Overview

Explore how international law shapes relations within and between states, focusing on key concepts and real-world issues. Learn from leading experts using innovative teaching practices, like mock negotiations, crisis simulations, and interactive seminars to develop your capacity for independent thinking and incisive analysis. Our international network of alumni have used this programme as a springboard into foreign offices and diplomatic services, the UN, EU and OECD, the IRC, Amnesty International and other NGOs, as well as businesses with an international outlook. 

• Join our vibrant, diverse and international student community, bringing different perspectives into dialogue and facilitating a global network of close connections.
• Taught by world leading experts, including from one UK’s top law schools, working at the cutting edge of research, actively engaged in advising government and shaping debates. 
• Robust understanding of political and legal fundamentals, combined with the flexibility to follow your interest through a broad range of optional modules. 
• High-profile engagement through the Global Europe Centre and the Conflict Analysis Research Centre, which crystallise our research, policy and practitioner networks into an annual schedule of events.  
• State-of-the-art facilities at Kent Law School, including a purpose-built moot court where you can practice your advocacy skills in front of a bench comprised of local judges, barristers, solicitors and lecturers.  
• Canterbury campus offers an idyllic countryside setting on the edge of a lively student town, only an hour from London and a short train ride to Europe. 

The School of Politics and International Relations is one of the most dynamic places to study Politics and International Relations. We combine high-quality teaching with cutting-edge research in a supportive environment that welcomes students from all over the world.