International Relations and Politics

About this course

International relations and politics addresses the questions that shape the world we live in: why states cooperate or go to war, what makes democracy work or fail, how power is exercised across borders, and what international institutions can and cannot achieve. It is a discipline that requires you to engage seriously with different ways of understanding the world, to evaluate evidence critically, and to reason carefully about situations where the facts are contested and the stakes are high. At the University of Portsmouth, this three-year, full-time programme gives you the conceptual tools to make sense of the forces shaping nations and the global system. You will explore what lies behind war, conflict, and collaboration between states, what democracy, freedom, and equality mean to people in different contexts, and how international norms, law, and institutions influence the behaviour

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 40% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →

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