The Department of International Relations at Sussex, formed in 1961, has a staff of 21 academics.
Each year about 130 IR students gain BA degrees, either as a single honours IR degree or joint with other subjects. We have over 30 DPhil students in IR, and we have a wide range of Masters degrees in the fields of International Relations, Global Political Economy, International Security, Conflict, Security and Development, and Geopolitics and Grand Strategy.