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Information about TPU courses and registration:
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TRANSCEND is a global PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT network of cooperating individuals and institutions
concerned with conflict transformation by peaceful means and reducing structural violence.
It works through action, education, dissemination, and research.
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The purpose of TPU, the educational arm of TRANSCEND, is to prepare participants with the knowledge and skills
required for undertaking professional peace and development work, emphasizing the creative transformation
of conflicts through transcendence of the underlying contradictions.
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TPU courses are designed following the lines of inter-disciplinary study of peace and development, and
emphasize on solution oriented approach. TPU faculty is drawn from amongst the leading peace
scholars and practitioners in their fields internationally.
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TPU courses are mainly designed for participants of graduate or post-graduate level,
or people with equivalent experience. No formal proof of degree is required.
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Participation requires the commitment to read and analyze
the materials posted by the course directors, to participate actively in group discussions and assignments and
to respect the reading and responding time frames.
According to general estimations, in order to benefit satisfactorily from the course,
participants will need to devote not less than 8 hours a week.
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HOW TO REGISTER
TPU's offer for the trimesters of 2009 comprises over 20 online certificate courses.
The duration of each course is 12 weeks.
A detailed description of the courses and the application form
is available by clicking the name of the course from the list provided on the left.
Participants may choose one or several courses,
depending on their interests and availability.
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Enrollments are completed upon the payment of the course fee. Every participant also receives the book published by
TRANSCEND University Press, "50 Years - 100 Peace and Conflict Perspectives" by Johan Galtung,
or some other TUP book, where specified by the requirements of the course.
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The course fees are as follows:
200 Euro/per course - for residents of non-OECD countries;
400 Euro/per course - for residents of
OECD countries.
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The division of fees as for OECD and non-OECD
residents is made in order to create more opportunities for participants around the globe.
TPU will appreciate if residents of non-OECD countries can pay the full fee.
This will contribute to a scholarships fund. If residents of OECD countries find it difficult
to pay the full fee, they can apply for a reduction.
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Please write to  for more information.
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