Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations with Politics, Professional Placement Year

A four year honours degree in global politics including a professional placement year, covering international relations theory, diplomacy, comparative politics and applied work.

International bodies and charities run structured placement schemes, which is how many careers in this field actually begin.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations with Politics, Professional Placement Year is taught at Bath Spa University, a public university in England with full degree awarding powers. Because the international relations placement degree is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the international relations placement degree, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the international relations placement degree plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the international relations placement degree does not support a family move.

Entry to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations with Politics, Professional Placement Year is a recognised post-secondary certificate or equivalent at 50 percent or above. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the international relations placement degree is recorded at GBP 17,310. Bath Spa charges no application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the international relations placement degree. The international relations placement degree lists three entry windows, one September start in each of three consecutive years. Apply Study Visa manages your the international relations placement degree application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.