Congratulations on your offer to study in the Department of War Studies!

This is where your journey as a King's War Studies & International Relations student starts.

Welcome to your on-demand offer holder hub - where you can access the information and insight you need, whenever you need it. From your course overview to taster lectures to videos from current students - it's all here!

Don’t forget you can contact your Unibuddy at any time with questions you might have:

• Lili-Rose, International Relations BA
• Tshering, International Relations BA
• Aidan, War Studies and History BA
• Adithi, International Relations BA
• Amishi, International Relations BA
• Sophie, War Studies BA
• Ella, War Studies & History BA

* Although this page was up-to-date at the time it was produced, some changes to courses and teaching staff may occur. Please make sure you check our website or contact us directly for the very latest information.

• Explore our content below to find out more about our War Studies and International Relations courses.
• Go through our resources where we hear from our students and teaching staff about studying War Studies BA and International Relations BA.
• Chat 1-2-1 with one of our current War Studies & International Relations students via Unibuddy.
• Take an online tour of our Bush House & Strand Campus - home of the Department of War Studies and International Relations.
• Join us in-person for the Undergraduate Offer Holder Event on Strand Campus on Saturday 12 April 2025. More details to come!

Understanding your offer

I've received an offer - what next?

You might have received one of two types of offer.

• Unconditional Offer: An offer made without any prerequisites or requirements that must be fulfilled.
• Conditional Offer: An offer granted on the condition that specific criteria or requirements are met before you can secure your place on the selected course.

Step 1

Read your offer letter carefully. If there is anything you don't understand or want to question, please contact the Admissions Office through your King's Apply account.

You then need to decide whether or not you wish to accept the offer from King's. The UCAS system allows you to respond to an offer in three ways:

• Firm acceptance

• Insurance acceptance

• Decline

For a detailed explanation of these responses, and deadlines to respond, see UCAS guidance.

In your UCAS Hub account you will be able to see the deadline for responding to your offer.

Step 2

If you decide to accept an offer from King's, in the spring and summer you will receive details of offer-holder webpages and events to help you make your decisions and prepare for your start at King’s.

You can continue to contact the Admissions Office with any queries though King's Apply.

Tuition fees and funding

More information about fees can be found on our fees and funding pages.

International

If you are an international student, you can find more information about Visas and support here.

For more information, visit our advice pages.

About your course

If you are looking for more information about your course, you can find this on the main course pages:

• War Studies BA
• International Relations BA

Module lists

Module lists for the next academic year can be found under the 'Teaching & Structure' Section of the page. You can use the drop down to select the year that you would like to see the required and optional modules for.

Assessment information

If you want to know more about how your course is assessed, this can be found under the 'Teaching & Structure' section of the course page.

Study Abroad

Find out more about our study abroad options here

• Study Abroad

For the last 60 years, the Department of War Studies has been a world-leading centre for teaching on global conflict and security challenges worldwide. The Department’s success owes much to the vision and ethos of its founder, the late Professor Sir Michael Howard, who established the Department as a hub for interdisciplinary research and education on the causes, conduct and consequences of war.

Find out more here.

Watch our videos below to learn more about our War Studies and International Relations course.

Hear from students talking about their experience studying in the Department of War Studies.

We spoke to some of our graduates from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy about their experience and their plans for after graduation. Take a look at the video below and hear about their time at King's. 

Alumni Success

Hear from former students on the ways their course prepared them for exciting career opportunities here.

Carina Thompson on her BA in International Relations

Carina Thompson studied her BA in International Relations with the Department of War Studies. She discusses how the skills and knowledge gained from her degree helped her land post-graduate studies at the University of Oxford, as well as her first full-time job since graduation - risk and data protection analysis in Fintech.

War Studies podcast

The War Studies podcast brings you world-leading research from the School of Security Studies, the largest community of scholars in the world dedicated to the study of all aspects of security, defence and international relations.

Listen to our podcast here.

Celebratory Publication

Explore our publication celebrating 60 years of War Studies here.

Careers in security and world affairs

Find out about the diverse fields our alumni are working in including government, banking, academia to name a few.