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Politics & International Relations degrees compared with official data

723 courses at 93 universities, every page shows entry standards, graduate earnings, satisfaction scores and fees.

723
Courses
93
Universities

Top Politics & International Relations courses

Ordered by the arithmetic mean of the official measures published for each course, NSS satisfaction, graduate activity and continuation. Official data only; no commercial league-table input. Two of the three measures are published rounded to the nearest 5 percentage points, so courses are grouped into bands against the whole board instead of scored out of 10, and courses whose measures are identical are listed alphabetically.

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BA (Hons) Politics
Keele University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics
LJMU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) International Relations and Chinese
LSEPS · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.7% · in work or study 92% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics
University of Derby · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) International Social and Public Policy with Politics
LSEPS · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations
University of Hull · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) International Social and Public Policy
LSEPS · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Politics and Sociology
University of Sheffield · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 83.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) International Relations
Leeds Beckett University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
MA (Hons) International Relations
University of St Andrews · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.1% · in work or study 90% · continued 98%
BA (Hons) International Relations (Including Year Abroad)
University of Essex · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.6% · in work or study 91% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) International Relations
LSEPS · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89% · in work or study 92% · continued 96%
BA (Hons) International Relations
Loughborough University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 81.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) International Relations
Loughborough University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 81.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Politics
University of Surrey · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.6% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Politics and International Studies
University of Warwick · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.4% · in work or study 93% · continued 99%
BA (Hons) Politics and Modern Languages
University of Exeter · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.3% · in work or study 88% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Politics
University of Surrey · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.1% · in work or study 85% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) British Politics and Legislative Studies
University of Hull · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) International Relations
University of Essex · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) International Relations
Swansea University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations with Placement Year
University of Reading · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) International Relations
Aberystwyth University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.9% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Politics and International Studies with Chinese
University of Warwick · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86% · in work or study 88% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) International Relations
Durham University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.7% · in work or study 84% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Politics and International Relations with professional placement or study abroad
University of Bath · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.6% · in work or study 90% · continued 98%
BA (Hons) International Relations
University of Lincoln · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 85%
BA (Hons) Politics
University of Birmingham · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 83.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Politics
LSEPS · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 81% · in work or study 92% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) International Relations and Social Anthropology
University of St Andrews · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92% · in work or study 90% · continued 91%
BA (Hons) War, Peace and International Relations
University of Reading · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 82.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Global Politics with Integrated Year Abroad in Brussels
University of Warwick · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86% · in work or study 88% · continued 98%
BA (Hons) Politics
Newcastle University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 82% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Politics, International Studies and German
University of Warwick · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86% · in work or study 88% · continued 98%
BA (Hons) Politics, International Studies and Italian
University of Warwick · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86% · in work or study 88% · continued 98%
BA (Hons) Global Development
University of York · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.6% · in work or study 81% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) International Relations
University of Leicester · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.6% · in work or study 80% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) International Relations (with integrated year studying abroad)
Aberystwyth University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.6% · in work or study 85% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations
Newcastle University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.4% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
MA (Hons) International Relations and Politics
University of Dundee · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 81.6% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) Politics and International Relations
University of Aberdeen · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) International Relations and Languages
University of Portsmouth · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 81.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (French)
University of Bath · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84% · in work or study 87% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (German)
University of Bath · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84% · in work or study 87% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (Spanish)
University of Bath · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84% · in work or study 87% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations
University of Sheffield · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88% · in work or study 90% · continued 93%
BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations
University of Essex · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 85%
BA (Hons) Culture, Heritage and Politics
UHI · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 80%

Pick your predicted grades above and each course gets a fit badge: they compare your UCAS points with that course’s admitted-student tariff, same logic as the calculator on every course page. Courses with no published tariff stay unbadged. Not a guarantee; many universities make contextual offers.

What Politics & International Relations graduates earn

What Politics & International Relations graduates actually earn, from real outcome data — 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.

Starting (15 months) HESA GO
£24,000 – £32,000
After 3 years LEO
£21,675 – £30,600
After 5 years LEO
£27,200 – £38,400

National figures for Politics & International Relations graduates — HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.

Roles & employers

Where Politics & International Relations graduates typically go.

Typical roles

  • Policy officer
  • Political researcher
  • Public-affairs consultant
  • Diplomat
  • Campaigner

Where they work

  • Government & civil service (FCDO)
  • Think tanks
  • NGOs
  • Public-affairs agencies

Every university offering Politics & International Relations

Course counts link to each university’s full profile.

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