Department of Politics and International Relations

Welcome to the Department of Politics and International Relations! We hope you enjoy your offer holder day with us.

Courses and modules

See full module descriptions for each of our programmes on our course pages:

BA Politics

BA International Relations and Politics

BA History and Politics

BA Economics and Politics

BA Politics and Sociology

BA Politics and Philosophy

BA Politics and Modern Languages and Cultures

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Your career 
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Alumni profiles

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How International Relations led me to become a Sky News Reporter

Olive Enokido-Lineham News Reporter, Sky News, BA International Relations and Politics

"The course deepened my curiosity to learn more about current affairs and what’s going on in the world."
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I knew Sheffield was where I wanted to go

Joe Twyman Co-founder and Director, Deltapoll, BA Politics

"Be prepared, be different and be resilient, but more importantly: do it all."
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I felt like I wanted a challenge

Andreea Huidan Andreea Huidan, BA Politics and Philosophy

"My tutorials in both Politics and Philosophy have always felt like a great platform to try out ideas and debate controversial texts or take a critical approach in analysing the latest political news."

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