Academic Ranking of World Universities

ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 - Political Sciences
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World Rank Institution* Country/Region National/Regional
Rank
Total Score Score on
1Harvard University1322.7100.0
2Stanford University2275.579.9
3Princeton University3251.971.1
4London School of Economics and Political Science1244.185.5
5Yale University4240.367.0
6New York University5238.069.5
7Columbia University6226.868.7
8University of Michigan-Ann Arbor7219.465.5
9University of California, Berkeley8218.064.4
10University of California, San Diego9214.359.4
11University of Oxford2210.878.7
12Duke University10208.962.0
13University of Pennsylvania11204.058.7
14University of Chicago12203.453.9
15University of Wisconsin - Madison13197.055.7
16Aarhus University1196.167.4
17The University of Texas at Austin14195.456.5
18Texas A&M University15194.755.0
19University of Amsterdam1194.674.8
20Georgetown University16191.260.1
21Vanderbilt University17189.550.1
22Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)18186.251.0
23The Ohio State University - Columbus19184.858.2
24The George Washington University20183.661.1
25University of British Columbia1177.756.5
26University College London3175.158.2
27University of Zurich1175.050.1
28University of Gothenburg1173.458.2
28Washington University in St. Louis21173.444.5
30Pennsylvania State University - University Park22171.049.3
31University of Essex4168.149.3
32University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill23167.549.0
33Cornell University24167.449.3
33University of Oslo1167.456.5
35University of Minnesota, Twin Cities25166.148.1
36ETH Zurich2165.651.5
37European University Institute1165.458.0
38Northwestern University26163.445.7
39University of Mannheim1163.148.7
40University of California, Los Angeles27162.844.1
40University of Washington27162.853.4
42Arizona State University29162.646.3
43Michigan State University30161.946.0
44Uppsala University2161.850.4
45University of Maryland, College Park31160.147.5
46University of Warwick5159.052.9
47King's College London6158.760.8
47University of Virginia32158.742.9
49University of Konstanz2158.447.5
50Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick33156.543.8
51-75American University34-5049.3
51-75Boston University34-5039.1
51-75Brown University34-5040.8
51-75Dartmouth College34-5040.1
51-75Emory University34-5034.0
51-75Florida State University34-5038.0
51-75Indiana University Bloomington34-5038.7
51-75Johns Hopkins University34-5047.8
51-75Stockholm University347.2
51-75Stony Brook University34-5035.3
51-75The Hebrew University of Jerusalem148.1
51-75The University of Georgia34-5048.4
51-75University of Antwerp147.2
51-75University of California, Davis34-5040.1
51-75University of California-Merced34-5033.2
51-75University of Colorado at Boulder34-5038.7
51-75University of Copenhagen257.2
51-75University of Exeter754.7
51-75University of Montreal2-342.5
51-75University of Notre Dame34-5038.7
51-75University of Pittsburgh34-5043.2
51-75University of Rochester34-5031.9
51-75University of Southern California34-5042.5
51-75University of Toronto2-349.0
51-75Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam241.5
76-100Brigham Young University51-5632.3
76-100Cardiff University8-1142.5
76-100Copenhagen Business School3-439.8
76-100Free University Berlin3-442.2
76-100KU Leuven243.5
76-100Leiden University3-452.6
76-100McGill University436.0
76-100Pompeu Fabra University132.8
76-100Rice University51-5631.0
76-100The Australian National University1-251.5
76-100The University of Edinburgh8-1146.6
76-100The University of Queensland1-246.3
76-100University of Bern3-440.5
76-100University of California, Irvine51-5636.8
76-100University of Cambridge8-1151.0
76-100University of Geneva3-436.0
76-100University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign51-5633.6
76-100University of Kentucky51-5630.1
76-100University of Massachusetts Amherst51-5636.0
76-100University of Munich3-449.0
76-100University of Salzburg1-231.0
76-100University of Southern Denmark3-441.2
76-100University of Vienna1-245.4
76-100University of York8-1145.7
