Politics degrees

1,198 courses at 117 UK universities offer politics for 2027 entry: most ask for between 104 and 134 UCAS points; 398 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 768, MA (Hons) 190, BSc (Hons) 107, LLB (Hons) 55
Study full-time 1,181, part-time 17

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing politics with another subject.

• economics 129
• philosophy 123
• history 106
• law 64
• sociology 56
• Spanish studies 38
• modern languages 38
• French studies 37
• German studies 27
• modern history 22

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• L2 politics 323
• M1 law by area 40
• L3 sociology 15
• L9 other social studies 12
• T7 American studies 9
• L1 economics 8
• V5 philosophy 8
• T5 African studies 7

Universities

• University of St Andrews 84
• University of Essex 58
• Lancaster University 46
• University of Exeter 46
• SOAS University of London 45
• University of Glasgow 44
• Swansea University 40
• Queen Mary University of London 37
• University of Liverpool 37
• University of Aberdeen 35
• University of Birmingham 26
• Aberystwyth University 24
• Royal Holloway, University of London 23
• University of Warwick 23
• Oxford Brookes University 21
• The University of Edinburgh 20
• University of Reading 19
• University of Westminster, London 19
• Queen's University Belfast 18
• University of Stirling 17
• University of Sussex 16
• Manchester Metropolitan University 15
• University of Portsmouth 15
• University of York 15
• Keele University 14
• University of Chester 14
• University of Manchester 14
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 13
• Loughborough University 12
• University of Strathclyde 12
• Cardiff University 10
• London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 10
• UCL (University College London) 10
• University of Dundee 10
• University of Leeds 10
• University of Leicester 10
• University of Sheffield 10
• University of Southampton 10
• Goldsmiths, University of London 9
• University of East Anglia UEA 9
• University of Hull 9
• Brunel University of London 8
• Durham University 8
• Newcastle University 8
• University of Bristol 8
• University of Surrey 8
• Aston University, Birmingham 7
• Birkbeck, University of London 7
• City St George's, University of London 7
• King's College London, University of London 7
• Leeds Beckett University 7
• University of Bath 7
• University of Kent 7
• University of Nottingham 7
• Bath Spa University 6
• Liverpool John Moores University 6
• Nottingham Trent University 6
• Open University 6
• Ulster University 6
• University of Roehampton 6
• Anglia Ruskin University 5
• Coventry University 5
• De Montfort University 5
• University of Worcester 5
• York St John University 5
• City College Plymouth 4
• London Metropolitan University 4
• Northumbria University, Newcastle 4
• Richmond American University London 4
• University of Derby 4
• University of Lincoln 4
• University of Plymouth 4
• Bangor University 3
• Cardiff Metropolitan University 3
• Edge Hill University 3
• European School of Economics 3
• Loughborough College 3
• University of Brighton 3
• University of Chichester 3
• University of Greenwich 3
• University of London Institute in Paris 3
• University of Oxford 3
• University of Wolverhampton 3
• Blackpool and the Fylde College 2
• Boston College 2
• Bristol, UWE 2
• Bury College 2
• Liverpool Hope University 2
• Middlesex University 2
• Regent's University London 2
• Sheffield Hallam University 2
• St Mary's University, Twickenham 2
• Teesside University 2
• University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College) 2
• University of Cambridge 2
• University of East London 2
• University of Salford 2
• University of West London 2
• University of Winchester 2
• Walsall College 2
• ARU London 1
• Barnsley College University Centre 1
• Bournemouth University 1
• Cambridge Regional College 1
• Canterbury Christ Church University 1
• Chesterfield College 1
• Heart of Worcestershire College 1
• Hult International Business School 1
• New College Durham 1
• Northeastern University London 1
• NPTC Group 1
• SGS (South Gloucestershire and Stroud College) 1
• University Centre Farnborough 1
• University Centre Weston 1
• University of Buckingham 1
• University of Hertfordshire 1
• Wigan and Leigh College 1

Courses

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