Code | Title | Credits |
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PSC 8101 | Introduction to Empirical Political Analysis | |
PSC 8108 | Craft of Political Inquiry | |
PSC 8109 | Dissertation Development Workshop | |
Five major field courses, including a field seminar, if applicable. | ||
Four minor field courses, including a field seminar, if applicable. |
Additional requirements
In addition to required coursework, program requirements consists of two comprehensive examinations covering a primary and supporting field, an original research paper, and a dissertation demonstrating the capacity to undertake original and significant research. The research paper, to be completed by the second year in the program, must reflect the student's ability to conduct original research. Students prepare for the comprehensive exams by taking at least five courses in their primary field and at least four courses in their supporting field, selected according to departmental guidelines. Three primary fields are available: American politics, international relations, and comparative politics. In addition, political theory, public policy, and research methodology are available as supporting fields. Petitions for a self-designed minor field (e.g., political communications) composed primarily of courses not offered by the established fields can be jointly proposed by students and faculty. All students must complete a sequence of courses in research methodology comprising PSC 8101 , PSC 8108 , and PSC 8109 .
A recommendation to the Dean for Admissions to candidacy, or the dissertation research stage, will be considered upon satisfactory completion of all coursework, research paper, field examinations, and successful defense of the dissertation prospectus. Students must pass their primary field examination with a satisfactory pass or above and must pass their supporting field examination with a bare pass or above in order to be considered eligible for promotion to candidacy. Admission to candidacy is permitted only if the student’s performance on the examinations and in the coursework gives a good indication of success in the second unit. Passing the field examinations does not in itself ensure admission to candidacy.
The dissertation prospectus must outline the central research question(s), relate the proposed research to the existing literature, detail a research methodology, and explain the nature of the original contribution that the completed project will provide. The prospectus must be presented and defended in an open forum, which all faculty and doctoral students are invited to attend. The full dissertation must be similarly defended. A dual degree program enables students to earn the master of public policy along with the PhD in the field of political science.
All applicants should upload unofficial transcripts from all academic institutions into the Application for Graduate Admission. Department of Political Science is currently not accepting hard copies as staff are working remotely. Graduate Students who are admitted into the program will be asked to submit official hard copy transcripts after admissions decisions are released.
Note: The application and all supporting documents must be submitted by December 1st, 2024. No extensions will be granted. Please read the instructions prior to contacting the graduate office.
Application Instructions
To apply for admission to the UCLA Political Science Department’s Ph.D. program, you must use the form on the Graduate Division website ( http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gasaa/admissions/applicat.htm ). That online form will guide you through the process. Be sure to select “Political Science” as your academic program in the “Plans for Graduate Study” section in the online admissions form. Note that the department does not have a separate master’s degree program, so if you’re interested in doing graduate work in our department you must apply for admission to the Ph.D. program.
As part of the application process, we are going to need three letters of recommendation . You should not ask your recommenders to send their letters directly to the department. Instead, you will provide names and contact information online for three people who have agreed to write letters for you. The letter writers will be contacted directly via email, and will also submit their letters electronically. This procedure is described in more detail on the application form website. For this purpose, you will not use the application form but will instead click into the link for “Recommendations” on the lower left-hand side of the online application form.
You must submit a statement of purpose and a writing sample. The section on “Statement of Purpose” in the application form will give you a good sense for what the Statement should be. It should be about three to five pages, double-spaced, in length.
Your writing sample is another requirement that will be taken into account when your application is assessed. We are not interested simply in seeing how well you write English, although that of course is important. We are also interested in getting some sense for your analytical abilities. Normally, the writing sample would be a paper you did in college or in a master’s program that you are particularly proud of, but one that is not purely descriptive in nature. An applicant will sometimes send in a copy of his or her senior thesis or master’s thesis. The sample should be at least five pages and at most 25 pages long (double-spaced).
You are also required to send in your official transcripts from previous academic work you have done. Upload transcripts onto the application form and mail official hard copy transcripts to the department. The one exception has to do with applicants who have gotten their undergraduate degree from UCLA. Those applicants do not have to provide an official transcript, but they will still need to submit an unofficial copy of their final transcript after they graduate, which they can get from the registrar’s office, to prove they have actually gotten their degree. If your undergraduate transcript does not show explicitly that you have been awarded a bachelor’s degree, at some point before you actually enroll you will need to send us a copy of your diploma , as officially issued by your university registrar. If that diploma is in a foreign language, you should also submit, in hard copy, an official English language translation of the diploma which you would get from the registrar (or equivalent office) at the institution that awarded it.
