Politics and International Relations UCL

Overview

In this Politics and International Relations program at UCL you’ll engage with practitioners from the world of politics, policy, and activism and be equipped to make your mark in the public and private sector, grassroots movements, NGOs, think tanks and academia.

Degree benefits

• Learn from world-leading experts in politics and international relations in the UCL Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy, who will teach your classes. 
• Acquire the knowledge and know-how you need to analyse the major political problems of our time and evaluate how we should respond to them. 
• Link your studies with real-world political developments, both through coursework that engages with current events and by learning from eminent practitioners at our flagship Policy & Practice Seminar Series.
• Develop a portfolio of skills in how to undertake research; analyse data; argue persuasively and communicate effectively, valued by employers in both the public and private sectors. 

Careers

Our goal is to produce graduates who can undertake independent research on complex questions, collecting and analysing data and other forms of evidence; who can express complicated ideas clearly and communicate them effectively in speech and writing and who can construct and defend reasoned arguments about politics and public policy.

The Politics and International Relations BSc will equip you with a range of skills. Your training in independent research, data analysis, writing, and logical reasoning, alongside the breadth of knowledge you will acquire, will be valued by employers across the public and private sectors. 

Alumni of the UCL Department of Political Science have gone on to careers working for the civil service, members of parliament, domestic and international NGOs, management consultancies and other private sector organisations, news organisations and think-tanks, as well as undertaking postgraduate study.