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Best for Politics & International Relations

Government, policy and international affairs. Public-policy master's (MPP, MPA) are common after a few years of work.

What you would study

Bachelor's: BA Politics, International Relations
Master's / PhD: MA / MSc IR, MPP, MPA
Class 12 stream: Humanities, any
Careers: Explore Politics & International Relations careers →

Exams you may need

For bachelor's: SAT (USA) · IELTS/TOEFL
For master's: GRE (some programmes) · IELTS/TOEFL

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Ranked for Political Sciences

ShanghaiRanking GRAS 2025

151–200Cardiff UniversityCardiff, United Kingdom · World 201–300Admission guide 151–200Carleton UniversityOttawa, Ontario, Canada · World 501–600Admission guide 151–200Carlos III University of MadridMadrid, Spain · World 901–1000 151–200Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · World 101–150 · UG fees ~₹66.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200City St George’s, University of LondonLondon Borough of Wandsworth, United Kingdom · World 701–800 151–200Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA, United States · World 601–700 · UG fees ~₹23.8 lakh/yr 151–200Ghent UniversityGhent, Belgium · World #91 151–200Griffith UniversityBrisbane and Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia · World 301–400 151–200HSE UniversityMoscow, Russia · World 801–900 151–200NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway · World 151–200 151–200Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeUnited States 151–200Queen's University BelfastBelfast, United Kingdom · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹28.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200Radboud University NijmegenNijmegen, Netherlands · World 101–150Admission guide 151–200SOAS University of LondonLondon Borough of Camden, United Kingdom 151–200Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY, United States · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹31.4 lakh/yr 151–200Technical University of MunichMunich, Bavaria, Germany · World #45Admission guide 151–200Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA, United States · World 401–500 · UG fees ~₹37.3 lakh/yr 151–200Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, TX, United States · World 501–600 · UG fees ~₹23.4 lakh/yr 151–200The University of QueenslandSt Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · World #65Admission guide 151–200The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, TX, United States · World 401–500 · UG fees ~₹38.5 lakh/yr 151–200University at AlbanyUnited States · World 701–800 151–200University at Buffalo, the State University of New YorkBuffalo, NY, United States · World 501–600 · UG fees ~₹30.2 lakh/yr 151–200University College DublinDublin, Ireland · World 301–400 151–200University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona, United States · World 151–200 · UG fees ~₹39.6 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200University of BernBern, Switzerland · World 151–200 151–200University of California, MercedMerced, CA, United States · World 501–600 · UG fees ~₹47.7 lakh/yr 151–200University of CologneCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado, United States · World #62 · UG fees ~₹43 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200University of HaifaHaifa, Israel · World 601–700 151–200University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL, United States · World 401–500 · UG fees ~₹28.6 lakh/yr 151–200University of InnsbruckInnsbruck, Austria · World 201–300 151–200University of IowaIowa City, IA, United States · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹32 lakh/yr 151–200University of KentKent, United Kingdom · World 401–500 151–200University of KentuckyLexington, KY, United States · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹32.7 lakh/yr 151–200University of LouisvilleLouisville, KY, United States · World 601–700 · UG fees ~₹28.2 lakh/yr 151–200University of Massachusetts, AmherstAmherst, MA, United States · World 201–300 · UG fees ~₹38.7 lakh/yr 151–200University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL, United States · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹60 lakh/yr 151–200University of MilanMilan, Italy · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200Université de MontréalMontreal, Quebec, Canada · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, NC, United States · UG fees ~₹21.5 lakh/yr 151–200University of Oklahoma, NormanUnited States · World 401–500 151–200University of SalzburgAustria 151–200University of Southern DenmarkDenmark · World 301–400 151–200University of St AndrewsSt Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹42.2 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200University of StrathclydeGlasgow City, United Kingdom · World 701–800 151–200University of TartuEstonia · World 501–600 151–200Wageningen University & ResearchWageningen, Netherlands · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC, United States · World 501–600 · UG fees ~₹64.8 lakh/yr 151–200Washington State UniversityPullman, WA, United States · World 401–500 · UG fees ~₹28.7 lakh/yr 151–200Western UniversityLondon, Ontario, Canada · World 301–400Admission guide

Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025 — Political Sciences. Beyond the top 100 ranks are published in bands.

Where Politics & International Relations leads

careers, and the same path in India

Careers it opens

Every Politics & International Relations career — pay, skills, a week in the life →

Or study it in India

UPSC Civil Services (IAS, IPS, IFS and more) · After graduation
State Civil Services (State PSC exams) · After graduation
Government jobs straight after Class 12 · After 12th
SSC CGL (central government Group B and C posts) · After graduation
M.A. · After graduation
CDS and AFCAT (officer entry after graduation) · After graduation

Every route in India after 10th, 12th and graduation →

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