International Relations

The International Relations course offered by the University of Essex attracts students from all over the world. You focus on general theoretical perspectives of the discipline, providing the tools for you to understand historical and contemporary events. 

We live in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world where events that unfold on other continents can affect our lives very quickly. Sometimes politicians are able to work together in a search for solutions but disagreement, and even the possibility of conflict, never seems far away.

The emphasis is on explaining and understanding international events, rather than simply the intellectual history of international relations as a field.

Your future

All Essex politics graduates have the distinction of a qualification from one of the world's leading politics departments.

The International Relations course offered by the University of Essex will help you develop key employability skills which will make you attractive to both the public and private sector, including analytical reasoning, research design, communication and report writing.

Recent graduates have gone on to work for the following high-profile organisations:

• The Civil Service

• Local government

• The World Bank

• The United Nations

• NATO

• YouGov and YouGov America

Courses included:

• Gender and Armed Conflict

• Israeli Politics

• From Cradle to Grave: Social Justice in Childhood, Adulthood, and Death

• Comparative Environmental Politics

• International Environmental Politics

• Quantitative Methods