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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
75.6 | 75.6 | 77.8 | 66.5 |
| #25 |
Fudan University
China |
75.9 | 73.5 | 88.5 | 37.1 |
| #24 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
76.0 | 75.9 | 75.7 | 77.5 |
| #23 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
76.2 | 81.9 | 70.2 | 71.8 |
| #22 | 76.4 | 80.0 | 75.7 | 61.2 | |
| #21 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
77.3 | 85.8 | 64.9 | 84.3 |
| #20 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
77.9 | 83.5 | 73.4 | 68.0 |
| #19 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
79.9 | 74.8 | 85.3 | 84.0 |
| #16 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
80.0 | 82.1 | 78.9 | 73.5 |
| #16 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
80.0 | 84.3 | 76.7 | 71.5 |
| #16 |
University of Michigan
United States |
80.0 | 84.4 | 70.6 | 95.8 |
| #13 |
Georgetown University
United States |
81.0 | 86.1 | 75.8 | 76.6 |
| #13 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
81.0 | 82.5 | 76.7 | 91.1 |
| #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 |
| #11 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
82.6 | 79.7 | 90.6 | 65.5 |
| #10 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
85.0 | 87.2 | 84.4 | 76.6 |
| #9 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
85.5 | 92.6 | 77.6 | 81.8 |
| #8 |
Columbia University
United States |
86.6 | 88.4 | 85.8 | 80.8 |
| #7 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
87.4 | 88.7 | 89.9 | 71.1 |
| #6 |
Princeton University
United States |
87.5 | 92.8 | 81.2 | 86.4 |
| #5 |
Stanford University
United States |
88.3 | 88.1 | 89.9 | 83.2 |
| #4 |
Yale University
United States |
91.8 | 96.3 | 84.1 | 100.0 |
| #3 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
93.2 | 97.3 | 89.4 | 88.3 |
| #2 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
93.3 | 94.9 | 93.5 | 84.8 |
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