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International Relations & War MA

Please note: the course details including entry requirements and application deadlines apply to 2024 entry. Fees supplied apply to students entering King’s in 2025. Details for 2025 entry will be published shortly, please check back for more details in the coming weeks. 

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Our International Relations & War MA offers you the opportunity to study international relations in a multi-disciplinary department devoted to the study of all aspects of war. You will study this course online, meaning that you can access our high standard of teaching and expert staff from anywhere in the world without disrupting your personal and professional life.

Key benefits

  • An entirely web-delivered degree course
  • Academically rigorous course on which lecturers provide close support and guidance
  • You will develop the skills necessary for in-depth and critical analysis of international affairs and become familiar with the latest research
  • Course materials include specially written content, images, videos, maps, intensively used discussion forums and full access to the resources of our library’s extensive electronic holdings
  • Maximum flexibility for you: access content and respond to discussion postings in your own time for each study unit
  • If your own circumstances (time commitments, visa, accommodation, etc) allow, you may choose, for one term, to take one or two residential modules in our campus in London
  • Be part of a world-leading department, a vibrant research community and an international student body, drawn from a wide variety of academic and professional backgrounds
  • As with many of our graduates, this MA enables you to prepare for a career in sectors relating to international, security, and military affairs, or helps you upskill for promotion or career change
Metin

Learning from each other and getting knowledge from debates and dialogues creates the total package for a good start in reaching your personal and professional goals in life. And last but not least, I got the best friendships for a lifetime.

Metin, International Relations & War MA Alumni

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Employability

Past students from this course have gone on to build careers in NGOs, civil services, NATO, the UN, media and publishing, finance and investment and teaching, as well as in the armed forces. A number of our students have had articles published in peer-reviewed journals and undertaken further academic research. Several students have gone on to complete a PhD.

Curious to find out more? Access on-demand content including taster lectures and talks, and meet our current staff and students on our subject hub page.

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Employability

Past students from this course have gone on to build careers in NGOs, civil services, NATO, the UN, media and publishing, finance and investment and teaching, as well as in the armed forces. A number of our students have had articles published in peer-reviewed journals and undertaken further academic research. Several students have gone on to complete a PhD.

Curious to find out more? Access on-demand content including taster lectures and talks, and meet our current staff and students on our subject hub page.

Application closing date guidance

We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.

  • Our first application deadline is on 9 March 2025 (23:59 UK time)
  • The final application deadline is on 25 August 2025 (23:59 UK time).

After the first application deadline in March:

  • if the programme is not yet full, we will continue to accept applications until all available places are filled up to the final application deadlines above
  • if the programme becomes full before the final application deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications
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