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With our undergraduate degrees you will acquire a deep understanding and knowledge of the ideas and institutions that have shaped our society, and address today's most pressing global issues.
You can opt to undertake a placement year in industry or study abroad.
If you are looking to combine your study of politics and international relations with another discipline, you can choose from our range of joint degree courses.
Explore the world's most pressing political issues through this engaging, discussion-based degree course. You will have the opportunity to pursue your own interests through optional modules that cover a range of topical issues, from the politics of the welfare state to international terrorism.
You have the opportunity to take a placement year with this course, where you can gain valuable professional experience before your final year.
Draw on our Department's research strengths and specialise in war, peace, strategy and the issues that surround conflict. Study war in a historical context and consider challenging questions such as whether war can ever be justified or whether peace should be maintained at all costs.
You have the opportunity to take a placement year with this course, where you can gain valuable professional experience before your final year.
Develop a deep understanding of the critical political and economic issues that dominate the news agenda and shape the world in which we live. You will acquire a strong grounding in the fundamental elements of politics, and study the relationship between economics and society.
You have the opportunity to take a placement year with this course, where you can gain valuable professional experience before your final year.
Explore a wide range of exciting core and optional modules in international relations that cover topical issues such as European political integration and international terrorism. In economics, you'll study the relevance of mathematical and statistical techniques to applied problems and practical issues in society.
You have the opportunity to take a placement year with this course, where you can gain valuable professional experience before your final year.
If you want to study politics at a British university but don’t have the correct qualifications, our four-year BA Politics and International Relations with International Foundation Year programme enables you to do so.
The foundation year is designed to equip you with the subject-specific and general study skills needed to cope with the demands of undergraduate study.
You can start this course either in September or January.
Our BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics is a joint degree with a rich history – this combination of subjects has been a well-known favourite choice for politicians and future prime ministers.
This course offers you the opportunity to study philosophy, politics and economics in the first year, and allows you to focus on two or continue with all three subjects in your second and final years.
Study the art of the possible and the art of persuasion with our BA English Literature and Politics degree.
You will gain a thorough understanding of the foundations of modern politics and the methods for studying political assent and conflict, while also having the chance to study literature from a broad range of