Taught Courses on campus

Campus Based Masters Courses

The Financial Times identified the University of Leicester as an 'outstanding performer' in terms of its five-year record and placed Leicester in first place for being the largest provider of taught postgraduate courses in the UK.

The Department offers four campus based taught postgraduate degrees:

Entry Requirements

The entry requirement for all postgraduate taught courses in the department will be either a first or a good second class honours degree from a British university or its equivalent, in Politics, International Relations, History, Law or other related subjects.

Applicants whose first language is not English are required to have a qualification such as the British Council International English Language Testing System (score 6.5 or above) or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (score 90/575). Please see the University's English Language Requirements for more details.

How to Apply

For further details and/or an application form for the Department of Politics Masters and Diploma programmes, or opportunities for postgraduate research:

Next Step: Request an Information Pack for the Campus based programme

Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Postgraduate Brochure.

These pages should be read in conjunction with the University of Leicester’s Postgraduate Prospectus and Postgraduate Regulations.

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Postgraduate Contact Details

Postgraduate Office 
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

Tel: +44 (0)116 252 2714
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 5082
Email: politicspg@le.ac.uk  

" I have examined in either an internal or an external capacity almost all of the other Masters degrees in Diplomacy available in this country and there can be little question that this is the best in terms of both scope and depth."