Course Overview

Our postgraduate degrees are an excellent way to enhance your expertise and career prospects and provide a foundation for many career options. For example, you may seek to use your knowledge to work in government service, international organizations, or areas of political research and journalism. Or you may opt to look for employment in fields such as banking, business, or teaching, where your MA will be respected as a postgraduate qualification.

You may also want to consider further research after you graduate. For example, political Research graduates specializing in political research find that the research skills the degree fosters are invaluable. They now occupy posts as lecturers, research associates, and assistants.

Students taking postgraduate degrees offered by Politics and International Relations at Leicester have gone into careers in the civil service, business, the law, the police, banking, journalism, management consultancy, librarianship, and teaching. Others have gone on to doctoral research. This course provides a thorough grounding in international security studies, focusing on developments since the end of the Cold War. Global security problems often stem from complex political, economic, religious, environmental, social, and cultural causes and involve a broad range of non-state actors. The study of security in the current international system thus poses a series of challenging philosophical questions and policy dilemmas, which this course will help you address in an informed and creative manner.

This degree combines studying the main theories and concepts in international security with empirical analysis of contemporary security issues such as terrorism, proliferation, failed states, and security communities.

The MA in International Security Studies will equip you with the skills to think critically and analytically about international security and to consider the complex causes of many contemporary security problems. You will develop the ability to analyze global security problems using a mix of theoretical and empirical tools.

General Eligibility

2:1 degree or equivalent in Politics, History, International Relations, or other related subjects.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.5 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to prove your English ability. If you do not yet meet our requirements, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help you to improve your English to the necessary standard.