Politics and International Relations with Year Abroad (Hons)

Overview

The Politics and International Relations with Year Abroad (Hons) BA degree from Queen Mary University of London offers a huge variety of module options, allowing you to specialise in particular themes, topics and areas. You can examine global ethics, US foreign policy, race and racism in world politics or the intricacies of the European Union. You may also choose modules from other schools, covering subjects such as English, history, geography and languages.

You'll achieve a firm understanding of government, political thought, empirical and theoretical approaches to international relations, and how multiple levels of political governance – national, regional and international – interact in the world.

You have the opportunity to study abroad in your third year, immersing yourself in the culture and politics of another country.

You can complete your Politics and International Relations degree in three or four years. If you choose to do a year abroad this will take place in Year 3 and Year 3 modules will instead be studied in Year 4.

Year abroad

Go global and study abroad as part of your degree – apply for our Politics and International Relations BA with a Year Abroad. Queen Mary has links with universities in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia (partnerships vary for each degree programme).

Career opportunities:

School of Politics and International Relations graduates are highly employable, with invaluable political knowledge and research, analytical and communication skills that open doors to a huge variety of roles. They move into domestic and international careers both inside and outside the political sphere – predominantly in government, policy research, education, media and business.

Recent graduates from the School of Politics and International Relations have been hired by:

• AMAR
• House of Commons
• Labour Party
• PwC
• Scodie Deyong
• UK Home Office