Sogang GSIS offers professional master's degree program in four specialty areas. Professional master's degree programs offer the Master of International studies (MIS) degree, and are interdisciplinary in their curricular design. Sogang GSIS also offers Ph.D. programs on four specialty areas.

The International Relations Program is designed to answer a demand for a new kind of professional who has a thorough knowledge of academia as well as an understanding of the current global environment. The breadth and depth of knowledge offered in the two-year masters and doctoral program is useful to students with aspirations to pursue a professional career in the international arena or to those who plan to combine a specific disciplinary major with a career in the international relations.

The main objective of the International Trade Program is to train motivated students to be competent and sophisticated professionals by incorporating substantial approach focused on a specialized theoretical framework, including international business, international negotiations, and policy analysis of international trade, with a more practical one designed to bring in more experienced professors and experts in the related field with an aim to broaden students’ analytical perspectives on various issues.

The International Finance Program is designed to give students the tools, knowledge and insight needed in a dynamic financial marketplace. Our quantitatively-oriented program will equip students with the capacity to employ contemporary theories and financial skills in the context of modern corporate decision-making to better understand and manage foreign investment projects and policies. An in-depth study into related topics in the field of international finance, including investments, derivatives, accounting and financial institutions, will allow students to familiarize themselves with the use of required analytical skills, computer-based tools, linear relationships, regression analysis, optimization techniques, and many more.

The East Asian Studies Program offers interdisciplinary courses on economic, political, international, and socio-cultural aspects of East Asia (in particular, Korea, China, and Japan), which incorporate both historic and contemporary issues. While many courses focus on a specific country, some courses deal with region-wide issues. The goal of this program is to train area specialists on the East Asia region. Students may concentrate on one of the three countries in the region, although specializing in more than one country is a feasible option.