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Discover where to study with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019: Politics

While Harvard University continues to be the highest-ranked university for politics & international studies, the award for most-improved university arguably goes to Stanford University, which has climbed 11 places to now rank sixth. Harvard and Stanford are two of 11 US universities inside this year’s top 20, with the United Kingdom the next most-represented study destination.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

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Politics

Discover where to study with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019: Politics

While Harvard University continues to be the highest-ranked university for politics & international studies, the award for most-improved university arguably goes to Stanford University, which has climbed 11 places to now rank sixth. Harvard and Stanford are two of 11 US universities inside this year’s top 20, with the United Kingdom the next most-represented study destination.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

Interested in other courses besides politics & international studies? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019 cover 48 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.

Explore the QS World University Rankings for Politics & International Studies 2020

and QS World University Rankings for Social Sciences and Management 2020

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Overall Score: 95.6
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
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Employer Reputation

100

Academic Reputation

92.9

Citations per Paper

91.6

H-index Citations

99.4

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Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.8
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

96.7

Academic Reputation

92

Citations per Paper

88.3

H-index Citations

100

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Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.2
Sciences Po Sciences Po
location Paris, France
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

87.9

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Paper

82

H-index Citations

75.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91.2

Employer Reputation

90.3

Academic Reputation

90.8

Citations per Paper

90

H-index Citations

97.4

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Scholarship

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Overall Score: 90.3
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

96.1

Academic Reputation

88.9

Citations per Paper

82.3

H-index Citations

88

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Overall Score: 89.5
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

92.7

Academic Reputation

87.3

Citations per Paper

90.1

H-index Citations

89.8

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Overall Score: 88.2
Princeton University Princeton University
location Princeton, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

84.8

Academic Reputation

87.2

Citations per Paper

100

H-index Citations

91.5

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Scholarship

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English Tests

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Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.8

Employer Reputation

87.4

Academic Reputation

87.3

Citations per Paper

91

H-index Citations

88

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Overall Score: 87.7
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

89.1

Academic Reputation

86.5

Citations per Paper

91.8

H-index Citations

85.1

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Scholarship

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Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.1

Employer Reputation

79.1

Academic Reputation

93.4

Citations per Paper

80

H-index Citations

87.1

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Scholarship

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Overall Score: 85.9
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

89.7

Academic Reputation

84.5

Citations per Paper

83.3

H-index Citations

84.1

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Scholarship

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Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.6

Employer Reputation

92.4

Academic Reputation

83.2

Citations per Paper

81.5

H-index Citations

71.5

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Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.1
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

80.6

Academic Reputation

83.7

Citations per Paper

92.3

H-index Citations

88

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Scholarship

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Academic Tests

Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.6

Employer Reputation

85.6

Academic Reputation

80

Citations per Paper

91.6

H-index Citations

77.2

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank 15 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.3
Georgetown University Georgetown University
location Washington D.C., United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76.4

Academic Reputation

83.8

Citations per Paper

89.1

H-index Citations

86.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank =16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.1

Employer Reputation

68.5

Academic Reputation

86.5

Citations per Paper

90.3

H-index Citations

83.1

International Fees

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Rank =16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.1
The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong
location Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

86.1

Academic Reputation

84

Citations per Paper

69.7

H-index Citations

62.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank 18 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81
King's College London King's College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

75.7

Academic Reputation

82.5

Citations per Paper

83

H-index Citations

87.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.8

Employer Reputation

65

Academic Reputation

89.8

Citations per Paper

83.1

H-index Citations

80.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.7

Employer Reputation

94.4

Academic Reputation

70.9

Citations per Paper

86.5

H-index Citations

83.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.7

Employer Reputation

78.5

Academic Reputation

77.9

Citations per Paper

89.3

H-index Citations

93.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.5

Employer Reputation

82.5

Academic Reputation

78

Citations per Paper

83.5

H-index Citations

84.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.6

Employer Reputation

66.7

Academic Reputation

90.4

Citations per Paper

75.9

H-index Citations

68.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.6

Employer Reputation

88.3

Academic Reputation

82.6

Citations per Paper

62.3

H-index Citations

55.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.4

Employer Reputation

84.5

Academic Reputation

78

Citations per Paper

79.3

H-index Citations

71.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79
University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam
location Amsterdam, Netherlands
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

70.4

Academic Reputation

79

Citations per Paper

91

H-index Citations

93.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 78.8

Employer Reputation

69.3

Academic Reputation

80.8

Citations per Paper

88.7

H-index Citations

87.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 78.7
New York University (NYU) New York University (NYU)
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

85.8

Academic Reputation

71.9

Citations per Paper

87

H-index Citations

83.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 78.5
Leiden University Leiden University
location Leiden, Netherlands
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

66.9

Academic Reputation

84.1

Citations per Paper

82.7

H-index Citations

80.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 78.3
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

86.7

Academic Reputation

75.5

Citations per Paper

75.2

H-index Citations

69.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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