About Economics, Politics and International Studies, BSc - at University of Warwick
Why study Economics, Politics and International Studies at Warwick?
- This multidisciplinary degree is delivered by The Department of Economics and Politics and International Studies (PAIS), both of which are consistently ranked among the best in the UK.
- Our Department of Economics is ranked second in The Complete University Guide 2016 league table and we are one of the top Economics departments in the world. We are currently ranked in the top 30 in the QS World University Rankings 2015/2016 and in the UK top three by all major national league tables.
- Our research rankings underscore our rapid ascent into the top tier of the discipline’s research engines in the UK. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), Economics was ranked joint second nationally for the percentage of research classified as either ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
- Our Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) is one of the largest and most highly regarded departments of its kind in the UK, with a global reputation for excellence. PAIS was ranked 3rd in the UK by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016, 5th in the The Guardian 2016 league table, 6th in The Complete University Guide 2016, and 46th globally by the QS World University Rankings 2015. We were rated 4th for ‘research intensity’ and ‘research power’ in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) and came 1st in the UK among politics departments for research environment. The department also received an overall student satisfaction rating of 92% in the NSS for 2015.
- PAIS's core modules provide you with a comprehensive disciplinary grounding, while the broad range of options allows you to tailor your programme, perhaps developing an area of specialism in political theory, international security, international political economy or comparative politics.