Finally, an international student who has been admitted and has decided to enroll in our program will have to send us a copy of his or her passport by April 11, so that the visa-issuance process will have enough time to run its course. All hard-copy material should be sent to:
Graduate Students who are admitted into the program will be asked to submit official hard copy transcripts after admissions decisions are released. Please send them to this address below.
ATTN: Graduate Advisor, UCLA UCLA Political Science Department BOX 951472, 4289 Bunche Los Angeles, CA 90095-1472
You will also have to take the General Graduate Record Examination and have the results sent directly to the department. You should take the GRE’s no later than November 1 so that we receive the test results before your application is processed. UCLA’s institution code for this exam in 4837 and the department code is 1902. The Educational Testing Service, which administers the exam, should be provided with this information so it knows where to send the results of the test.
Applicants from abroad whose native language is not English must take either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam and have the results reported directly to the department. UCLA’s institution code is 4837 and the department code is 89. More details can be found at https://grad.ucla.edu/admissions/english-requirements/ . The minimum scores you would need to get are described on that webpage. We recommend that you take your TOEFL or IELTS exam by November 1st so that we can receive the results by the time applications are reviewed. Since it is very important that we know that your English is good enough to do graduate work in our department, we may at some point arrange for a Skype interview. Please note that in order to work as a teaching assistant, non-native speakers will also need to get a passing score on the University’s Test of Oral Proficiency examination.
When your application is complete you will be automatically prompted to pay the application fee. The fee is to be paid via credit card. If you think you’ve completed the form but are not prompted to pay the fee, click the link for “Check Your Application” on the lower left-hand side of the online application form to see what is missing. As you’ll see on the “Fee Waiver” section of the application form, certain applicants are eligible to have that fee waived. More information on fee waivers is available on the Graduate Division website at http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gasaa/admissions/admisinfo.html#Fees .
The application for students planning to enter in the fall of a given year will be available by mid September of the previous year. (Our department accepts applications only for students planning to enter the Ph.D. program in the fall). The application is due on December 1st, 2024. Note that the application has to be complete in order to be submitted, so please plan accordingly. The applications will be reviewed by the faculty in December and January, and for those students who are admitted, acceptance letters will generally go out in early February. Those letters will also include information about the financial package an applicant is being offered. Students who are offered admission will normally have until early April to let us know whether or not they are going to come.
If you have additional questions about our program, please first read the section on the graduate program on the department website here and also the department’s graduate handbook, which is available here (new hyperlink should be: http://www.polisci.ucla.edu/content/graduate-handbooks ). If after reading this material you still have questions about the program or about the application process, please feel free to contact the graduate advisors in the department’s graduate office [email protected] .
Financial Aid Information
The department tries to provide whatever financial support is needed to enable a student who is accepted into the program to make satisfactory progress toward the Ph.D. But this is just a goal, and, if you are offered admission, what we will actually be able to promise you will be outlined in the offer letter.
You will need, of course, to find some way—generally with the department’s help—of covering both your living costs and tuition and fees, if those costs exceed what you were promised in the offer letter. Here are some basic facts that relate to this problem. What you would have to pay, in theory, for tuition and fees depends on whether you have California residency. California residents pay only in-state tuition (formerly called the “Educational Fee”). U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are not California residents must in addition pay “Non-Resident Supplemental Tuition” (NRST) in the first year in the program. They can, however, be reclassified as California residents for tuition purposes after the first year, and, if approved, will no longer be charged for NRST. For more information about this, go to http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/Fees-Residence/Residence-Requirements .
International students cannot become California residents for tuition purposes and must continue to pay non-resident tuition until they advance to Ph.D. candidacy (i.e., until they have completed all course and program requirements except the dissertation). Thereafter, there will be a 100% reduction of NRST (but not of basic Tuition) for a total of three years after they advance to candidacy.
Thus for the academic year 2024-2025, California residents paid a total of about $18,136 in tuition and fees. The corresponding figure for non-residents (both from out-of-state and abroad) was about $33,238. Students, however—and this applies to both California residents and non-residents, including international students—who work as teaching assistants, research assistants, and in many cases as readers (i.e., graders) receive substantial fee remissions. For more information, including current figures, see the “Graduate Student Fees and Fee Remissions” page on the Graduate Division website ( http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gss/library/feesintro.htm ).
Living costs will be covered by a stipend you receive from the department, by the salary you receive by being a teaching assistant, or in other ways (e.g., by various fellowships or mentorships you are awarded after you are enrolled).
