Introduction
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.
Already have an ARU degree? You may be eligible for our Alumni Scholarship for students starting postgraduate courses.
- Attend prestigious guest lecturers and visits to think tanks such as Chatham House
- Focus on your own areas of interest with optional modules including global risk society, war reporting, and terrorism
- Develop your decision making, planning and debating with interactive sessions, specific scenarios and briefs
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Key facts
Entry Requirements
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Fees and Paying for University
Facilities
Outstanding student support
Join our postgraduate student community and:
- benefit from award-winning learning facilities, including extensive library and IT resources
- learn from expert staff who will guide your research interests and career development
- access support, should you need it, with study skills, health and wellbeing, and more
- make the most of studying in the picturesque city of Cambridge, with its wealth of cultural connections and opportunities.
Lecturers
Solava Ibrahim
Associate Professor of Politics, Development and IR
Careers
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.
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