Global Politics Higher Level International Baccalaureate group 3 subject

Applications Open - 3 November 2025

Applications Close - 23 January 2026 (This is the official deadline, when planning for the new timetable will begin; however, applications will still be accepted after this date.)

Entry Requirements

IBCP: 3 x Grade 6 & 2 x Grade 5 (inc English & Maths)

IBDP: 6 x Grade 6 & 2 x Grade 5 (inc English & Maths)

IB course option: 6 x Grade 6 & 2 x Grade 5 (inc English & Maths)

How to Apply - Please apply via KentChoices

The IB Global Politics course forms part of group 3 - individuals and societies. It explores fundamental political concepts such as power, equality, sustainability, and peace in a range of contexts and at a variety of levels.

The Diploma Programme global politics course explores fundamental political concepts such as power, equality, sustainability and peace in a range of contexts.

The course helps students to understand abstract political concepts by grounding them in real-world examples and case studies. It also invites comparison between such examples and case studies to ensure a wider and transnational perspective.

The core units of the course together make up a central unifying theme of “people, power and politics”.

Throughout the course, issues such as conflict, migration or climate change are explored through an explicitly political lens.

The study of global politics enables students to critically engage with different and new perspectives and approaches to

politics in order to comprehend the challenges of the changing world and become aware of their role in it as active global citizens.

Global politics draws on a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. It helps students to understand abstract political concepts by grounding them in real world examples and case studies, and also invites comparison between such examples and case studies to ensure a transnational perspective.

All standard level and higher-level students complete a common core under the central unifying theme of "people, power and politics". This consists of four core units:

Power, sovereignty and international relations

Human rights

Development

Peace and conflict.

All standard level and higher-level students also undertake an engagement activity through which they study a political issue of interest experientially. Students complement their experiential learning with more theoretical perspectives from research and submit a written report summarising their investigation. Higher-level students also examine two contemporary global political challenges, through a case studies approach.

Coursework and Examinations.