About International Relations And Security Mres in University of Liverpool

Our MRes programme provide a personalised and focused introduction to postgraduate research allowing you to develop as an independent researcher with the support of an expert in International Relations and Security.   

It provides a rigorous overview of the current state of scholarship in your selected field, guides you, through a programme of directed, individualised reading, to the selection of a feasible research project, and allows you to complete a substantial piece of research.

Career prospects

Student career development is a major interest for the department and we actively encourage you to integrate career planning into your academic studies. This is promoted through individual modules which have strong policy and career relevant aspects, a close relationship with the University’s excellent Careers Service and visits to relevant UK and EU actors in Liverpool, London and Brussels.

Over the course of your studies you will acquire unique analytical, problem-solving, written and verbal presentation, and methodological skills. This broad skill-set increases your employment opportunities as it allows you to market themselves in several areas. For example, a politics degree opens career prospects in these areas:

• Parliament, e.g. assistant to member of parliament,
• Government institutions (state or local level), e.g. civil servant or as a diplomat,
• International Organisations (e.g. UN, NATO, EU),
• Non-governmental organisations (e.g. Human Rights Watch),
• Newspaper journalism and other media,
• Corporate sector, e.g. lobbying or consultancy positions, in public relations, or to provide strategic analysis within the companies,
• Publishers,
• Academia or political consultancy (Think Tank).

Academic qualification equivalents

• Successful completion of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with minimum first division (high second division from some universities).

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS:  6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each component.
• TOEFL iBT: 88 overall with 20-Listening, Writing, Reading, 22-Speaking.
• PTE:  62 with minimum scores of 51 in each component.

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University of Liverpool Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

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