MA International Relations at Anglia Ruskin University

Discover how international relations theory affects real-world events, and develop crucial skills like decision making and debating. With prestigious guest lecturers and visits to think tanks such as Chatham House, you’ll gain all the experience you need for a role in global politics.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences  |  Department: School of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 12 months full-time; 16 months full-time; 24 months part-time; 32 months part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: September 2027, January 2027  |  Location: Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

We offer a range of core and optional modules, with optional modules sometimes changing depending on staff availability. You’ll demonstrate your progress through a combination of role-play scenarios, briefs, written reports, poster presentations, group projects, dissertation, longer essays, case studies, research proposal, short analyses of global events, short review papers, practical data gathering exercises, and short abstracts of core course readings. Whole course: Theoretical Foundations: Critiques, Debates and Contexts, Global Governance, Postgraduate Major Project; options include War, Peacekeeping and Military Intervention, Globalisation Organised Crime and Crime Control, Race, Racism and Resistance in Modern Britain since the Eighteenth Century, Beyond Borders Intercultural Communication Welfare and Policy.

Career pathways

Our course will prepare you for a career in many roles relating to international relations, such as diplomacy and the diplomatic services, strategy and strategic planning, public services, the Foreign Office, the UN and other international bodies, local government, NGOs, charities, education, journalism and press agencies. Alumnus Zindi Levi is now an intern at the High Commission of Gambia in London.

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