Course overview

• Build strong analytical skills and understanding of key areas of global politics.
• Develop the linguistic skills and cultural knowledge to access and engage fully with political, historical and cultural issues in Spanish.
• Spend a year in a Spanish-speaking country to consolidate your language learning.
• Ranked a UK top-10 for both Modern Languages by QS World University Subject Rankings 2024 and for Social Sciences by THE World Subject Rankings 2025.In addition, the University of Manchester is a world-leading institution, ranked in the top-50 globally across all of Arts and Humanities by Times Higher Education 2025 .