76-100Wageningen University & Research3-445.7
101-150Bocconi University221.3
101-150Central European University135.7
101-150College of William and Mary57-7728.6
101-150Colorado State University57-7726.0
101-150Erasmus University Rotterdam5-736.0
101-150Georgia State University57-7728.6
101-150Griffith University3-536.0
101-150Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya2-329.1
101-150Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge57-7730.5
101-150Lund University432.8
101-150Memorial University of Newfoundland5-727.6
101-150HSE University131.4
101-150National University of Singapore130.1
101-150Northeastern University (Boston)57-7732.3
101-150Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU235.3
101-150Paris Institute of Political Studies131.4
101-150Simon Fraser University5-731.0
101-150Syracuse University57-7732.3
101-150Tel Aviv University2-334.4
101-150Temple University57-7728.6
101-150The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa57-7726.6
101-150The University of Glasgow12-2034.4
101-150The University of Manchester12-2048.7
101-150The University of Sheffield12-2044.5
101-150The University of Texas at Dallas57-7726.6
101-150Tufts University57-7730.5
101-150Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)334.4
101-150University at Buffalo, the State University of New York57-7722.5
101-150University of Arizona57-7731.9
101-150University of Birmingham12-2045.1
101-150University of California, Riverside57-7730.1
101-150University of California, Santa Barbara57-7741.2
101-150University of Connecticut57-7736.4
101-150University of Denver57-7725.5
101-150University of Groningen5-736.4
101-150University of Hamburg533.6
101-150University of Houston57-7733.6
101-150University of Illinois at Chicago57-7730.1
101-150University of Iowa57-7729.1
101-150University of Leeds12-2041.5
101-150University of Nottingham12-2037.6
101-150University of Oklahoma - Norman57-7731.0
101-150University of Ottawa5-732.3
101-150University of Southampton12-2038.0
101-150University of St. Gallen524.9
101-150University of Strathclyde12-2039.1
101-150University of Sussex12-2045.1
101-150University of Sydney3-537.6
101-150University of Tasmania3-540.1
101-150University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee57-7722.5
101-150Utrecht University5-742.2
151-200Autonomous University of Barcelona2-327.1
151-200Binghamton University78-9523.8
151-200Carlos III University of Madrid2-327.1
151-200City University of Hong Kong121.9
151-200George Mason University78-9533.2
151-200Ghent University4-534.0
151-200Goethe University Frankfurt6-831.4
151-200Heidelberg University6-836.0
151-200Loyola Marymount University78-9515.9
151-200Luiss Guido Carli University326.0
151-200Maastricht University8-1035.3
151-200Monash University6-926.0
151-200New University of Lisbon125.5
151-200Newcastle University21-2740.1
151-200Oregon State University78-9527.6
151-200Queen Mary University of London21-2733.6
151-200Radboud University Nijmegen8-1036.0
151-200Roskilde University525.5
151-200Texas Tech University78-9524.4
151-200The University of Melbourne6-938.0
151-200The University of Memphis78-9522.5
151-200The University of New South Wales6-929.1
151-200Tilburg University8-1029.6
151-200Trinity College Dublin1-229.6
151-200Tulane University78-9523.8
151-200University at Albany (State University of New York)78-9528.6
151-200University College Dublin1-232.3
151-200University of Aberdeen21-2734.0
151-200University of Bergen331.9
151-200University of Bremen6-838.3
151-200University of Bristol21-2732.3
151-200University of East Anglia21-2731.9
151-200University of Florida78-9528.1
151-200University of Haifa425.5
151-200University of Kent21-2735.7
151-200University of Lausanne630.5
151-200University of Miami78-9524.4
151-200University of Mississippi78-9527.6
151-200University of Missouri - Columbia78-9532.3
151-200University of Nebraska - Lincoln78-9527.6
151-200University of North Texas78-9525.5
151-200University of Plymouth21-2734.4
151-200University of South Carolina - Columbia78-9530.5
151-200University of Tennessee - Knoxville78-9525.5
151-200University of Utah78-9526.6
