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Best Universities for International Relations and Diplomacy in the World

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in International Relations and Diplomacy. A graph of 732K citations received by 77.3K academic papers made by 835 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. London School of Economics and Political Science

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2. University of Oxford

3. Ohio State University

4. King's College London

5. University of Warwick

6. Australian National University

7. Columbia University

8. Georgetown University

9. George Washington University

10. Princeton University

11. University of Southern California

12. University of Chicago

13. American University in Washington

14. University of Cambridge

15. University of Copenhagen

16. University of California - Berkeley

17. University of Birmingham

18. University of Sydney

19. University of Sussex

20. University of British Columbia

21. Harvard University

22. Johns Hopkins University

23. University of Toronto

24. Cornell University

25. University of Leeds

26. York University

27. Yale University

28. University of Kent

29. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

30. University College London

31. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

32. McGill University

33. University of Wales

34. University of Queensland

35. Paris Institute of Political Studies

36. University of London

37. University of Oslo

38. Stanford University

39. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

40. University of Ottawa

41. University of California - Los Angeles

42. Pennsylvania State University

43. University of Manchester

44. University of Melbourne

45. Arizona State University - Tempe

46. Duke University

47. Lund University

48. New York University

49. University of Sheffield

50. University of Maryland - College Park

51. University of New South Wales

52. Nanyang Technological University

53. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

54. University of Nottingham

55. Indiana University - Bloomington

56. University of Bristol

57. Leiden University

58. University of Helsinki

59. Carleton University

60. University of Exeter

61. Monash University

62. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

63. Dartmouth College

64. Lancaster University

65. National University of Singapore

66. Education University of Hong Kong

67. University of St Andrews

68. Keele University

69. University of Washington - Seattle

70. Syracuse University

71. Aberystwyth University

72. Free University of Berlin

73. University of Pittsburgh

74. Florida State University

75. University of Leicester

76. National Research University Higher School of Economics

77. Texas A&M University - College Station

78. Uppsala University

79. Michigan State University

80. University of Pennsylvania

81. University of Glasgow

82. University of Texas at Austin

83. University of Georgia

84. University of Edinburgh

85. University of East Anglia

86. Griffith University

87. University of Virginia

88. Tufts University

89. Bar-Ilan University

90. Emory University

91. Deakin University

92. SOAS, University of London

93. University of Amsterdam

94. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

95. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

96. Bilkent University

97. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

98. George Mason University

99. University of Haifa

100. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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The Best International Relations Schools in the World

U.S. scholars rank the top 25 IR programs for undergraduates, master's, and Ph.D.s.

By Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, and Michael J. Tierney

The road to Washington is paved with elite educations. Indeed, for young people hoping to secure jobs in Foggy Bottom, on Pennsylvania Avenue, and elsewhere in the foreign-policy establishment, a key ingredient to success is often a diploma in international relations (IR) from one of America’s top universities. There are debates to be had about this model—how the pipeline can become more affordable, for instance, to ensure greater diversity among government hires. Scholars and policymakers alike rightly agree, however, that language skills, expertise about regions of the world, and other knowledge gleaned in the classroom make for a stronger, more effective corps of foreign-policy wonks. So which schools prepare students best?

The results of the 2014 Ivory Tower survey—a collaboration between Foreign Policy and the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) project at the College of William & Mary—provide an insider’s guide. Responses from 1,615 IR scholars drawn from 1,375 U.S. colleges and universities determined rankings for the leading Ph.D., terminal master’s, and undergraduate programs in IR. (The scholars were asked to list the top five institutions in each category.) The survey also quizzed respondents about recent historical events and future policy challenges: Just how plausible is a U.S. war with China, for example, and who was the most effective secretary of state over the past 50 years? (Hint: Neither Condoleezza Rice nor John Kerry.)

All told, the Ivory Tower survey offers a window into how America’s top IR scholars see the world today—and which institutions are effectively nurturing future generations of thinkers and policymakers.

