Overview

Political Science and International Human Rights Law (Dual Degree) is offered at

The American University in Cairo enables students with good grades to prepare for a postgraduate degree while completing the requirements for their BA in Political Science, equipping you with expertise in international human rights law and justice. Gain the intellectual, analytical, and communication skills needed to impact global policy debates as a policymaker, academic, activist, or international civil servant.

Key facts

The Law Department also offers a dual degree that combines a BA in Political Science and an MA in International Human Rights Law . This dual degree creates a synergy between the existing BA in Political Science and MA in IHRLJ. It enables good students to prepare for a postgraduate degree while completing the requirements for the BA in Political Science. The MA degree provides students with the necessary expertise in international human rights law and justice with the intellectual, analytical, and communication tools needed to intervene critically and effectively in the global policy debates confronting their societies as policymakers, academics, activists, and international civil servants.

The dual degree option enables good students to prepare for a postgraduate degree while completing the requirements for the BA in Political Science.

By the end of the sixth semester of the political science BA at AUC, and after successfully completing POLS 4371 , the student has to declare her/his intention to pursue the Dual Degree by submitting a graduate admission application. The student should follow the application procedures for graduate studies. Admission decisions will be made by the Law Department’s Admission Committee. Successful applicants will be admitted pending the fulfillment of two conditions: i) finishing the requirements of their undergraduate degrees with at least B (GPA 3); and ii) obtaining an average of at least a B+ (GPA of at least 3.3) across the three cross-listed ‘Dual Degree’ Law courses. Places are limited.

Students enrolled in the dual degree will receive a political science BA degree certificate upon the completion of their undergraduate course requirements.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Public International Law
Egyptian and Islamic Law
international Human Rights Law
Human Rights in the Middle East
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

160 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cairo, Egypt

Disciplines

International Law Political Science View 4 other Bachelors in Political Science in Egypt

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Submit the online application form. Application is available online only. The application can be renewed from the fall semester to the spring semester of the same academic year only by sending an email to enrolauc@aucegypt.edu. A new application should be submitted for a new academic year.
Check that you have submitted all required documents by the set deadlines. Your application and a final admission decision will be pending the submission of all these documents. Upload all required documents through the online portal, as they are not considered via email.
The personal statement should be the applicant’s original work, as they will be checked for plagiarism.
Two recommendation letters are mandatory; applicants should include the email addresses of their recommender in the admission application as instructed, as s/he will automatically receive an email with instructions to submit their recommendation letters directly to AUC.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

23520 USD / year

≈ 23520 USD / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

21344 USD / year

≈ 21344 USD / year

Living costs

Cairo

Egypt

5312 - 6846 EGP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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