17 February 2025
Partnership offers unique opportunity for postgraduates to study at leading institutions
King’s College London is offering postgraduate students the opportunity to study at one of the top universities in Asia as part of an innovative postgraduate partnership programme.
The King's-Seoul National University Double Masters in International Affairs offers successful applicants the chance to complete qualifications at both King’s College London and Seoul National University (SNU) in South Korea.
Students will be able to apply for the double MA through a linked programme and spend their first year at King’s, including programmes in the School of Politics and Economics, Schools of Global Affairs, King’s Russia Institute and School of Security Studies.
After completing their first year at King’s, students will then be able to study their second year on one of a series of programmes offered by the Graduate School of International Studies at SNU in Seoul.
Applications to join the first cohort of students taking this double MA are now open, with successful applicants due to begin in September 2025.
Professor Ramon Pacheco Pardo, head of the Department of European and International Studies at King’s, said: “We are tremendously proud to be partnering with Seoul National University to offer this unique programme, which offers students the chance to study at two world-leading universities which sit at the heart of truly global cities.”
The linked programmes at King’s College London are:
- Conflict, Security and Development MA (School of Security Studies)
- Emerging Economics and International Development MSc (School of Global Affairs)
- European Studies MA (School of Politics and Economics)
- Global Affairs MSc (School of Global Affairs)
- International Political Economy MA (School of Politics and Economics)
- International Relations MA (School of Security Studies)
- Political and Strategic Communication MA (School of Security Studies)
- Political Economy MA (School of Politics and Economics)
- Political Economy of Emerging Markets MSc (School of Politics and Economics)
- Politics and Contemporary History MA (School of Politics and Economics)
- Politics and Economics of the Middle East (School of Politics and Economics)
- Public Policy MA (School of Politics and Economics)
- Russian and Eurasian Politics and Economics (King’s Russia Institute)
- War Studies MA (School of Security Studies)
Please note: Applicants to the programme must carefully review the entry criteria on each programme page as criteria can differ between programmes. Applicants need to ensure they meet the criteria for the specific programme they would like to take.
Applicants must write the title of the programme they would like to study at the top of their personal statement so this is clear for the admissions team.
For further information and entry criteria, contact Professor Ramon Pacheco Pardo.
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Head of the Department of European & International Studies and Professor of International Relations