Note that you do not have to apply separately to be considered for financial aid. If you are accepted into the program, you will automatically be considered for a fellowship and the offer you receive will include provisions relating to financial support. If, however, for one reason or another you might not need any, or much, financial support from the department, you should let the graduate advisors ( [email protected] ) in our graduate office know about this as soon as you apply. If, for example, you are getting funding, or have a good chance of getting funding, from some source outside of UCLA (like a foundation or a government agency), we would need to know about this so we can take it into account in the admission process. This also applies to students who are prepared to pay for their own education. If you are an international student with external funding that will cover NSRT, you should make this clear in your application.
If you’re interested in being considered from one of the special Graduate Division fellowships listed on the application form, you will simply need to fill out the corresponding section on that form. But please don’t check the box for any of the fellowships listed there that you don’t really feel you’re qualified for.
The most important of the Graduate Division fellowships is the Cota-Robles fellowship, which “is intended to help ensure access to graduate study for students who have experienced significant socioeconomic disadvantages or overcome other major educational or physical disadvantages in their pursuit of higher education.” More information about this program is available on the Graduate Division website at https://grad.ucla.edu/ . As noted above, you apply for it directly on the application form.
Ph.d. program in politics.
The Ph.D. program in Politics is an intellectually vibrant home for students interested in pursuing academic careers focused on the analytically rigorous study of politics. The program offers a wide range of opportunities to learn from and work with leading scholars in American Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Economy, International Relations, Political Theory, and Methodology, through substantive and methods seminars, research workshops, closely supervised research projects, and scholarly collaborations that often extend well past the end of graduate training.
Our program is unusual in its international diversity. Almost 70% of our current students come from places outside the U.S., including from countries as far-flung as Benin, Korea, Chile, China, Mexico, Russia, and Italy – just to take some examples.
Our job placement record is one of the most successful in the discipline. Recent placements include tenure-track appointments at Stanford, University of Chicago, University of Rochester, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Southern California, UCSD, Georgetown, UC Berkeley, ITAM, Texas 2 A&M, Emory, Vanderbilt and other leading research universities, and postdoctoral appointments at Princeton, LSE, the Harris School, UCSD, IAS-Toulouse, and others.
This Handbook , which was put together with invaluable help from our Ph.D. program staff, lays out some details of the expectations and requirements of the program and provides a guide for students and faculty to various logistical details related to the doctoral training in the Department.
Gwyneth McClendon Associate Professor of Politics Director of Graduate Studies
The program is summarized by the Politics Doctoral Program Handbook . The Fall 2024 Course Schedule has now been published. Additional information for current students and faculty, including the workshop sign-up sheet and forms, can be found on the Ph.D. program Google site .
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* – The asterisk next to program names in the list below denotes Ph.D. admitting programs. Students may apply and be admitted directly to these departments or programs, but after their second year of study at Duke, they must select a participating department in which they plan to earn the Ph.D., i.e., their degree comes from a different program than the one they were admitted into. Because of that, the programs with asterisks only have admission data but no data related to degree completion or career outcomes. The graduates are included in the data for the programs from which they received their degrees.
The Ph.D. program in Politics seeks to train students to assume faculty positions at a range of institutions of higher education and supports students pursuing a range of substantive research in the discipline. If you ask graduate students to identify the program’s strengths, they will mention:
The Graduate Program in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania reflects the methodological diversity of the discipline. The department has significant strengths in each of the four major subfields in the discipline: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory.
Courses in each of the four substantive fields clarify important intellectual and conceptual issues and help students learn how to formulate an original research project. Courses in both quantitative and qualitative research methods provide students with cutting-edge tools they can use to conduct their research.
The Ph.D. program includes course work, a teaching requirement, a second-year paper, a preliminary examination, and the preparation and defense of a dissertation. Candidates completing the Ph.D. degree typically pursue careers in academia, government service, and the private sector.
For more information: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/polisci/content/graduate-program
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The Department of Government at Harvard is a world leader in the study of political science, and the department’s faculty covers a wide range of fields and methodologies. The department’s breadth and depth allows you to pursue groundbreaking research on a variety of topics. The doctoral program’s diversity and flexibility enables scholars from all backgrounds and interests to thrive.
In the Department of Government, you will study and do research with the faculty of the department and leading scholars in other Harvard departments and schools, including Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School. You have access to unparalleled resources, ranging from the largest university library in the world to the Harvard research computing cluster to a wide array of centers and institutes associated with the department.
Graduates of the department write dissertations on topics ranging from ancient political theory to the politics of cybersecurity. They go on to jobs at leading academic institutions, companies, government agencies, and nonprofits.
Additional information on the graduate program is available from the Department of Government and requirements for the degree are detailed in Policies .
