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.
| 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 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
76.5 | 88.2 | 65.2 | 63.5 |
| #5 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
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 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
58.9 | 82.2 | 34.3 | 41.0 |
| #11 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
56.7 | 61.5 | 56.9 | 32.2 |
| #12 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
53.4 | 56.5 | 56.4 | 25.4 |
| #13 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
52.7 | 52.0 | 57.7 | 35.7 |
| #14 |
University of Chicago
United States |
50.4 | 65.3 | 39.7 | 18.5 |
| #15 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
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 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
47.4 | 55.3 | 45.6 | 14.7 |
| #19 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
45.8 | 62.6 | 28.9 | 29.2 |
| #20 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
45.4 | 48.7 | 37.4 | 61.3 |
| #21 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
45.3 | 64.3 | 28.4 | 18.1 |
| #22 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
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 |
McGill University
Canada |
43.6 | 48.0 | 44.1 | 19.8 |
