COURSES SOCIAL SCIENCES SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES

Politics and International Relations

BA · School of Oriental and African Studies · 3 years

Politics and International Relations

School of Oriental and African Studies

AI IMPACT

MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£30,000

SATISFACTION79%

CONTINUATION97%

PROFESSIONAL JOBS70%

DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 46% of the work its graduates go into (High).

Entry tariff of real entrants

UCAS points the actual intake arrived with: "people like this got in", not a cut-off.

<480% of entrants

48-630% of entrants

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96-11117% of entrants

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128-14316% of entrants

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208-2233% of entrants

224-2392% of entrants

240+1% of entrants

Student satisfaction

Overall satisfaction is 79% (National Student Survey). Continuation past year one: 97%.

What you actually study

YEAR 1

Introduction to Social Theory · Research Methods in Social Science · Global Political Economy · Comparative Politics

YEAR 2

Advanced Social Theory · Research Methods II · Public Policy Analysis

YEAR 3

Specialism: Gender / Race / Class / Migration · Dissertation Workshop

MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).