Course summary

9th in the UK for Social Sciences (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2024) About the course Language skills are a great asset to have for careers in international relations and international organisations. This course allows you to enhance your language skills alongside gaining an understanding of the role of states, international organisations and non-state actors in our global world. Learn from experts whose research is making a difference to communities across the world – from human rights and climate change, to food crises and health pandemics. You also get real-world exposure to international relations, from regular events with practitioner speakers. Choose one language from Arabic, British Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, or you can choose to study English Language Teaching. About Sussex Sussex graduates change the world. Our students become the leaders of the future, making discoveries, improving lives and changing things for the better. Study with us to join a welcoming and inspiring community of staff and students from more than 140 countries. Location We shape the world from a fantastic campus on the UK’s beautiful south coast. We are the only UK university surrounded by a national park, so you can step off campus to explore the hills and woodlands of the South Downs. The vibrant, colourful and creative seaside city of Brighton & Hove is just nine minutes away. With Brighton voted the happiest city in England for students, (Student Living Survey, Sodexo, 2018) there can be few better places to study.