Lancaster University
International Relations (Placement Year)
BA (Hons), 4 years
Typical offer rate
93–100%
high entry
Grad employment
85%
15 months after
In professional roles
65%
Median grad salary
£28,000
15 months after
Lancaster University's International Relations (Placement Year) is a BA that runs over four years with a year in the workplace; the placement is what the extra year adds to an otherwise standard programme in global politics, security and international institutions. Most applicants who meet the grades receive an offer.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to International Relations (Placement Year) at Lancaster University has a 93–100% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
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Estimate my chancesAbout Lancaster University
Lancaster is a collegiate campus university in the north-west, consistently placed near the top of the national league tables, with students organised into colleges in the Oxbridge manner.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Lancaster University · International Relations (Placement Year)
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.