University of Birmingham Courses and Fees

• The MA International Relations course difficulty level is moderate to high. It was both theoretical and practical in nature. There was one course with SPSS and STATA software usage.
• The best part was that the course was more student-based, wherein the students were given more opportunities to discuss with peers and come up with the conclusion of the given topic. It was very interactive. The negative part was the assignment being tougher than the class discussions.
• Rest were more theoretical and contemporary issue-based.
• I had 3-hour classes (2-hour class and 1-hour seminar), which were 3 classes per week. There is also an option to choose a non-credit foreign language (I chose Arabic level 2) so I had a 1-hour class per week for it. Total 10 hours per week.
• I had 64 students in the full-time course. There were 7 Indian students in the same course.

• My fee is 24,000 pounds paid in full installments. For food and other expenses I got 300 pounds per month. For hostel fees I paid 166 per week for 52 weeks (8,632 pounds for the entire year), which includes the utility bill.
• The university takes both full-year and semester-wise payments.
• My estimate for monthly expenses is 300 pounds, including groceries, transportation and regular expenses if utilised smartly with proper considerations. I applied for student accommodation so rent is paid in 9 installments of 1,015 pounds from September 2024 to April 2025 each month.

Course syllabus is very relevant and useful. Industrial exposure is not related to my course thought we have relevant study researches.

University of Birmingham is among the top universities of UK and also a founder member of Brussel group. It offers exchange program between its three branches which is very amazing.