are my a levels okay for politics/ ir?

I study english lit, psych and history of art- would these be okay for politics or ir, at a russel group/ good uni?

I dropped my politics a level- i LOVE the subject, but not the a level exams, but would I enjoy the degree

Reply 1

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Original post by Beeeeeeela

What (specific) universities are you maybe looking to apply to?

I can’t see why that combination wouldn’t be acceptable:
https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/undergraduate/bsc-politics-and-international-relations#entry-requirements
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/degrees/politics-and-international-relations-bsc
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder/courses/2025/politics-and-international-relations/
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2025/00675/bsocsc-politics-and-international-relations/entry-requirements/#content-main
Etc

Reply 2

MillieeM2

All politics and IR courses I’ve seen don’t have specific subject requirements. Plus your subjects link to politics&IR well such as history and the fact that they’re essay based. A level politics introduces you to socialism and conservatism but even if you don’t do politics A level, you’ll learn about them from scratch at uni. But a lot Pol/IR degrees also cover other ideologies like constructivism, which isn’t covered at A level. I don’t think not doing politics will put you at a disadvantage especially since most of the content in that degree isn’t covered at a level. If you’re interested in the subject you’ll be fine

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