BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations at Nottingham Trent University

Programme overview

An interdisciplinary degree combining the strengths of the separate Politics and International Relations courses, with an overall theme of leadership. Optional modules cover debates on free speech, AI, responding to the climate crisis and ongoing conflicts, and students learn to identify and defuse conflict and to pitch ideas with confidence.

Faculty: School of Social Sciences | Department: Social and Political Sciences | Duration: Three years full-time or four years with a placement | Intake: September 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year One core modules: Politics; An Introduction to International Relations; British Politics and Beyond; Politics and International Relations in Practice; Media Power and Truth; and Study and Research Skills. A 90-hour placement takes place in Year Two, within 360 hours of work-like experience across the degree.

Career pathways

Graduates go into campaigning, fundraising and charities, local and national government and the civil service, media, public relations and marketing, international aid and development agencies, and police, armed forces and security services.

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Entry requirements

Standard offer: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications; contextual offer: 104 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications. International applicants: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four A levels or equivalent qualifications from other countries. English language requirements for international applicants depend on the subject and are set by the university's English language requirements.

Intake: September 2027

Duration: Three years full-time or four years with a placement

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