Grad Dip in Politics and International Relations
Duration: one year full time, two years part time
General information
The graduate diploma is an entry degree programme, in which students with professional backgrounds or students with not closely related prior degrees can enter the programme.
They can choose modules from the broad list of SPIRe courses.
Depending on their performance, aspirations and selection of modules, students can transfer from the graduate diploma into the MA in the subject area in which they specialised.
Structure
The Graduate Diploma in Politics and International Relations is a 60-credit programme.
Full time students must take three 10-credit modules in the first semester and three 10-credit modules in the second semester.
Part time students take a total of 60-credits over the two-year duration of the part-time programme. It is advisable for students to take the core modules in Year 1.
Admission Requirements
Each application is considered on its individual merits. The applicants should have earned an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject such as political science, international relations, social science, sociology, history, geography, economics, global studies, public policy, development studies, EU studies, law/international law etc. with at least Lower or Upper Second Class Honours, or o its equivalent Relevant professional experience will also be taken into account.
Note that meet the requirements do not guarantee admission. Applicants in their final year of undergraduate study may be admitted conditional on satisfactory completion of their undergraduate degree.