151-200University of Waterloo831.0
151-200University of Wollongong6-931.9
151-200Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University78-9521.3
151-200Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)4-534.0
201-300Aalborg University625.5
201-300Abo Akademi University1-322.5
201-300Bilkent University1-319.9
201-300Birkbeck, University of London28-4426.6
201-300Boston College96-11519.2
201-300Carleton University9-1629.6
201-300Catholic University of Louvain619.2
201-300Charles University in Prague119.2
201-300City University London28-4427.1
201-300Claremont Graduate University96-11515.9
201-300Complutense University of Madrid4-514.1
201-300Curtin University10-1622.5
201-300Dalhousie University9-1627.1
201-300Dublin City University322.5
201-300Durham University28-4433.6
201-300Flinders University10-1616.8
201-300Fordham University96-11521.3
201-300Georgia Institute of Technology96-11519.9
201-300Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf9-1816.8
201-300Humboldt University of Berlin9-1828.1
201-300Instituto Universitario de Lisboa2-419.9
201-300Iowa State University96-11519.9
201-300Koc University1-321.3
201-300Korea University1-219.2
201-300Lancaster University28-4415.9
201-300Laval University9-1618.4
201-300Loughborough University28-4422.5
201-300Loyola University Chicago96-11521.3
201-300Macquarie University10-1626.0
201-300Marquette University96-11519.9
201-300Murdoch University10-1619.2
201-300Nanyang Technological University224.9
201-300Peking University1-214.1
201-300Pontifical Catholic University of Chile123.2
201-300Portland State University96-11515.9
201-300Purdue University - West Lafayette96-11521.9
201-300Queen's University Belfast28-4434.4
201-300Royal Holloway, University of London28-4425.5
201-300Sabanci University1-316.8
201-300Scuola Normale Superiore - Pisa4-721.3
201-300SOAS, University of London28-4429.6
201-300Stellenbosch University1-314.1
201-300Tampere University1-322.5
201-300The Chinese University of Hong Kong2-316.8
201-300The University of Calgary9-1615.9
201-300The University of Hong Kong2-325.5
201-300The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque96-11516.8
201-300The University of Newcastle, Australia10-1613.0
201-300The University of Western Australia10-1629.1
201-300Tsinghua University1-218.4
201-300University of Agder4-520.6
201-300University of Arkansas at Fayetteville96-11520.6
201-300University of Barcelona4-521.9
201-300University of Bath28-4424.9
201-300University of Bologna4-731.9
201-300University of California, Santa Cruz96-11523.2
201-300University of Canberra10-1622.5
201-300University of Cape Town1-330.1
201-300University of Central Florida96-11522.5
201-300University of Coimbra2-420.6
201-300University of Cologne9-1826.6
201-300University of Delaware96-11521.3
201-300University of Duisburg-Essen9-1822.5
201-300University of Erlangen-Nuremberg9-1817.6
201-300University of Freiburg9-1826.0
201-300University of Goettingen9-1820.6
201-300University of Hawaii at Manoa96-11524.4
201-300University of Helsinki1-329.1
201-300University of Hull28-4422.5
201-300University of Iceland122.5
201-300University of Johannesburg1-318.4
201-300University of Kansas96-11528.6
201-300University of Kiel9-1823.2
201-300University of Leicester28-4425.5
201-300University of Lisbon2-428.1
201-300University of Liverpool28-4430.1
201-300University of Luxembourg119.9
201-300University of Mainz9-1824.4
201-300University of Manitoba9-1617.6
201-300University of Milan4-729.1
201-300University of Oregon96-11519.9
201-300University of Padua4-715.9
201-300University of Potsdam9-1821.9
201-300University of Sao Paulo117.6
201-300University of St Andrews28-4433.2
201-300University of Stirling28-4421.3
201-300University of Surrey28-4416.8
201-300University of Tartu115.9
201-300University of the West of England28-4418.4
201-300University of Tromso4-531.0
201-300University of Twente1118.4
201-300University of Victoria9-1627.6
201-300University of Westminster28-4418.4
201-300Waseda University118.4
201-300Washington State University96-11515.9
201-300Wesleyan University96-11515.9
201-300West Virginia University96-11521.9
201-300Wilfrid Laurier University9-1616.8
