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Looking to shape a fairer, more sustainable world? Our International Relations and Development BA equips you with the skills to tackle global challenges, from poverty to climate change. Gain insights across interconnected subjects, engage with expert-led research, and access international opportunities to make a real-world impact.
By blending academic insight with practical experience, this course shapes your career and equips you to tackle global challenges. You'll develop essential skills in problem-solving, communication, and policy-making, preparing you to create meaningful change in global development, politics, and beyond.
Our BA in International Relations and Development uniquely integrates global development with political analysis, preparing you to tackle pressing global issues. You'll gain practical experience through placements and study tours, deepen your research and critical thinking skills, and finish by completing a dissertation on a topic of personal interest. This interdisciplinary approach equips you with the knowledge and tools for a career in international development, policy-making, or beyond.
Reasons to study at Birmingham
- Learn from expert academics engaged in innovative research, providing you with up-to-date insights and a research-driven curriculum.
- Develop global perspectives by gaining insights into the interconnection of global development, governance, and international relations with a focus on real-world challenges.• Tailor your studies with a wide range of optional modules, allowing deeper exploration of areas that interest you most.
- Access a global network, engage with research-driven teaching, and enhance your employability through project and professional development opportunities.
- Gain global perspectives and cross-cultural skills by studying at an overseas university, enhancing your employability and broadening your academic and personal horizons.
Globally, organisations are driving inclusive development, offering diverse career opportunities in international agencies, government, and NGOs. Our International Relations and Development BA equips you with the skills employers value, including practical experience in designing and evaluating development projects, preparing you for roles across multiple sectors.
Careers Network
Our aim is to make sure that success in your studies leads you on to a fulfilling career. Whatever you plan to do after your degree, the Careers Network offer support to help you identify your options, develop your skills and gain access to opportunities that propel you towards your career goal.
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A Level
- AAB
IB
- 6,6,5 at Higher Level with a minimum of 32 points overall
BTEC
- BTEC options considered
- Number of A levels required: 3
- General Studies: not accepted
- T Levels: all subjects considered. Standard offer: Distinction overall with A in the Core Component.
English language requirements
If you are an international student, you will need to demonstrate you have a suitable level of English proficiency, usually through the form of an IELTS or equivalent qualification or a Presessional English course.
- TOEFL: 88 overall with no less than 21 in Reading, 20 in Listening, 22 in Speaking and 21 in Writing.
- IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in any band.
- Pearson Test of English (PTE): PTE 67 with no less than 64 in all four skills.
- Cambridge English(exams taken from 2015): Cambridge English: Advanced Minimum overall score of 176, with no less than 169 in any component
- Language Cert ESOL SELT (UKVI): B2 'Communicator' with no less than 33 in each skill
- Trinity ISE II: Not applicable
- Trinity ISE III: Pass in each Skill
Apply for partial scholarships
Globally, organisations are driving inclusive development, offering diverse career opportunities in international agencies, government, and NGOs. Our International Relations and Development BA equips you with the skills employers value, including practical experience in designing and evaluating development projects, preparing you for roles across multiple sectors.
Careers Network
Our aim is to make sure that success in your studies leads you on to a fulfilling career. Whatever you plan to do after your degree, the Careers Network offer support to help you identify your options, develop your skills and gain access to opportunities that propel you towards your career goal.
Year 1
- LC Global Development Challenges I
- LC Global Development Challenges II
- LC Pathways to International Relations Research I
- LC Pathways to International Relations Research II
- LC Global History
- LC Introduction to International Development
- LC Politics of Development
- LC Understanding International Relations
Year 2
- LI Understanding development assistance
- LI Working in Development
Year 3
- LI Year Abroad
Year 4
- LH Dissertation
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