B.A. International Relations

Curriculum

Specialisations

You can further specialise in the following areas:

– International Security
– Human Rights & International Law
– Development Studies

International Security

You are interested in understanding current geopolitical crises and finding ways to overcome them. You believe that we need to deal with peace just as intensively as with conflicts. The major challenges facing our world are exciting and drive you, especially those relating to peace, prosperity, environmental protection, justice and human rights. You want to be socially engaged and are curious about other cultures and ways of thinking. 

Human Rights & International Law

In a changing world, you care about human rights and how the international order can be used to create a better life for all. For you, law is more than just a complex set of rules that everyone uses to their advantage. For you, it is an expression of the pursuit of justice. It is a way of taking our international relations to a new level where the rights of the strongest are no longer the only thing that counts. 

Development Studies

You believe that we need to know how global prosperity and poverty are created and what you can do to make a difference. You want to understand how economic, environmental, social and political processes are linked to development. You want to think about achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in different global contexts.

Semester abroad & internship

For Karlshochschule, international exchange and the associated intercultural experience are fundamental. The integrated stay at a university abroad in the fourth or fifth semester of your bachelor's programme and the continuous support of the International Office make it much easier for you to organise this. Thanks to Karlshochschule's large network, you can choose from around 100 partner universities worldwide.

A semester abroad gives you the opportunity to gain new experiences and broaden your horizons. You can increase your intercultural competence, improve your foreign language skills and familiarise yourself with a new learning culture. You can make international contacts that can help you later in your professional career. Information events and various workshops on intercultural preparation round off the International Office's programme. There are various funding options, and you do not pay any additional tuition fees at the partner universities.

At the end of your study program, you go into the practical semester: three to six months in which you show what you can do under real conditions. For you, this is the best springboard into working life and a good source for the topic of your bachelor's thesis. Karlshochschule is there to advise you in choosing your internship—with the best contacts to international companies, NGOs and cultural institutions. The internship can also be done abroad.

Information material

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Job possibilities

With a degree in B.A. International Relations, you can work in the following positions:

– PR Specialist in International Companies
– Foreign Service Officer
– Leader in an NGO
– Marketing in an International Company
– International Organisation Employee
– Conflict Resolution Specialist

Good to know

All of our study programmes are designed entirely in English. Our admission regulations therefore require a high level of English language proficiency (at least level C1 according to CEFR).

English with a focus on academic English is also part of the compulsory programme in the first two semesters for students who are not native English speakers (the same applies to native English speakers with regard to German).

From the third semester onwards, the acquisition of a second foreign language from our extensive language canon is compulsory. You can also choose other foreign languages on a voluntary basis.