Gender and Peacebuilding MA in Indigenous Science and Peace Studies MA in International Peace Studies MA in Media and Peace MA in Peace Education MA in Religion, Culture and Peace Studies MA in Sustainable Peace in the Contemporary World (online) Maestría en Resolución de Conflictos, Paz y Desarrollo (taught in Spanish) Department of Environment and Development MA in Environment, Development and Peace MA in Responsible Management and Sustainable Economic Development MSc in Ecology and Society Dual and joint degrees Dual MA in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (with American University, Washington DC, USA) Water Cooperation and Diplomacy (with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands and Oregon State University, USA) Dual degree in Environmental Law (LLM, Pace University) and International Law and Human Rights MA in Development Studies and Diplomacy (with UNITAR) Asian Peacebuilders Scholarship, a dual-campus MA in Transdisciplinary Social Development (with Ateneo de Manila University, The Philippines) Joint MA degree in Human Rights and a Culture for Peace (with Pontifical Xavierian University, Colombia) LL.M in Transnational Crime and Justice (with United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Turin, Italy) Dual MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence (Brandeis University, US) and International Law and Human Rights Dual MA in International Law and Human Rights (with Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea) Dual MA in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies (with Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea) Dual MA in Sustainable Development (with Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea) Study abroad programs UPEACE offers graduate and advance undergraduate students from other institutions the opportunity to enroll in UPEACE's Study Abroad Program (SAP) in two ways: Semester Abroad Program Undergraduate Credit Building Distance education courses Apart from its online MA in Sustainable Peace in the Contemporary World, UPEACE offers a series of individual online courses that can be taken for academic credits or for certificates. Doctoral program The University for Peace has a doctoral programme in peace and conflict studies since 2012. The programme offers a research track and a professional track. Accreditation The Charter of the University for Peace gives the authority to UPEACE to "grant master's degrees and doctorates". As the resolution to establish the University for Peace was taken by consensus in the General Assembly, the authorisation to award degrees is legally valid in all countries as per international law. Many programmes at the campus in Costa Rica are also accredited by the