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Global Affairs at Lancaster University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

Why Lancaster?

  • Develop critical, creative and cross-disciplinary approaches to global affairs
  • Study with world-leading researchers whose expertise spans a diverse range of global affairs contexts across the arts, humanities, and social sciences
  • Learn global leadership and collaboration skills that equip you to navigate difficult decision-making
  • Work collaboratively with peers across our suite of global master’s courses to build your own interdisciplinary professional network
  • Develop a practical and future-orientated understanding of how change is made
  • Learn from experts in British, Russian, Middle Eastern, Asian, European, African and American global politics and international relations
Our innovative master’s course is designed to generate fresh thinking to address global problems such as climate change, conflict, identities, information and truth. Applying critical concepts, theories and practices drawn from the humanities and social sciences, you’ll gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to be an impactful and transformative professional. A new approach to Global Affairs In today's world of complexity and interdependence, global challenges are evolving, shifting and transforming across different sectors, disciplines and localities. Multi-disciplinary perspectives and insights will be essential to meet the problems facing humanity and the planet. This course is built around critical thinking, collaboration and creative approaches. You'll be introduced to cutting-edge concepts, theories and practices from across disciplines ranging from politics, sociology and history to art, economics and environmental sciences. You will be encouraged to draw on different disciplines as you consider issues from the perspectives of diverse stakeholders and seek workable solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. Collaboration in practice This master’s course is one of a series of four interconnected courses that have a common ethos and structure. You’ll take part in subject-specific modules designed to build in-depth knowledge of global affairs. You’ll assess, engage in and create responses to real- world issues. In studio modules you’ll work collaboratively with other course participants on live community briefs, connecting Lancaster’s research with both local environments and analysing global issues. For some modules, you’ll join with students from other master’s cohorts on projects that will develop your leadership skills – using use generative, collaborative thinking to create innovative solutions that are relevant to diverse external stakeholders. Working with students from our other cohorts will bring you into contact with those specialising in global sustainability and the environment, AI, and global health and medical humanities. You’ll experience the benefits that harnessing skills and knowledge from diverse groups and subjects can bring. You’ll have the opportunity to tailor your final project to draw on your academic, personal or professional experience. A range of innovative assessment types will give you the freedom to represent your chosen topic creatively and persuasively. Learn or develop a language This course gives you the opportunity to gain advanced cultural perspectives via a beginners or continuing language module. Choose from French, German Spanish, Italian or Chinese Explore areas of interest Optional modules enable you to study a range of topics such as:
  • Global conflict and violence
  • Geopolitics and security: traditional and critical approaches
  • Global histories: modernity, colonisation and legacies of empire
  • Population mobilities and borders.
  • Global hunger, poverty and inequality
  • Global governance and leadership
  • Human rights, social movements and community activism

Entry requirements

2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in any subject, or 2:2 with professional experience relevant to the programme (please give further detail of your experience in your personal statement).

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

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

For information on our fees, please see www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding.
Global Affairs at Lancaster University - UCAS