International Relations

About this course

International relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) offers a perspective on global politics that is genuinely different from that available at most other universities. Where many international relations programmes centre on European and North American frameworks and cases, SOAS approaches the discipline through the political issues, histories, and analytical traditions of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, asking how the concepts and theories that have dominated the field were formed, where they apply and where they do not, and what alternative frameworks have emerged from the regions that much of international relations has treated as peripheral. This three-year, full-time programme, which includes a foundation year making it accessible to those who need additional academic preparation, teaches mainstream approaches to the study of world politics alongside thei

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 57% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 8% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 8% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 8% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 29% of graduatescards →

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