Politics and International Relations with Placement Year - BA (Hons)
University of Reading
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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OCT-26

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Address some of the contemporary world’s most pressing problems, and explore ethical and moral issues that arise when political authority is exercised, with our BA Politics and International Relations degree.As a student in the Department of Politics and International Relations, you will benefit from a learning environment driven by high-quality research. 97 percentage of our research outputs are rated ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’, meaning that the University of Reading is 6th ...Read more

Address some of the contemporary world’s most pressing problems, and explore ethical and moral issues that arise when political authority is exercised, with our BA Politics and International Relations degree.As a student in the Department of Politics and International Relations, you will benefit from a learning environment driven by high-quality research. 97 percentage of our research outputs are rated ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’, meaning that the University of Reading is 6th highest in the UK for research outputs (Times Higher Education analysis of the latest REF 2021 – Politics and International Studies, when scoring by GPA Output). Our areas of strength include: applied political theorycomparative politicspublic policy analysisconflictsecuritystrategyinternational relations.

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37th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2026
36th
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Jamie
23 Feb 24

Reading Uni has a beautiful and green campus and is a lovely place to be. Decent facilities and a decent politics course, good lecturers/teachers. however, the student union does..Read more

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Aaliya
23 Jan 24

I have loved my time at UoR! As a student that didn't get to go on campus tours due to COVID, I was limited in my understanding of what a university should offer, however during..Read more

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£25,850 per year

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Jamie
23 Feb 24
Politics and International Relations with Placement Year - BA (Hons)
Reading Uni has a beautiful and green campus and is a lovely place to be. Decent facilities and a decent politics course, good lecturers/teachers. however, the student union does...
Read more
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Aaliya
23 Jan 24
Politics and International Relations - BA (Hons)
I have loved my time at UoR! As a student that didn't get to go on campus tours due to COVID, I was limited in my understanding of what a university should offer, however during...
Read more
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University of Reading
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For over 100 years, the University of Reading has been driving positive social change and transforming lives....

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Whiteknights Pepper Lane Reading Wokingham RG6 6UR United Kingdom
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