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 |
Northwestern University
United States |
73.2 | 68.3 | 77.0 | 82.2 |
| #9 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
85.5 | 92.6 | 77.6 | 81.8 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
75.6 | 75.6 | 77.8 | 66.5 |
| #41 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
73.1 | 72.9 | 78.8 | 51.5 |
| #16 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
80.0 | 82.1 | 78.9 | 73.5 |
| #39 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
73.2 | 67.4 | 79.6 | 76.3 |
| #28 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
75.1 | 72.7 | 80.3 | 65.8 |
| #42 |
Korea University
South Korea |
72.7 | 67.5 | 81.1 | 65.1 |
| #6 |
Princeton University
United States |
87.5 | 92.8 | 81.2 | 86.4 |
| #48 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
71.2 | 63.4 | 81.6 | 68.1 |
| #13 |
University of Chicago
United States |
81.0 | 84.5 | 82.1 | 59.2 |
| #46 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
71.3 | 64.0 | 82.5 | 63.2 |
| #4 |
Yale University
United States |
91.8 | 96.3 | 84.1 | 100.0 |
| #10 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
85.0 | 87.2 | 84.4 | 76.6 |
| #34 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
73.8 | 71.2 | 84.5 | 43.9 |
| #19 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
79.9 | 74.8 | 85.3 | 84.0 |
| #8 |
Columbia University
United States |
86.6 | 88.4 | 85.8 | 80.8 |
| #25 |
Fudan University
China |
75.9 | 73.5 | 88.5 | 37.1 |
| #33 |
Tsinghua University
China |
73.9 | 67.7 | 88.5 | 46.4 |
| #12 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
81.2 | 80.2 | 88.9 | 55.8 |
| #3 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
93.2 | 97.3 | 89.4 | 88.3 |
| #5 |
Stanford University
United States |
88.3 | 88.1 | 89.9 | 83.2 |
| #7 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
87.4 | 88.7 | 89.9 | 71.1 |
| #11 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
82.6 | 79.7 | 90.6 | 65.5 |
| #2 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
93.3 | 94.9 | 93.5 | 84.8 |
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