Analyse key contemporary global societal challenges with a focus on their implications in areas like cybersecurity, counterterrorism, and peacekeeping.

This course allows you to explore key challenges that span global borders and communities and how to develop sustainable solutions to them.

You’ll examine the politics and policymaking of global powers, paying close attention to how their decisions and interactions impact the management and maintenance of political order.

This will deepen your understanding of the causes and consequences of major political issues, and equip you with the knowledge needed to address them effectively in a range of contexts.

• IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in all components
• The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 62 with no less than 59 in any element
• TOEFL IBT: 90 overall with a minimum 21 in all 4 components

You will need to get your English language qualification within 24 months prior to starting your course.

If you need to improve your English language skills before starting your studies, you may be able to take a pre-sessional course to reach the required level.

Studying this course provides an excellent grounding for careers in politics and policymaking, consulting, policy-advocacy and foreign affairs, within international organisations, multinational corporations, public bodies, NGOs and think tanks.

Graduates from our politics master’s degrees have gone on to successful careers in a wide range of organisations, including:

Danish EU Research Liaison Office in Brussels, Belgium Enel Green Power North America Inc, USA (Director of External Relations and Communications) European Parliament, Spain World Energy Council in Berlin, Germany

Others have chosen to continue their careers in academia.