Global Security (Taught)

Explore the complex challenges shaping our world with the MSc Global Security. This Master's is a forward-thinking course designed for those who aspire to make a meaningful impact in international relations, policy, and security.

As globalisation, technology, and environmental change transform the international landscape, the need for informed and strategic security professionals has never been greater.

This postgraduate degree provides an interdisciplinary and research-led education in global security, equipping you with the analytical, theoretical, and practical skills needed to understand and address complex security threats.

What you’ll learn

• Analyse historical and contemporary issues as you broaden your understanding of global security.

• Apply theoretical frameworks to real-world international and political issues.

• Develop critical research, communication, and analytical skills for professional practice.

• Engage with expert academics to deepen your understanding of policy and governance.

• Interrogate current issues surrounding global security on a local, national, and international scale.

• You’ll study topics such as cyber security, gender and race security, terrorism, environmental security, and human rights, gaining a critical understanding of the political, social, and ethical dimensions of global safety.

Through a combination of contemporary, multifaceted modules, you'll develop the graduate skills that are essential for you to progress into academia or continue in a range of professions that require specialist knowledge and skills in global security.

Students of the MSc Security & International Relations will be assessed through a range of methods, including essays, book reviews, portfolios, oral presentations, political role play, simulations, as well as a sustained piece of academic work in the form of a thesis, all of which take account of two key interdependent aspects:

The acquisition of relevant knowledge and understanding in the areas of Security and International Relations; and
The development of academic style and practical skills that form the basis of graduate employability.
Accordingly, assessment procedures are designed to test the acquisition and needs of graduate students in terms of their newly attainment and management of broad areas of knowledge and understanding in their chosen subject area, as well as the various transferrable skills by which that knowledge is acquired.