Flinders University
Master of International Relations
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Enhance the foundation of core skills necessary for managers and analysts in foreign affairs, international trade, defense and national and international security.
Course overview
You’ll graduate future ready with the most transformational international relations master’s degree in Australia, with public policy, public administration and international relations skills integrated in the curriculum, providing you with the tools to create change. You can also tailor your degree depending on your career goals; you can choose electives from public policy and public administration, or electives from across the university.
The course articulates with the 18 unit Graduate Certificate in International Relations and the 36 unit Graduate Diploma in International Relations and the sequentially developed topics enable progression through the three awards.
Key facts
July, 2026
What you will study
To complete the Master of International Relations, you must complete 72 units.
Flexible Core
Select 36 units from the below where indicated in the program of study above.
- Debating International Relations
- Emerging Digital Futures
- Applying Policy Skills and Analysis
- Critical Approaches to International Relations
- Understanding Research
- Contemporary Conflict Zones
- Individual Supervised Study
- Advanced Research Methods
- Security in the International System
- Governing East Asia in the 21st Century
Entry Requirements
Applicants must normally hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
Students who have completed a Graduate Certificate in International Relations, a Graduate Certificate in Public Policy, a Graduate Certificate in Public Administration or an approved equivalent but not an undergraduate degree must also meet a GPA requirement.
However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
- Integrate concepts, theories, contemporary trends and developments in international relations using advanced abilities.
- Evaluate complex information to appropriately address problems and challenges in international relations
- Combine appropriate critical research and evaluative skills in relation to the theory and practice of international relations.
- Justify knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Career Outcomes
- Policy Director
- Consultant
- Development Specialist
- Director General
- Executive Director
- Manager
- Chief Operating Officer
- Impact Manager
- General Manager
- Fundraising and Philanthropy Director
- Engagement Director
Fees and FEE-HELP
Annual indicative fee in 2026: $31,400 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The annual indicative fee is based on a full-time study load of 18 units.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee-paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.