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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #39 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
73.2 | 67.4 | 79.6 | 76.3 |
| #29 |
Cornell University
United States |
74.6 | 77.0 | 71.4 | 75.0 |
| #45 |
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland |
71.4 | 67.3 | 75.7 | 74.3 |
| #38 |
George Washington University
United States |
73.3 | 80.2 | 64.5 | 74.0 |
| #16 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
80.0 | 82.1 | 78.9 | 73.5 |
| #49 |
Universität Mannheim
Germany |
71.0 | 67.2 | 75.4 | 72.1 |
| #23 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
76.2 | 81.9 | 70.2 | 71.8 |
| #50 |
Brown University
United States |
70.5 | 71.4 | 69.1 | 71.7 |
| #16 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
80.0 | 84.3 | 76.7 | 71.5 |
| #7 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
87.4 | 88.7 | 89.9 | 71.1 |
| #27 |
Johns Hopkins University
United States |
75.5 | 83.8 | 66.9 | 68.8 |
| #48 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
71.2 | 63.4 | 81.6 | 68.1 |
| #20 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
77.9 | 83.5 | 73.4 | 68.0 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
75.6 | 75.6 | 77.8 | 66.5 |
| #28 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
75.1 | 72.7 | 80.3 | 65.8 |
| #11 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
82.6 | 79.7 | 90.6 | 65.5 |
| #42 |
Korea University
South Korea |
72.7 | 67.5 | 81.1 | 65.1 |
| #46 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
71.3 | 64.0 | 82.5 | 63.2 |
| #30 |
McGill University
Canada |
74.4 | 75.3 | 76.6 | 61.3 |
| #22 | 76.4 | 80.0 | 75.7 | 61.2 | |
| #13 |
University of Chicago
United States |
81.0 | 84.5 | 82.1 | 59.2 |
| #12 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
81.2 | 80.2 | 88.9 | 55.8 |
| #41 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
73.1 | 72.9 | 78.8 | 51.5 |
| #33 |
Tsinghua University
China |
73.9 | 67.7 | 88.5 | 46.4 |
| #34 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
73.8 | 71.2 | 84.5 | 43.9 |













