Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques (CERIS) is a private graduate university located in Brussels, Belgium. The university was founded in 1985 on the initiative of a group of university professors, diplomats and senior civil servants. The objective of CERIS is to promote research and post graduate education in the field of international relations. Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques was established in 1985 in Brussels, Belgium by group of university professors, diplomats and senior civil servants. In 1988 CERIS began offering its flagship Master of Arts in International Politics program. CERIS began offering a distance learning option for this program in 2008. Also in 2008, CERIS began its partnership with the Institut de Hautes études Internationales & du Dévelopement. In 2009, CERIS broadened its offerings and started a Masters program in International Development. CERIS offers two Masters degrees, a Master of Arts in International Politics and a Master of Arts in Development, as well as post graduate certificates. Both its degree programs are taught partly in English and partly French.