MA Governance, Politics and Policy

Fees for entry in 2027 have not yet been set. For reference, the fees for the academic year beginning September 2026 were as follows:

• MA (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £16,300
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £29,400
• MA (part-time)
  UK students (per annum): £8,150
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £14,700

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

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International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

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In the first few weeks the module, introduces students to the basic institutional and conceptual framework of the EU's international role, as well as theoretical and critical assessments. We then examine the EU's role in various policy domains, including enlargement, economic diplomacy, foreign and security policy, and the environment. The module concludes with a reflection on the future of the EU's relations with the world.

The aims of this module are to provide students with a theoretically informed understanding of the European Union’s international role; to examine the different tools through which the European Union pursues its external relations, particularly in economic and environmental governance; to evaluate the development of a foreign policy and security role on the part of the European Union; to familiarise students with the multiplicity of actors and decision-making processes that shape the European Union’s international presence and to analyse the evolving relations between the European Union and the rest of the world.

On completion of the course students will develop a broad and specialist knowledge of the EU’s relations with its major international partners; have acquired an appreciation of critical historical junctures and patterns in the development of European Union’s international presence; be able to relate current conceptual debates to the empirical analysis of the EU’s external role and develop presentation and essay-writing skills.

Student-led seminars. Reflections on academic sources, and debating exercises, will serve as the basis for group discussion. 

2,500 word essay (80%), 

5 minute presentation (20%) 

• Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2014) The Foreign Policy of the European Union; is the recommended course textbook; Chapter 2 – ‘European Integration and Foreign Policy: Historical Overview’ is the best chapter to read as an introduction to this module.

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