School of Politics and International Studies

Politics 

Our school offers single discipline MA Politics, and the opportunity to focus your study with one of two optional pathways.

• MA Politics 
  • Parliamentary
  • Political Theory

Partner MA programmes

The School of Politics and International Studies also contributes learning and expertise to interdisciplinary MA programmes run by other schools in the university.

• MA Theatre and Global Development
• MA Religious Studies and Global Development
• MA Theology and Global Development
• MA Disability and Global Development

Why study for an MA?

Students choose to take our MA programmes for a variety of reasons. Some wish to gain a qualification to pursue a relevant career; others want to pursue academic understanding of an area where they may have extensive work history or experience as a volunteer.

We have also found that some students wish to build on their first degree by specialising in an area they find fascinating, and that others want to obtain a qualification that consolidates their personal interest in a subject.

Whatever your reason for pursuing postgraduate study with us, you will benefit from an extensive range of facilities, including an internationally acclaimed university library comprising over 2.7 million items, first-rate computing resources and one of the most active students' unions in the country.