The Department of Politics
We are among the top all-round Politics departments in the UK with strengths in International Relations, Middle-Eastern and European politics, political theory, comparative political behaviour and institutions and public policy. Politics staff teach and research at our campuses in Exeter and Cornwall. More.
Research in Politics
Research by members of the Department is funded by leading research councils and is used by governments and networks around the world. There is a strong research culture in the department, which is reflected in our regular seminars, workshops and visits from internationally renowned scholars. More.
Postgraduate Study
Whether you are considering doing an MA or a PhD, Exeter University is an ideal place to undertake further study in politics. We have a thriving postgraduate community with over 80 Masters students each year and currently more than 60 PhD students. More.
Undergraduate Study
We offer an exciting range of degree programmes and many of our staff have written or contributed to path-breaking textbooks. Our teaching is research-led and all third year options are seminars focused on the specialist areas of staff members. Students have the opportunity to study abroad. More.
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Next Politics Department Seminar:
Wednesday 3rd December, 4.00 pm Amory 219 Exeter in a Time of Terror
Roundtable: Jonathan Githens-Mazer, Bice Maiguashca, Sean Carter, Nick Vaughan-Williams
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Applications are invited for one full-time PhD studentship to commence by Feburary 2009, offered jointly by the University of Exeter and the Doctrine Concept and Development Centre (DCDC), the doctrine centre of Britain’s armed forces. This scholarship offers the selected student the possibility of a three year bursary for the study of a PhD.
We are delighted to host the British International Studies Association conference, from 15th to 17th December 2008.

Maurice Goldsmith was a political theorist who held the inaugural chair of Political Theory at Exeter from 1969 to 1989.
This conference will bring together political, moral and legal theorists to present on various issues related to property rights, from historical understandings of ownership to contemporary philosophical approaches.
Report on US election night from study-abroad student James Dawkins in Virginia.
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