BA Politics and International Relations
About this course
BA in Politics and International Relations, a three-year undergraduate programme. Core topics include research methods for political and international analysis. The course offers around 20 optional modules in years two and three, and students can undertake a Parliamentary Placement Scheme internship at Westminster or Cardiff. A semester abroad and an integrated year abroad pathway are also available.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB-CCC IB: 30-26
Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 1 UCAS decision for BA Politics and International Relations (L248) at Aberystwyth University for 2027 entry so far. The published offer is BBB at A level.
What students say
Based on about 26 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 86%
- Academic support: 96%
- Organisation and management: 86%
- Learning resources: 96%
- Student voice: 88%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 40 students who started
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 26 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 125 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 6%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 14%
- East of England: 11%
- London: 11%
- South East: 14%
- South West: 11%
- Wales: 23%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 35 students who started
- A levels: 100%
Modules
- Behind the Headlines
- Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
- Politics in the 21st Century
- Globalization and Global Development
- The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- War, Strategy and Intelligence
- International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
- People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- America at War: A Military History of the United States
- China From the Opium War to the Present
- Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- Contemporary Latin America
- Devolution and Wales
- Intervention and Humanitarianism
- Making Sense of Secrets: Intelligence Analysis in Theory and Practice
- Political Theory
- Politics in Diverse Societies
- Questions of International Politics
- Russian Security in the 21st Century
- Science, Technology, and International Relations
- Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
- Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
- The BRICS in World Politics
- The Century of the Superpowers and the Global Cold War
- The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
- The Second World War in Europe
- Total War, Total Peace
- Trade Wars and the Liberal Order
- Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
- Dissertation
- A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- America At War: a Military History of the United States
- China From the Opium War to the Present
- Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- Contemporary Latin America
- Devolution and Wales
- Intervention and Humanitarianism
- Making Sense of Secrets: Intelligence Analysis in Theory and Practice
- Political Theory
- Politics in Diverse Societies
- Questions of International Politics
- Russian Security in the 21st Century
- Science, Technology, and International Relations
- Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
- The BRICS in World Politics
- The Century of the Superpowers and the Global Cold War
- The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
- The Second World War in Europe
- Total War, Total Peace
- Trade Wars and the Liberal Order
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Politics and International Relations at Aberystwyth University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £22,000 after 3 years, £28,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £22,000 and £37,000. The £28,500 median after five years is £5,500 less than the UK median for Politics.
What do graduates of BA Politics and International Relations at Aberystwyth University do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Politics and International Relations at Aberystwyth University?
93% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Politics and International Relations at Aberystwyth University?
The typical offer is BBB at A level. The average entrant had 108 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Politics and International Relations at Aberystwyth University?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.