Top U.S. Undergraduate Institutions to Study International Relations

• 1. Harvard University 46.20%
• 2. Princeton University 39.14%
• 3. Stanford University 33.02%
• 4. Georgetown University 28.06%
• 5. Columbia University 24.37%
• 6. University of Chicago 19.62%
• 7. Yale University 18.67%
• 8. George Washington University 11.39%
• 9. American University 9.92%
• 10. University of Michigan 9.49%
• 11. University of California—Berkeley 8.54%
• 12. Dartmouth College 8.23%
• 13. University of California—San Diego 7.70%
• 14. Tufts University 7.07%
• 15. Cornell University 6.43%
• 16. Johns Hopkins University 6.12%
• 17. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.06%
• 18. College of William & Mary 4.54%
• 19. Swarthmore College 3.48%
• 20. Williams College 2.95%
• 21. University of California—Los Angeles 2.85%
• 22. Brown University 2.74%
• 22. University of Virginia 2.74%
• 24. Ohio State University 2.64%
• 25. Duke University 2.22%

Top Master's Programs for Policy Career in International Relations

• 1. Georgetown University 58.61%
• 2. Johns Hopkins University 47.76%
• 3. Harvard University 46.31%
• 4. Princeton University 33.33%
• 5. Columbia University 31.21%
• 6. Tufts University 29.08%
• 7. George Washington University 26.06%
• 8. American University 17.11%
• 9. London School of Economics 13.42%
• 10. Stanford University 5.37%
• 11. University of Denver 5.15%
• 12. University of Chicago 5.03%
• 13. University of California—San Diego 4.70%
• 14. University of Oxford 4.47%
• 15. Yale University 3.91%
• 16. Syracuse University 3.13%
• 17. University of California—Berkeley 2.57%
• 18. University of Cambridge 2.35%
• 19. University of Pittsburgh 1.79%
• 20. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1.68%
• 21. Middlebury Institute of Int’l Studies at Monterey 1.45%
• 21. Sciences Po—Paris 1.45%
• 21. University of Michigan 1.45%
• 24. Graduate Inst. of Int’l and Dev. Studies 1.12%
• 24. New York University 1.12%
• 24. Texas A&M University 1.12%

Top Ph.D. Programs for Academic Career in International Relations

• 1. Harvard University 62.51%
• 2. Princeton University 53.17%
• 3. Stanford University 48.76%
• 4. Columbia University 32.44%
• 5. Yale University 21.80%
• 6. University of Chicago 21.37%
• 7. University of California—San Diego 16.00%
• 8. University of Michigan 15.68%
• 9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 13.43%
• 10. University of California—Berkeley 12.03%
• 11. University of Oxford 8.59%
• 12. Cornell University 7.30%
• 13. London School of Economics 6.66%
• 14. Ohio State University 5.48%
• 15. Georgetown University 5.37%
• 16. University of Cambridge 4.51%
• 17. Johns Hopkins University 4.08%
• 18. George Washington University 3.22%
• 19. New York University 2.69%
• 19. University of Wisconsin—Madison 2.69%
• 21. University of Minnesota 2.26%
• 22. American University 2.15%
• 22. Duke University 2.15%
• 22. University of Rochester 2.15%
• 25. University of California—Los Angeles 2.04%

Notes from the Ivory Tower

A survey of america's top international relations scholars on foreign-policy research., which area of the world do you consider to be of greatest strategic importance to the united states today.

• 1 40% East Asia (including China)
• 2 37% Middle East and North Africa (including Turkey)
• 3 10% Western Europe
• 4 5% Russia/Former Soviet Union (excluding the Baltic states)
• 5 2% Latin America (including Mexico and the Caribbean)
• 5 2% North America (Excluding Mexico)
• 7 1% Central and Eastern Europe (including the Baltic states)
• 7 1% South Asia (including Afghanistan)
• 7 1% Southeast Asia
• 7 1% Sub-Saharan Africa
• All other areas less than 1%

Which area of the world do you consider to be of greatest strategic importance to the United States 20 years from now?

• 1 66% East Asia (including China)
• 2 10% Middle East and North Africa (including Turkey)
• 3 6% Western Europe
• 4 3% Latin America (including Mexico and the Caribbean)
• 4 3% Sub-Saharan Africa
• 6 2% Arctic
• 6 2% Russia/Former Soviet Union (excluding the Baltic states)
• 6 2% South Asia (including Afghanistan)
• 6 2% Southeast Asia
• All other areas less than 2%

What are the three most important foreign-policy issues facing the United States today?

