Global Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations

About the course

A four-year, 240 ECTS degree taught entirely in English on the Valencia campus, with optional German or French and legal English. It covers diplomacy, geopolitics, conflict resolution, international organisations, human rights and the global economy. It includes a compulsory 225-hour internship in Year 3 or 4 with a company, NGO or international organisation.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• Universidad Europea is a private university with its own admissions. Because Ireland is an EU education system, you do not sit the Spanish PAU. Instead, you get an accreditation of your Leaving Cert from UNEDasiss (a provisional document is accepted while it is being processed). No minimum Leaving Cert grade is published. As a guide, UCD asks for six subjects, with at least H5 in two and O6/H7 in the other four, including English and Irish. Ask admissions how your grades are assessed.
• Admission includes an interview with the degree director to assess your competencies. You may also have to sit a specific assessment test, and the programme page mentions sending a portfolio with your application.
• English: an English test is required only for applicants from non-English-speaking countries, so Irish applicants should be exempt. You need fluent English because the whole degree is taught in English.

How to apply

1. Apply onlineComplete the online application for September 2027 and pay the €150 admissions test fee, which is non-refundable.
2. Send your applicationSend your Leaving Cert results or predicted grades, and any portfolio or other documents admissions asks for.
3. Interview or testDo the interview with the degree director and sit the competencies test, or any other test the university sets.
4. Reserve and enrolIf you are admitted, pay the reservation fee within 7 days, sign the enrolment documents and send your UNEDasiss accreditation by 15 November.

Costs

• Universidad Europea is a private university, so tuition is charged, and it is far higher than at Spanish public universities. The university publishes its Valencia undergraduate fees each year in a PDF on its ‘Financial information’ page. The 2027/28 fees are not published yet. You pay a non-refundable €150 admissions test fee when you apply, and a reservation fee once you are admitted. Ask admissions for the 2027/28 tuition in writing.

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