The program offers the PhD candidates the main courses of Current Issues in International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory and Research Methods as well as a wide variety of elective courses from different areas. The PhD program is designed to provide the students with the necessary theoretical and conceptual knowledge and capability in the first two academic semesters and later to enable the successful Phd candidates to write and to defend their dissertations in diverse fields of the program and under the supervision of expert faculty staff.The period of study is 10 semesters for Integrated Phd Programs, while the maximum period of study is 12 semesters.In this Program students apply for PhD with Undergraduate Degree. Integrated PhD is the 5 years dual degree course of master’s and PhD.