EPP at UCL or IPE at King's...?

[nils]

Hi all,

I am from France and about to be awarded a Master's in International Relations here but wanted to specialise more and have a more "international" profile with a second Master's from the UK.

I have been accepted (conditionally, with the same condition) to both programmes below and would love to get thoughts on which I should pick (and why!)

_the MSc in European Public Policy (EPP) at University College London (UCL)

_the MA in International Political Economy (IPE) at King's College London (KCL) (new programme starting in 2011-12 i believe)

Fee-level is the same and I am very interested in specialising in either of these two areas of IR.

Perhaps IPE is a bit more exciting to me but I also know (or at least think) that University College is a higher ranking institution than King's... (though I don't know whether that applies to social sciences...)

Also I've heard very good things about UCL staff...

Any info on those schools, those programs, and anything else related would be very very welcome!

Thank you all in advance.

[nils]

Anyone ...?

I didn't think this was such a hard question...!

[vitaminquartet]

Well it seems like you already know the basic reasons to choose both programs: UCL has a stronger reputation, IPE interests you more than EPP.

Personally I think if you are neutral between the courses, you should pick UCL, but if the KCL course structure and subject is more interesting to you, you should go with that instead - KCL is still a good university.