Anthropology and International Relations

About this course

Anthropology and international relations is a combination that addresses complementary questions from different angles. International relations asks how states, international organisations, and other actors interact at the global level, why conflicts arise, how cooperation is achieved, and what drives foreign policy. Anthropology asks what it means to be human in a particular place and time, how cultures differ and why, and how people make sense of their social worlds. Together they develop a graduate who can engage with global dynamics at both the macro level of states and institutions and the micro level of lived human experience. At the University of Aberdeen, this four-year full-time programme explores what it means to be human within the context of understanding how organisations, states, and governments interact in an ever-changing global and economic context. You will develop the

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 70% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 30% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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