Overview

The International Relations programme offered by The Open University UK you will look at real-world challenges, including international division, rising powers, national and global security threats, the rise of populism, and worldwide ethical dilemmas. This will give you a comprehensive grounding in core conceptual, empirical and theoretical debates in international relations. Both mainstream and critical approaches are used in covering a range of practical cases and perspectives from around the world. In addition, you'll deepen a number of skills that are crucial to enhancing your career development and research ability.

Key Facts

Engage with some of the most important global challenges facing the world today
Emphasises real-world issues, including international division, diplomacy, rising powers, national and global security threats, the rise of populism, and global ethical dilemmas
Learn a range of theoretical approaches, concepts, methods and scholarly debates within International Relations
Develops your independent research skills culminating in a dissertation project

Programme Structure

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Disciplines

International Relations View 40 other Masters in International Relations in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

You’ll typically be expected to have an undergraduate degree to gain entry on their postgraduate qualifications. But you may also have professional experience, other qualifications, or prior university-level study that’ll help set you up for success. You’ll find individual entry requirements on our qualification and module descriptions.
Entry requirements could be:
An undergraduate degree in a related subject
Employment in a relevant professional setting
Anumber of years’ professional experience on which to build your learning.
In some cases, if you don’t hold the required prerequisite qualifications, we may accept significant experience as ‘alternative entry’ onto a qualification.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

13570 GBP / year

≈ 13570 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

8800 GBP / year

≈ 8800 GBP / year

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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