental organization with university mandate, offers to intergovernmental and national civil servants (as well as select students from the general public) a specialized external degree program called the EUCLID Online Ph.D. in Climate Change and Sustainability (DCCS). This field of study or specialization covers the full scope of climate-related issues from a policy perspective.
It is the only fully online PhD program in this field organized by an intergovernmental (treaty-based) organization and officially used by diplomats and civil servants over 4 continents. Alumni, students and faculty include current and former ambassadors, minister- counsellors, etc.
EUCLID provides comprehensive training cover both the academic as well as professional aspects of a doctoral-level program, including: academic writing (journal publications), grant-writing, communications technologies, resume building, etc.
EUCLID's Ph.D. in Climate Change and Sustainability represents 90 US credits (120 ECTS) of coursework beyond the Bachelor's. In practice, students may enter the program with a relevant Master's degree, complete 30 to 35 US credits of core doctoral courses, followed by the actual writing of the dissertation in 5 phases. The resulting thesis should be a publishable book offering a clear contribution to the field and establishing the author as a subjet-matter expert.
Among the suggested areas of focus are:
- Climate Change diplomacy
- Small Islands / Small States issues
- Cosmic Cycle approaches
- International and treaty law
- Sustainable development
- IGOs and non-governmental organizations
- Nation-specific dissertations.
EUCLID's founding treaty is registered and sealed in the United Nations Treaty Series (multilateral 49006/7)
The EUCLID Secretary General is a full member of the International Association of University Presidents
EUCLID is a formal party to the IACA Agreement (treaty) along with more than 80 UN Member States
EUCLID is an associate member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
ACUNS
EUCLID is a member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System
EUCLID is a member of the United Nations Academic Impact initiative
EUCLID is a member of the Association of African Universities
EUCLID is a member of the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific
| COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDITS | ECTS | PROFESSOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACA-401D | Academic Methods | 2 | 4 | Gulma |
| TPH-499 | Critical Thinking | 2 | 4 | Roberts / Ebuziem |
| CH-NRJ | Global Energy and Climate Policy | 3 | 5 | External |
| SD-440 | Ecological Economics | 3 | 5 | Yungong |
| CH-MOD | Science and Modeling of Climate Change | 3 | 5 | Katterbauer |
| CH-MIT | Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience | 3 | 5 | Camara |
| CH-DEN | Climate Science Denial / Alternative Theories | 3 | 5 | Katterbauer/Cleenewerck |
| CH-WAT | Climate Change and Water in Mountains | 3 | 50 | External |
| CH-EDU | Climate Change Education and Global Action | 3 | 5 | Graydon |
| Dissertation | Doctoral Dissertation (in 5 blocks) | 25 | 50 | Supervisor assigned |
Meet EUCLID's dedicated faculty members including active diplomats and active or retired senior government officials.
EUCLID alumni constitute a high-level global network active at the United Nations and many national governments.
Access both EUCLID's institution brochure and annual reports as well as this program's dedicated programmatic presentation in PDF format.
As an intergovernmental, treaty-backed public institution, EUCLID stands out in a crowded field of for-profit or purely national institutions of higher learning.
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A major multilateral financial institutions:
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Swiss excellence, at its pinnacle international peace-keeping:
www.ch.ch
The UN specialized agency serving children's needs globally:
www.unicef.org
The UN specialized agency based in Geneva, serving and monitoring global health:
www.who.int
One of the world's oldest and most influence institutions:
www.vatican.va
A major regional block for economic and political integration:
www.ecowas.int
EUCLID Climate Studies Center and Liaison Office
450 Rue Baden Powell
34000 Montpellier
FRANCE
Email: [email protected] Phone: +33 (0) 4 67 69 74 13
Offices: Montpellier FR, Bangui CF, Banjul GM, Washington US