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Politics at University of Bristol - UCAS

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2024 - 20252025 - 2026
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Course summary

This degree provides an opportunity to conduct advanced political research in an interdisciplinary school. You will study with internationally renowned Politics and International Relations scholars in a dynamic and supportive research environment. Our research activity is guided by focusing on key themes:

  • critical security;
  • conflict, peace and violence
  • gender and sexuality;
  • race, colonialism, postcolonialism, and decolonialism;
  • global knowledge (including expertise, ignorance, and secrecy);
  • the climate crisis and green political theory;
  • political economy;
  • political and social inequalities;
  • popular culture and (global) politics;
  • political and international theory;
  • socio-technical systems and their politics;
  • Europe and European governance;
  • the Americas, politics and sociology;
  • African regional and state politics;
  • South and East Asian regional and state politics.
You will join an international community of students working on a range of politics and international relations issues. Our staff also have particular expertise across a range of cultural and social theory and champion diverse research methodologies. You will be assigned two PhD supervisors whose current research interests and expertise are relevant to your chosen research area. We are committed to rigorous conceptual and empirical research that is politically and socially relevant and problem-orientated. We aim to advance theory, knowledge and methods at the cutting edge of Politics and International Relations. We produce leading research with an international focus that is relevant to the changing circumstances of an increasingly interconnected world. Our aim is not just to monitor the world but to contribute to a better understanding and to ways that might improve it. Most students will start in September 2024 or January 2025, however other dates can be considered. Please contact the Postgraduate Student Administrator to discuss the options available.

Assessment method

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/media/postgraduate/admissions-statements/2024/phd-politics.pdf

How to apply

International applicants

The University of Bristol welcomes applications from international students and accepts a wide range of qualifications for postgraduate study. If you study or have studied at a university outside the UK, please select the relevant page for further information on qualifications, scholarships and education representatives in your country/region: bristol.ac.uk/international/countries

Entry requirements

An upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent) and a master's qualification (or equivalent). See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £2379 Year 1
Northern Ireland £2379 Year 1
Scotland £2379 Year 1
Wales £2379 Year 1
Channel Islands £2379 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year. For more information, please view the programme page on our website.
Politics at University of Bristol - UCAS