Thank you for your interest in postgraduate study in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester. We hope that these web pages will provide you with all the information you need ahead of submitting your application.

Taught Courses

We offer a wide range of postgraduate courses, many of which can be studied on campus or via distance learning:

• MA Diplomatic Studies - distance learning only
• MA Human Rights and Global Ethics - campus-based or distance learning
• MA International Relations and World Order - campus-based or distance learning
• MA International Security  - campus-based or distance learning
• MSc Political Research - campus-based only

Research degrees

Nine Graduate Teaching Assistantships Available in Politics/International Relations

We benefit from a strong reputation for research and a lively research culture which our research students benefit from enormously. We offer the following research degrees:

• PhD
• MPhil
• PhD via distance learning