Explore significant dimensions of public and private life such as political thinking, contemporary issues in religion and critical philosophical enquiry on this distinctive degree programme.  

Studying BA Politics, Religion and Philosophy nurtures a critical discussion between the three disciplines to address some of the most important issues of our time. However, you will also be free to develop your specific and separate interests and skills in these areas. The programme is a partnership between three Departments: Theology and Religion, Philosophy, and Politics and International Studies. The Department of Philosophy is ranked in the Top 5 in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019, which is the fourth consecutive year that we have been ranked in the Top 5.

Theology and Religion at Birmingham received an overall satisfaction rating of 100% in the National Student Survey 2018. We are also ranked in the Top 25 for Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies in the QS World University Rankings 2018.