Department of Politics and International Studies
Originally established as the Department of Economic and Political Studies in 1962, two separate departments of Political Studies (& International Studies) and Economics came into existence in 1990. There are at present nearly 500 students studying for degrees (BA, Certificate, MSc and MPhil/PhD) in the Department. There are also visiting students who are here as part of a year's work towards degrees in other countries (notably the United States, EU, Korea and Japan).
Apart from providing students with a firm grounding in the discipline, the department has particular strengths in the following areas:
- Regional Politics: Middle East, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Africa.
- International Relations: IR theory, security, human rights, transnational justice, IPE.
- Comparative Politics: comparative political sociology, comparative political economy.
- Political Theory: political Islam, non-western political thought, multi-culturalism.
See the Department's profile in the Political Studies Association News (March 2009)
In the 2008 UK HEFCE Research Assessment Exercise, the Department of Politics & International Studies received a strong evaluation: SOAS RAE details
National Student Survey: The Department scored a 96% satisfaction rate in the latest NSS
For Politics league tables, see:
