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