Bachelor’s Degree Programme in International Relations

The Department of Political Science has been running the programme since the academic year 2001-2002. It is drawn up according to the formal and academic requirements of the Bachelor’s degree programmes. The programme comprises the subject blocks of the main and special subjects of Political Science and International Relations and the subjects of Human and Social Sciences of the general university education. The subjects are arranged and balanced according to the programme regulations of the sequential studies. The length of the studies is 7 semesters during which the students have to collect 140 credits. Those cadets who successfully finish the programme besides the commissioned rank and military qualification receive Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. In 2005 the first class of the Academy’s graduates received Bachelor’s Degrees in Political Science. 
 
Master’s Degree Programme in Military Diplomacy

The Department of Political Science has been running the programme since the academic year 2006-2007. The core of the Master’s degree programme is comprised of two equivalent study objects – diplomacy and military studies that are united and make up one complex. The dual nature of the programme distinguishes it from other programmes of international relations and diplomacy in Lithuania.  

Furthermore, the programme includes the required minimum of the disciplines of military diplomacy and other programmes of international relations. The length of the part-time studies is 2 years during which the students collect 60 credits. While implementing the programme, the department cooperates closely with the Baltic Defence College and thus ensures the possibilities for the postgraduates to combine the extramural Master’s studies and the courses at the college. The first class of the Masters in Political Science graduated in 2008.  
 
Courses for the Officers 

Since the establishment the Department of Political Science constantly assists the Command and Junior Staff Officer Course at the Academy, Defence Attaché Training Module and other courses. It also supervises the modules related to the issues of international politics and national security. Thus the staff of the department contributes to the professional training of the officers to think deeply, have broad theoretical knowledge and necessary skills.