Politics (Hons) University of Surrey

Overview

At Surrey you’ll study power, identity, conflict and society, as well as the systems and organisations that govern the world. You’ll graduate with valuable transferable skills that are highly sought after by employers.

Career opportunities

• The Politics (Hons) programme offered at the University of Surrey will introduce you to the most important public policy questions in the UK, around Europe, and the world, and explore how those who make decisions impact on others. Along the way you’ll be able to address the social and political issues behind the biggest debates in contemporary politics. On the BSc (Hons) Politics course, you’ll get a full grounding in the discipline as a whole. You’ll examine questions of national and international significance, develop an understanding of the concepts, approaches and methods in political science, and explore the way power is exercised and distributed, and how decisions in politics are made. You will have the opportunity to develop and apply primary research skills on a topic of your choice, if you choose to write a dissertation in your final year. In the survey, Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA, results show that 92 per cent of undergraduates from Politics and International Relations go on to employment or further study. Graduates over the last few years have secured roles such as:  
• Events Coordinator, AQA Education 

• Education Officer, Department for Education 

• Researcher, Westminster Forum Projects 

• Graduate Intern, Ipsos MORI 

• Corporate Finance Advisor, Department for Transport 

• Bid Analyst, Serco Ltd 

• Researcher, Society Ltd.