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Wales (PhD/MPhil)

Cardiff University

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Cardiff University

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-JUL-25

  • Duration

    3 years

Course summary

Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University has achieved considerable success in national and global rankings and was deemed “excellent” by the Centre for Higher Education Development.

Overview

We pride ourselves on creating an engaging environment for postgraduate study with highly motivated academic supervision.

We offer supervision and/or research projects in the following areas:

  • Comparative Politics, Policy and Governance
  • Public Policy
  • Wales, Territorial and Devolutionary Politics
  • European Politics and Area Studies
  • Political and International Theory
  • Critical Global Politics
  • Gender and International Relations
  • International Law and International Relations.
  • The Cold War
  • Security Studies
  • Critical Military Studies
  • Intelligence and Security
  • Nuclear Politics
  • Digital Technologies, Internet Governance and Cyber-Security
  • Global Environmental Politics
  • Development and Post colonialism.

Distinctive features

  • We play a leading role in Language-based Area Studies, and are involved in Politics & International Relations, within the Wales Doctoral Training Partnership, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
  • All research students are entitled to call upon a personal allocation of funds which may be spent on legitimate research related activities.
  • Our Research in Progress seminar series provides students with the opportunity to present papers in a non-intimidating environment. The series is designed to be preparatory to presenting papers at conferences, and also plays a vital role in the dissemination of subject-specific skills.
  • We encourage our PhD students to gain teaching experience, however applicants are asked to note that the allocation of teaching is dependent on which modules are running at an Undergraduate or Postgraduate level and may not be available to everyone.

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University information

Cardiff University

Cardiff University

Cardiff University

  • University League Table

    27th

  • Campus address

    Cardiff University, PO Box 921, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF10 3XQ, Wales

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Cardiff University has a welcoming and vibrant international community, with over 7,500 students coming from more than 130 countries.
Cardiff is a truly global institution with more than 200 partnerships and formal research links worldwide, giving students access to unique opportunities.
A wide range of dedicated support services for international students, including pre-departure advice, airport pickups, personal tutor guidance and more.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Politics

    23rd out of 79 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 215
    144 67%

    28th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    81.0 81%

    21st

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.99 75%

    56th

    11

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