BA Politics and Chinese (Year Abroad)

The BA Politics and… combined honours degree offers you the ability to combine their training in politics with another subject taught at SOAS.

This combination will allow you to learn about political phenomena or regions of their interest from multiple disciplinary angles. Alternatively, you can also combine Politics with a language which opens up the possibility of deep engagement with one of the regions or countries you are interested in, including a Year Abroad for language studies.

At the end of this joint degree, you will have developed the ability to analyse domestic political questions and current affairs across the world in their various dimensions.

For the Politics component of the joint degree, students will take the core module in Political Analysis in their first year together with Political Theory or Comparative Politics. In year 2 and 3, they will have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of regional and disciplinary modules and open options.

Students taking BA Politics with another subject must satisfy the requirements of both departments.

Why Study Politics and… (combined degree) at SOAS?

• We’re ranked 5th in the UK and 18th worldwide for Politics (QS World University Rankings 2024)
• 4th globally for academic reputation (QS World University Rankings 2024)
• We're ranked 6th in the UK for employability (QS World University Rankings 2023)
• We're ranked 5th in the UK (Guardian League Table 2023)

SOAS Politics and International Relations students leave SOAS not only with a knowledge and understanding of the complex political and cultural issues of our time, but also with a portfolio of widely transferable skills which employers seek in many professional and management careers.

Recent graduates have been hired by:

• BBC World Service
• Bloomberg
• British Red Cross
• British Council
• Center for International Peace Operations
• Channel 4
• Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA)
• Department for International Development (DfID)
• Eversheds LLP
• Financial Times
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)
• Global Policy Institute
• Go East Consulting
• Grassroot Diplomat
• Palestine Red Crescent Association
• Save the Children
• UNICEF Ethiopia
• United Nations

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