Why study Politics and International Relations at Brunel?

Choose Brunel and you’ll have the opportunity to follow your passion for politics whilst gaining key skills for a successful future.

Our wide-ranging politics courses will turn you into an independent thinker and will help you build transferable skills needed whether you’d like to study further, go into employment or set up an organisation yourself.

At Brunel we won’t just feed you information and theory, we will immerse you in the topics you study, and you’ll delve into a deeper analysis of the political world. We see politics as a science, so understand that there is more to your learning experience than just essay writing. We’ve structured our degrees to build your skills in critical thinking and quantitative methods and emphasise using the knowledge you gain by using real-world examples.

You’ll learn from experts in the world of politics and international relations, many of whom have written the textbooks you may have used to get to this point! Their expertise, plus the opportunity to take work placements during study means you’ll leave Brunel with a dynamic and varied skillset - a kick-start to success wherever you future may lie.

Choose your Brunel politics degree