Degree benefitsThis is an exciting time to study the almost continuously changing region. Many central European countries are now part of the enlarged European Union while Russia is re-emerging as an assertive power with major international consequences, not least on other countries in the region and the rest of Europe.
You will learn about major approaches in social and political science and how to use them to understand political and social change in Russia, the former Soviet Union and central and Eastern Europe.
You will be taught by leading experts in the field, all of whom speak one or more of the languages of the region.
The department is regularly consulted by the media as well as organisations such as the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Union.
Careers
This is an exciting time to study the almost continuously changing region. Many central European countries are now part of the enlarged European Union while Russia is re-emerging as an assertive power with major international consequences, not least on other countries in the region and the rest of Europe.
You will learn about major approaches in social and political science and how to use them to understand political and social change in Russia, the former Soviet Union and central and Eastern Europe.
You will be taught by leading experts in the field, all of whom speak one or more of the languages of the region.
The department is regularly consulted by the media as well as organisations such as the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Union.
You will acquire a solid understanding of politics and sociology, specialist knowledge of a region whose changing politics, economics and international relations are rapidly reshaping our understanding of the world, as well as a raft of transferable skills.
Career destinations of previous graduates include government service, international agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), consultancy (economic, political risk, security, marketing), banking, financial services, law, media, teaching and the leisure industry, as well as further study.
Destinations
First destinations of recent graduates (2013-2015) of this programme at UCL include:
- Business Development Executive, Pareto Law
- Education Co-ordinator, Free the Children
- Business Analyst, Accenture
- Full-time student, MA in Business Management at Imperial College London