201-300Yonsei University1-221.9
201-300York University9-1626.0
301-400Aberystwyth University45-5921.9
301-400Aston University45-5918.4
301-400Autonomous University of Madrid6-815.0
301-400Bar-Ilan University518.4
301-400Boise State University116-12814.1
301-400Brunel University45-5915.9
301-400Concordia University17-237.5
301-400Corvinus University Budapest215.9
301-400Coventry University45-5919.2
301-400De Montfort University45-5915.0
301-400Deakin University17-2114.1
301-400Florida International University116-12818.4
301-400Fudan University3-614.1
301-400Goldsmiths University London45-5915.9
301-400Hankuk University of Foreign Studies3-57.5
301-400Istanbul Bilgi University4-513.0
301-400James Madison University116-12818.4
301-400Jawaharlal Nehru University17.5
301-400Kansas State University116-12819.9
301-400Keele University45-5918.4
301-400Kent State University116-12817.6
301-400Kyung Hee University3-511.9
301-400Masaryk University214.1
301-400Massey University1-515.0
301-400McMaster University17-2315.9
301-400Middle East Technical University4-511.9
301-400Middlesex University45-5913.0
301-400National and Kapodistrian University of Athens115.0
301-400National Chengchi University1-211.9
301-400National Taiwan University1-214.1
301-400National University of Ireland, Galway4-621.3
301-400National University of Ireland, Maynooth4-610.6
301-400Naval Postgraduate School116-12814.1
301-400Northern Illinois University116-12817.6
301-400Oxford Brookes University45-5915.9
301-400Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1)2-315.9
301-400PSL University2-320.6
301-400Queen's University17-2315.0
301-400Queensland University of Technology17-2116.8
301-400Renmin University of China3-610.6
301-400RMIT University17-2113.0
301-400Sapienza University of Rome8-1016.8
301-400Seoul National University3-519.9
301-400Sodertorn University5-617.6
301-400Southern Methodist University116-12811.9
301-400Swansea University45-5917.6
301-400Technical University Darmstadt19-2413.0
301-400The American University in Cairo110.6
301-400The New School116-12816.8
301-400The Open University45-5919.9
301-400The University of Adelaide17-2118.4
301-400The University of Auckland1-523.8
301-400The University of Dundee45-5913.0
301-400The University of Reading45-5920.6
301-400The University of the South Pacific119.2
301-400The University of Tokyo223.2
301-400Umea University5-614.1
301-400Universidad del Rosario1-211.9
301-400University College Cork4-618.4
301-400University Diego Portales2-310.6
301-400University of Alberta17-2319.2
301-400University of Bochum19-2414.1
301-400University of Bonn19-2415.0
301-400University of Brasília211.9
301-400University of Canterbury1-519.2
301-400University of Chile2-313.0
301-400University of Cincinnati116-1287.5
301-400University of Cyprus114.1
301-400University of Granada6-810.6
301-400University of Innsbruck314.1
301-400University of Jyvaskyla4-513.0
301-400University of KwaZulu-Natal4-611.9
301-400University of Ljubljana111.9
301-400University of Los Andes (Colombia)1-214.1
301-400University of Malaya111.9
301-400University of Malta116.8
301-400University of Marburg19-2415.0
301-400University of Massachusetts Boston116-12815.9
301-400University of Minho515.9
301-400University of Muenster19-2415.9
301-400University of Otago1-515.9
301-400University of Portsmouth45-5923.8
301-400University of Pretoria4-614.1
301-400University of Quebec Montreal17-2313.0
301-400University of Saskatchewan17-2314.1
301-400University of Technology Sydney17-2117.6
301-400University of Texas at El Paso116-12817.6
301-400University of the Basque Country6-820.6
301-400University of the Witwatersrand4-613.0
301-400University of Trento8-1018.4
301-400University of Tuebingen19-2419.2
301-400University of Turin8-1019.9
301-400University of Turku4-519.2
301-400University of Ulster45-5915.0
301-400University of Warsaw119.2
301-400Utah State University116-12814.1
301-400Victoria University of Wellington1-520.6
301-400Western University17-2319.9
301-400Xiamen University3-610.6
301-400Zhejiang University3-615.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.


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