Keystone logo
King's College London - Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy MA in European Studies
King's College London - Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy

MA in European Studies

London, United Kingdom

1 up to 2 Years

English

Full time, Part time

09 Mar 2025*

Sep 2025

GBP 27,996 / per year **

On-Campus

* first application deadline

** UK students: £12,468 per year | International students: £27,996 per year

Introduction

Our European Studies MA course will give you a detailed understanding of the politics, history, economy and societies of Europe. As a full-time student, you may also take either a French or German pathway, which offers you the opportunity to complete a master’s degree within a year while taking modules abroad. Places on these pathways have separate capacity restrictions.

Key benefits

  • Develop an in-depth understanding of the major interests, institutions and ideas that shape the politics, economics and societies of Europe
  • Study Europe from a variety of perspectives in an interdisciplinary programme hosted by an interdisciplinary department
  • Study at a world-class institution, ranked 13th in the world, and 5th in Europe, for politics by the 2023 QS World University Rankings
  • Learn from world-leading scholars who contributed greatly to King’s College London being ranked first in the United Kingdom for research power in the field of politics and international relations in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework according to Times Higher Education
  • If you are on the French or German pathways, this MA offers you the chance to spend your second semester in a prestigious institution in France or Germany. Our current partners are the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris and the Humboldt Universität in Berlin

Course essentials

Through this course, we offer you an in-depth analysis of major scholarly debates in history, politics, political thought, political economy and international relations of Europe, both within and beyond the European Union. You will study a range of approaches to the topic on one of the two required modules, and then choose from a wide range of specialist modules covering specific regions or issues relating to contemporary Europe, such as EU foreign policy, immigration, economic governance, political economy, lobbying and policy making, nationalism and the EU, Russia, or the EU and Asia.

If you choose the General Pathway, you will spend your whole time with us. If you choose either the French or German Pathway, you will spend your second semester abroad. The overseas institutions will provide a wide range of modules allowing you to further deepen your knowledge of both European and host country institutions, politics and policies.

The course is ideally suited for anyone with a degree in European Studies, Politics, International Relations or International Political Economy. We also welcome graduates from other disciplines in the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Law, as well as those from a professional background.

This course is primarily taught at the King's College London Strand Campus. Please note that locations are determined by where each module is taught and may vary.

Duration: One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time

Admissions

Curriculum

Program Tuition Fee

Career Opportunities

About the School

Questions