Wales (PhD/MPhil)

UK

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What will I learn?

Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University has achieved considerable success in national and global rankings and was deemed “excellent” by the Centre for Higher Education Development.

Overview

We pride ourselves on creating an engaging environment for postgraduate study with highly motivated academic supervision.

We offer supervision and/or research projects in the following areas:

  • Comparative Politics, Policy and Governance
  • Public Policy
  • Wales, Territorial and Devolutionary Politics
  • European Politics and Area Studies
  • Political and International Theory
  • Critical Global Politics
  • Gender and International Relations
  • International Law and International Relations.
  • The Cold War
  • Security Studies
  • Critical Military Studies
  • Intelligence and Security
  • Nuclear Politics
  • Digital Technologies, Internet Governance and Cyber-Security
  • Global Environmental Politics
  • Development and Post colonialism.

Distinctive features

  • We play a leading role in Language-based Area Studies, and are involved in Politics & International Relations, within the Wales Doctoral Training Partnership, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
  • All research students are entitled to call upon a personal allocation of funds which may be spent on legitimate research related activities.
  • Our Research in Progress seminar series provides students with the opportunity to present papers in a non-intimidating environment. The series is designed to be preparatory to presenting papers at conferences, and also plays a vital role in the dissemination of subject-specific skills.
  • We encourage our PhD students to gain teaching experience, however applicants are asked to note that the allocation of teaching is dependent on which modules are running at an Undergraduate or Postgraduate level and may not be available to everyone.

Which department am I in?

School of Law and Politics

Study options

Full Time (3 years)

Tuition fees
For tuition fees for this course, please visit our website.

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Start date

April 2025

Venue

Cardiff University

PO Box 921,

Cardiff,

CF10 3XQ, WALES, Wales

Full Time (3 years)

Tuition fees
For tuition fees for this course, please visit our website.

*View details on institution website

Start date

January 2025

Venue

Cardiff University

PO Box 921,

Cardiff,

CF10 3XQ, WALES, Wales

Entry requirements

For international students

For Entry requirements for this course, please visit our website.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Cardiff University

Cardiff University offers world-leading teaching, a vibrant campus life with diverse activities, excellent facilities, and global career prospects.

  • Ranked within top 24 research-intensive UK universities
  • 12th in the UK for graduate employability (THE, 2024)
  • 2nd most affordable UK university city (NatWest 2023)
  • More than 7,500 overseas students