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Build the skills to take on global challenges in the 21st century. From great power politics to deep seated conflicts, on climate change as much as terrorism and cyber security, the International Relations MA programme will equip you with the knowledge to interpret events, identify trends and make informed judgments about what the future holds.

Stand in the shoes of the diplomat, the foreign policy maker, the political analyst, and learn how to engage international politics with insight and clarity. Explore real world issues and key policy areas and learn from leading experts who advise governments and shape debates. Innovative teaching practices like simulations, interactive seminars, and flipped classrooms, will develop your capacity for independent thinking and incisive analysis.

Our international network of alumni have used this programme as a springboard into foreign offices and diplomatic services, the UN, EU and OECD, the IRC, Amnesty International and other NGOs, as well as businesses with an international outlook.

Reasons to study International Relations:

• Join our vibrant, diverse and international student community, bringing different perspectives into dialogue and facilitating a global network of close connections.
• Taught by world leading experts at the cutting edge of research, actively engaged in advising government and shaping debates.
• Fundamental skills of analysis, interpretation and prediction, combined with the flexibility to follow your interest through a broad range of optional modules.
• High-profile engagement through the Global Europe Centre and the Conflict Analysis Research Centre, which crystallise our research, policy and practitioner networks into an annual schedule of events.
• Canterbury campus offers an idyllic countryside setting on the edge of a lively student town, only an hour from London and a short train ride to Europe.

Your future:

The School of Politics and International Relations has a dedicated Employability Coordinator who organises employability events within the School as well as providing students with assistance in securing graduate opportunities. Centrally, the Careers and Employability Service can help you plan for your future by providing one-to-one advice at any stage of your postgraduate studies.

Alumni profile: Misha Upadhyaya graduated from Kent with an MA in International Relations. She is now Stakeholder and Engagement Officer at the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime at City Hall, London.