International Relations

Overview

• Our teaching is informed by the international challenges we face in the 21st Century, the latest think tank reports, policy texts and the core texts that have shaped the discipline

• Teaching may include input from external speakers, debates, conferences, field trips and simulations

• Tailor your degree to your interests and career ambitions with our wide range of optional modules including Global Security, East Asian Regional Order, and The Politics of Global Capitalism

• We will equip you with skills that are highly sought after by employers or for further study around the world

Careers

Many of our students are working professionals in governments around in the world, NGOs and aid agencies and choose to take the MA International Relations to provide them with a broader perspective and develop their careers.

Students of the International Relations programme from The University of Exeter go on to work in aid agencies; the media; NGOs in the UK and overseas; government bodies such as the Ministry of Defence and Foreign Office; the Diplomatic Service; international organisations including EU institutions and the United Nations; and think tanks. Many of our students also stay on to study for MPhil/PhD and Masters by Research and follow academic careers.

Apart from specialist knowledge and skills relating to a range of careers in government, diplomacy, journalism and the third sector, you will also develop transferrable skills that are highly desirable in a range of careers. These include:

• High-level research and writing skills

• Analysis, evaluation and presentation skills

• Excellent communication skills and experience, both written and oral

• Good IT skills which may include the handling of statistical data

• Independent work skills of time-planning and motivation