International Relations

Queen Mary University of London · London

Qualification

Degree

Length

3 yrs

UK fees / yr

£9,535

Study

Full-time

Worth knowing: about 22% of students don't make it past first year here - ask the uni what support they offer.

Robin · your guide

Here's the honest picture on this course - what you'd study, whether you'd likely get in, what it pays, and where it leads. Everything's real data.

About this course

Study BA International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. Explore global politics, diplomacy and international security while developing analytical and research skills. Unpick the key themes and challenges of international relations, from the Cold War to colonialism and capitalism.

War has returned to Europe. Economic power is shifting to Asia. Global issues like climate change are rising up the agenda.

Join us to explore why wars happen, why peace persists, and why states struggle to work collectively. We’ve designed this course to cover key areas such as the state system, security and globalisation. You'll study through the lens of historical and contemporary examples, from the 1870s Scramble for Africa to the global financial crisis, while learning how to apply theory to the real world.

Our regional expertise encompasses North and South America, Europe, Africa, Russia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Could you get in?

The grades students arrived with

80-95 pts2%

112-127 pts28%

128-143 pts46%

144-159 pts11%

160-175 pts7%

176-191 pts7%

How they qualified

81% got in with alevel. The rest came in a mix of ways:

alevel81%