Overview

Key Features

It provides opportunities to examine complex global issues and processes from multiple perspectives, to help understand the fundamental processes of cooperation, compromise, and conflict in the global arena.

The International Affairs program at Washington University in St. Louis provides you with knowledge and skills for understanding and working with difficult international and cross-cultural problems that states, societies and communities face.

Yet, the same context presents great risks as people fear loss of identity, worry about economic subordination and loss to those beyond their borders, encounter the export of environmental degradation, and confront potential decline in personal and social autonomy. You can explore the heightened economic, political, social, cultural and environmental interdependence that generates prospects for cooperation, but also serious challenges, which create the possibility of conflict, but also for compromise.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Bugs, Drugs and Global Society

Cultural Anthropology

Macroeconomics

Environmental Issues

Global Climate Change in the 21st Century

Human Use of the Earth

East Asia in the World

Chinatown: Migration, Identity and Space

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Saint Louis, United States

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies International Relations View 903 other Bachelors in Area & Cultural Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

School Report and Official Transcript

Teacher Evaluation

Counselor Recommendation

Self-reported or official SAT or ACT scores. See our one-year test optional policy for applicants in 2021.

TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test for students whose first language is not English

Portfolio (required for students applying to the College of Art, strongly encouraged for students applying to the College of Architecture.) The portfolio should be submitted using SlideRoom.

Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Tuition Fee

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International

64500 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 64500 USD per year during 48 months.
National

64500 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 64500 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

64500 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 64500 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Saint Louis

1015 - 1530 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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