International Relations and Global Politics

Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available)	Full-time: 2–4 years Part-time: 3–8 years Full-time: 2–4 years Part-time: 3–8 years	October October	January to March January to March

Politics and International Studies (POLIS) researchers have expertise in theories of international relations as well as their applications to both Western and non-Western contexts.

Against the backdrop of an increasing challenge to a western-dominated international order, our research spans several areas, including global order and justice, development, international and regional society, global and regional governance; as well as a remarkably wide range of national foreign and security policies, such as those of the UK, Russia, the EU, Iran, the Middle East, China, Pakistan, South Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Exploring foreign policy and regional co-operation, from cultural and public interactions to, social media use and development, our research encompasses media organisations, religious foundations, militaries, NGOS and sub-state regional economic actors. POLIS members also supervise students interested in critical engagements with mainstream international relations theory, including constructivism, postcolonialism, post-structuralism, Marxism, cosmopolitanism and accounts of governmentality.

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

We welcome enquiries about PhD study in the broad field of International Relations, but are particularly interested in proposals on:

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 per year

Research students can apply for funding via the Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership with Oxford and Brunel, or the Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP in collaboration with Oxford and Cambridge universities. The Citizenship Studies pathway of the Grand Union DTP is hosted within the Department. Alternatively, many of our students are self-funded.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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