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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4 |
Yale University
United States |
91.8 | 96.3 | 84.1 | 100.0 |
| #50 |
Uppsala University
Sweden |
70.5 | 65.2 | 74.3 | 81.9 |
| #43 |
University of Warwick
United Kingdom |
72.5 | 76.5 | 65.8 | 78.8 |
| #23 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
76.2 | 81.9 | 70.2 | 71.8 |
| #37 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
73.4 | 71.9 | 72.0 | 86.2 |
| #41 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
73.1 | 72.9 | 78.8 | 51.5 |
| #48 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
71.2 | 63.4 | 81.6 | 68.1 |
| #39 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
73.2 | 67.4 | 79.6 | 76.3 |
| #2 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
93.3 | 94.9 | 93.5 | 84.8 |
| #36 |
University of Oslo
Norway |
73.5 | 72.4 | 70.0 | 92.8 |
| #46 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
71.3 | 64.0 | 82.5 | 63.2 |
| #16 |
University of Michigan
United States |
80.0 | 84.4 | 70.6 | 95.8 |
| #28 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
75.1 | 72.7 | 80.3 | 65.8 |
| #24 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
76.0 | 75.9 | 75.7 | 77.5 |
| #19 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
79.9 | 74.8 | 85.3 | 84.0 |
| #35 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
73.6 | 70.7 | 75.1 | 82.3 |
| #44 |
University of Copenhagen
Denmark |
71.8 | 71.4 | 69.9 | 81.8 |
| #13 |
University of Chicago
United States |
81.0 | 84.5 | 82.1 | 59.2 |
| #7 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
87.4 | 88.7 | 89.9 | 71.1 |
| #21 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
77.3 | 85.8 | 64.9 | 84.3 |
| #16 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
80.0 | 84.3 | 76.7 | 71.5 |
| #9 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
85.5 | 92.6 | 77.6 | 81.8 |
| #22 | 76.4 | 80.0 | 75.7 | 61.2 | |
| #20 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
77.9 | 83.5 | 73.4 | 68.0 |
| #49 |
Universität Mannheim
Germany |
71.0 | 67.2 | 75.4 | 72.1 |