World's Best Universities: Politics and International Studies

While earning a degree in politics and international studies, students learn about how governments are structured in various countries and how those governments interact with each other. These are the world's top universities for politics and international studies. See the methodology.

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Rank School Overall Score Academic Reputation Score Employer Reputation Score Citations per Paper Score
#1
Harvard University

United States

94.9 100.0 100.0 49.4
#2
University of Oxford

United Kingdom

86.9 94.9 84.9 54.4
#3
University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

80.0 87.4 82.3 33.6
#4 76.5 88.2 65.2 63.5
#5 75.5 90.4 63.7 48.5
#6
Yale University

United States

75.4 78.0 66.1 100.0
#7
Stanford University

United States

73.8 75.3 78.8 46.6
#8
Columbia University

United States

64.6 70.3 64.0 38.9
#9
Princeton University

United States

63.7 78.8 49.5 45.0
#10 58.9 82.2 34.3 41.0
#11 56.7 61.5 56.9 32.2
#12 53.4 56.5 56.4 25.4
#13 52.7 52.0 57.7 35.7
#14
University of Chicago

United States

50.4 65.3 39.7 18.5
#15 49.4 57.6 44.8 26.5
#16
Cornell University

United States

48.8 49.8 51.3 34.0
#17
University of Michigan

United States

48.7 54.1 37.8 65.4
#18 47.4 55.3 45.6 14.7
#19 45.8 62.6 28.9 29.2
#20 45.4 48.7 37.4 61.3
#21 45.3 64.3 28.4 18.1
#22 44.4 36.8 54.9 40.3
#23
Georgetown University

United States

44.2 43.3 48.8 30.7
#24
Johns Hopkins University

United States

43.7 44.9 45.7 29.6
#25 43.6 48.0 44.1 19.8
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