TRANSCEND Peace University announces that its 1st Semester of 2009, which offers 23 online certificate courses in Peace and Development studies, will start on March 9th, 2009 and the online courses will last for 12 weeks, until May 29th. Applications are received until February 25th, 2009.

The purpose of TPU and one of the main reasons for its foundation, is to promote inter-disciplinary Peace Studies, and make it accessible to as a wide community as possible. For this, we opted for an online format, offering over 20 certificate courses each semester and constantly trying to diversify our offer, also language wise. TPU faculty is drawn from amongst the leading peace scholars and practitioners in their fields internationally. A valuable asset to our courses is brought by participants themselves, by the diversity of cultures from around the world, meeting together on the TPU online platform and helping each other expand the worldviews, and finding creative solutions, approaches and ideas for all range of conflicts and conflict-related issues.

For more information please visit us at www.transcend.org/tpu or write us at tpu@transcend.org