• 1. Global climate change 40.96%
• 2. Armed conflict in Middle East 26.81%
• 3. Failed or failing states 22.29%
• 4. China's rising military power 21.54%
• 5. Transnational terrorism 21.23%
• 6. Renewed Russian assertiveness 17.47%
• 7. Global poverty 16.42%
• 8. Global wealth disparities 15.66%
• 9. China's economic influence 15.51%
• 10. Proliferation of WMD 14.01%
• 10. Transnational political violence 14.01%

What are the three most important foreign-policy issues the United States will face over the next 10 years?

• 1. Global climate change 45.90%
• 2. China's rising military power 28.28%
• 3. Armed conflict in the Middle East 23.03%
• 4. China's economic influence 20.87%
• 5. Failed or failing states 20.71%
• 6. Transnational terrorism 19.94%
• 7. Global wealth disparities 16.07%
• 8. Renewed Russian assertiveness 14.37%
• 9. Proliferation of WMD 12.83%
• 10. Transnational political violence 12.52%

To which of the following events did you respond by increasing or decreasing your research in a related area of study? (Top 10 responses)

• 1. Other (40%)
• 2. 9/11 attacks (37%)
• 3. Iraq war (30%)
• 4. Fall of the Soviet Union (26%)
• 5. Arab Spring (22%)
• 6. Global financial crisis (19%)
• 6. Afghanistan war (19%)
• 8. Rwandan genocide (11%)
• 9. War in Kosovo (9%)
• 10. China’s opening (8%)

Likelihood of U.S. war with China or Russia in the next 20 years (on a scale of 0-10)

Who was the most effective U.S. secretary of state of the past 50 years?

• 1. Henry Kissinger 32.21%
• 2. Don't know 18.32%
• 3. James Baker 17.71%
• 4. Madeleine Albright 8.70%
• 4. Hillary Clinton 8.70%
• 6. George Shultz 5.65%
• 7. Dean Rusk 3.51%
• 8. Warren Christopher 1.53%
• 8. Cyrus Vance 1.53%
• 10. Colin Powell 1.07%
• 11. Condoleezza Rice 0.46%
• 12. Lawrence Eagleburger 0.31%
• 13. John Kerry 0.31%

Who was the most influential scholar of the past 20 years?

• 1. Alexander Wendt 40.76%
• 2. Robert Keohane 34.00%
• 3. John Mearsheimer 32.73%
• 4. James Fearon 24.82%
• 5. Kenneth Waltz 23.23%
• 6. Joseph Nye Jr. 17.32%
• 7. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 13.20%
• 8. Samuel Huntington 11.51%
• 9. Martha Finnemore 11.19%
• 10. Robert Jervis 11.09%
• 11. Stephen Walt 10.77%
• 12. Kathryn Sikkink 8.76%
• 13. Peter Katzenstein 7.92%
• 14. Beth Simmons 7.18%
• 15. David Lake 6.76%

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The Teaching, Research, and International Policy project is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the MacArthur Foundation. For complete results of the 2014 survey, see trip.wm.edu/reports/2014 .

Update, Oct. 7, 2015: The Monterey Institute of International Studies changed its name to the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey shortly after FP’s Jan./Feb. 2015 print issue went to press. This article has been updated to reflect the name change.

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Top 10 Ph.D. Programs in the U.S.

• Harvard University: Kennedy School
• Princeton University: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
• Stanford University: Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy
• Columbia University: School of International and Public Affairs
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• Georgetown University: School of Foreign Service
• Johns Hopkins University: The School of Advanced International Studies
• Tufts University: The Fletcher School , a Graduate School of International Affairs
• George Washington University University: The Elliot School of International Affairs
• American University: School of International Service

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• Sciences Po - Paris
• University of Cambridge
• The Australian National University
• University of Toronto
• National University of Singapore
• Freie University Berlin
• University of Tokyo
• University of Sydney

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Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to international relations & national security students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other international relations & national security students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for international relations & national security to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized international relations & national security related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for international relations & national security students working on their doctor's degree.

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Johns Hopkins University is a great choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in international relations & national security. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from Johns Hopkins University

University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in international relations & national security. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from University of Southern California

It is difficult to beat Tufts University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in international relations & national security. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from Tufts University

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a good option for students interested in a doctor's degree in international relations & national security. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Claremont. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from Claremont Graduate University

Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from American University

Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a very large student population. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from Florida International University

DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from University of Denver

Located in the large city of Washington, Institute of World Politics is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population. More information about a doctorate in international relations & national security from Institute of World Politics

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