Integrating European Markets

Education facts

Code: EU2122

The course addresses the problems of integrating different national market systems into one single market. The interplay between formal legal restrictions, economical functions of the single market and the political policy-making process, as well as their consequences, will be central themes throughout this course. The aim is to provide a thorough understanding of the complex process of the creation of a single internal market within the European Union. The internal market’s consequences for the spatial pattern of manufacturing and services, trade, labour, capital flows and infrastructural development in Europe and its neighbouring countries will be analysed, as well as broader societal consequences. The relation between regional, national and supranational policies and decisions is extensively investigated in the course, with special focus on a number of relevant areas of common policy, as well as policy areas subject to common legislation within the ‘acquis communautaire’, framework. The course is based on thematic lectures, seminars and student’s presentations.

Entry requirements

The entry requirements for the course is a Bachelor's degree of 180 credits, with a minimum of 90 credits in consecutive courses in a social sciences discipline or equivalent. Students at the Law programme are also eligible the course after three years of studies (180 credits, equivalent of a bachelor degree). Applicants must prove their knowledge of English: English 6 or English level 2 from Swedish Upper Secondary School or the equivalent level of an internationally recognized test, for example TOEFL, IELTS.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Integrating European Markets

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 23 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %