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 |
97.7 | 100.0 | 95.9 | 93.0 |
| #3 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
93.2 | 97.3 | 89.4 | 88.3 |
| #4 |
Yale University
United States |
91.8 | 96.3 | 84.1 | 100.0 |
| #2 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
93.3 | 94.9 | 93.5 | 84.8 |
| #6 |
Princeton University
United States |
87.5 | 92.8 | 81.2 | 86.4 |
| #9 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
85.5 | 92.6 | 77.6 | 81.8 |
| #7 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
87.4 | 88.7 | 89.9 | 71.1 |
| #8 |
Columbia University
United States |
86.6 | 88.4 | 85.8 | 80.8 |
| #5 |
Stanford University
United States |
88.3 | 88.1 | 89.9 | 83.2 |
| #10 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
85.0 | 87.2 | 84.4 | 76.6 |
| #13 |
Georgetown University
United States |
81.0 | 86.1 | 75.8 | 76.6 |
| #21 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
77.3 | 85.8 | 64.9 | 84.3 |
| #13 |
University of Chicago
United States |
81.0 | 84.5 | 82.1 | 59.2 |
| #16 |
University of Michigan
United States |
80.0 | 84.4 | 70.6 | 95.8 |
| #16 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
80.0 | 84.3 | 76.7 | 71.5 |
| #27 |
Johns Hopkins University
United States |
75.5 | 83.8 | 66.9 | 68.8 |
| #20 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
77.9 | 83.5 | 73.4 | 68.0 |
| #13 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
81.0 | 82.5 | 76.7 | 91.1 |
| #16 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
80.0 | 82.1 | 78.9 | 73.5 |
| #23 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
76.2 | 81.9 | 70.2 | 71.8 |
| #38 |
George Washington University
United States |
73.3 | 80.2 | 64.5 | 74.0 |
| #12 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
81.2 | 80.2 | 88.9 | 55.8 |
| #22 | 76.4 | 80.0 | 75.7 | 61.2 | |
| #11 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
82.6 | 79.7 | 90.6 | 65.5 |
| #29 |
Cornell University
United States |
74.6 | 77.0 | 71.4 | 75.0 |
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