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MA International Relations

Queen's University Belfast

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Queen's University Belfast

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Queen's Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    21-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Having introduced the theoretical and methodological components which facilitate our study of the field, we use these tools to examine, explain, and understand the issues and processes that make up our world: looking, for example, at war diplomacy arms control and arms proliferation global health policy humanitarian intervention international development policy race and legacies of colonialism human displacement inequality and injustice. While still attending closely and consistently to traditional issues of world politics the programme offers a significantly broader education in international politics by examining contemporary issues of international politics from a multitude of perspectives, both traditional and more critical. Throughout the programme, students are able to balance engagement with core content in the field of International Relations with active development of their own areas of specialisation as they choose elective courses according to their own interests. Among the central aims of the programme is the provision of high-quality methodological and research design training needed to conduct independent research projects to an academically accredited standard. This culminates in the final dissertation stage of the programme. Recent students' dissertation topics have included: Jihadi use of social media Russian foreign and security policy after the Ukraine conflict Extreme right-wing terrorism and the internet Russian private military actors EU defence policy after BREXIT Baltic security and the future of NATO Paramilitarism and the Northern Irish border Indian defence and security in relation to rising China The limits of ‘truth and reconciliation’ in conflict resolution and more.

Tuition fees

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£ 23,000per year

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University information

Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast

  • University League Table

    24th

  • Campus address

    Queen's Campus, University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Politics

    32nd out of 74 8

  • Entry standards

    / Max 217
    148 68%

    25th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    78.0 78%

    27th

    3

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.02 75%

    58th

    17

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