International Relations

Entry requirements

We will consider applicants with a 2:2 Honours degree or above in their first degree in a relevant subject area. While we normally only consider applicants who meet this criteria, if you are coming from a different academic background which is equivalent to degree level, or have relevant work experience, we would welcome your application.

Please also see our guidance on essential documentation required for an initial decision on taught programme applications.

Months of entry

September

Course content

This programme offers a cutting-edge educational experience to explore, understand, analyse, and contextualise some of the big challenges facing humanity today

• With a particular focus on security, international relations theory, and foreign policy, it combines academic insight with experiential learning, placing you at the heart of the dynamic currents that shape contemporary global politics
• You will engage with the latest think tank reports, policy texts, alongside the core texts that have shaped the discipline
• Interactive teaching encourages debate and reflection on the ideas, processes, and policies that shaping the work around us
• Tailor your degree to your interests and career ambitions with our wide range of optional modules exploring everything from key ideas to new challenges, the legacies of the past to the challenges of the future, as well as region-specific options covering key areas of global politics today
• The programme also equips you with skills crucial for employment in the twenty-first century, using forward-looking assessments to foster the informed global leaders of tomorrow

We will equip you with the theoretical and empirical research tools needed to understand the forces that shape global politics.

Our teaching is research-led and delivered by world-leading researchers at the cutting-edge of their fields. Learning on the programme involves debating and collaborating with peers in both classroom and multi-media environments, engaging with external speakers, and putting your skills to the test in role-plays and simulations set in the exciting world of global politics.

Extra-curricular events, such as stand-alone talks given by policy makers,activists, and scholars provide alternative, real-world perspectives of world politics. Recent contributors have included:

• Aid workers from conflict and post conflict zones
• Serving and former military and intelligence leaders
• Leading policy-makers from across the world, either at national government level or in transnational organisations
• Journalists and content-providers from key global organisations such as the BBC and Meta

Information for international students

International students need to show they have the required level of English language to study this course. The required test scores for this course fall under Profile B2. Please visit our English language requirements page to view the required test scores and equivalencies from your country.

Fees and funding

We invest heavily in scholarships for talented prospective Masters students. This is in addition to the UK Government’s Postgraduate Loan Scheme. For information on how you can fund your postgraduate degree at the University of Exeter, please visit the postgraduate study pages on our website.