American Government | Comparative Politics | International Relations | Political Thought and Its History | Quantitative Methods/Formal Theory
Please review the admissions requirements and other information before applying. You can find degree program-specific admissions requirements below and access additional guidance on applying from the Department of Government .
A writing sample is required as part of the application and should be a recent scholarly or critical paper, 15 to 25 pages in length.
For the coordinated JD/PhD in law and political science, applicants must apply separately to each program and indicate in the application to the PhD program that a concurrent application has been submitted to the Harvard Law School.
Standardized tests.
GRE General: Required Writing Sample: Required (15-25 pages) iBT TOEFL preferred minimum score: 105 IELTS preferred minimum score: 7.5
Theses & Dissertations for Government
See list of Government faculty
Questions about the program.
College of Arts & Sciences
The Department of Government at Georgetown University accepts applications to the Ph.D. program for admission through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences . Students apply to one of the four political science subfields, and the department uses holistic criteria to select the best applicants for the program. For more information, see below, or email [email protected]
Policy on Re-entry to Ph.D. Program
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Please be sure to review the Graduate School Admissions Application Procedures page and the Admissions Requirements Checklist .
Political science.
Our faculty and students profit from the many outstanding institutes, centers and programs at Brown that relate to the study of politics.
The Department of Political Science covers the four main subfields in the discipline:
Our faculty and students profit from the many outstanding institutes, centers, and programs at Brown that relate to the study of politics. These include the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions , the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs , the Master of Public Affairs program , the Urban Studies Program , the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia , the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies , the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics , the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America , Middle East Studies , Development Studies , the Population Studies and Training Center , and Africana Studies .
In addition to the GRE and writing sample, applicants are required to submit a personal statement, three letters of recommendation, transcript(s), and, if applicable, proof of language proficiency. For further application information, please also see the Political Science admission guidance and the Graduate School's admission guidance .
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Personal statement:, dates/deadlines, application deadline, completion requirements.
The Ph.D. requires passing thirteen graduate-level courses with a minimum grade of B or better, though A grades are expected, including methods, field proseminars, course(s) in political theory, and Prospectus Writing. Students must also pass a written and oral preliminary examination in their primary field; a written and oral presentation of a dissertation proposal; and a written and oral presentation of a dissertation. A minimum of two semesters as a teaching assistant is also required.
Department of political science, mailing address.
Graduate program.
The Department of Political Science at Northwestern offers exceptional resources for the advanced study of politics in its various forms. Committed to excellence in research and teaching, methodological diversity, and interdisciplinary collaborations, the department offers a stimulating intellectual community that is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for students and faculty of all backgrounds. Our graduate students benefit from the opportunity to work closely with leading scholars in the field; enjoy access to first-rate libraries on a beautiful lakefront campus next to a world-class city, participate in a variety of research centers and institutes, and enjoy strong support for their research and scholarship – from fieldwork, to methods workshops, to conference travel in the United States and abroad.
We provide comprehensive training in political science theory and in multiple methods of analysis including quantitative, qualitative, experimental and interpretive methods. Subfield training includes American politics , comparative politics , international relations , political theory , and methods .
All Northwestern graduate students receive five years of guaranteed funding. We also provide generous support for professional development, including workshops on publishing, grant-writing, dissertation prospectus development, conference participation, work/life balance, and success on the academic and non-academic job markets.
We have our own experimental laboratory . The Buffett Institute for Global Studies supports working groups and funds graduate student’s preliminary field research. Certificate programs in Comparative-Historical Social Science and Critical Theory offer unique interdisciplinary training opportunities. Northwestern also offers a social science oriented Masters in Statistics , and dual degrees with Sciences Po and the Faculty of Law at Northwestern University Law School and the University of Copenhagen. The Program of African Studies and Equality, Development and Globalization Studies (EDGS) and the Institute for Policy Research greatly enrich our scholarly community.
We have an excellent placement record , with recent graduates accepting positions as assistant professors at Tulane, Johns Hopkins, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, University of Arizona, University of Pennsylvania, Williams College, Kenyon College, William and Mary, and the University of Montreal.
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2 in 5 applicants to this programme received an offer.
Data shown above is for entry in academic year 2020/21 (sources) .
Why are there inexact numbers? For data protection reasons, when the number of applications, offers, or admissions is low for a given course (or in some cases, regardless of the numbers), some universities report only approximate numbers. Based on these, we have computed the range of possible values.
The acceptance rate , or offer rate, represents the fraction of applicants who received an offer. Note that this will be generally lower the acceptances rates (acceptances divided by applicants) published by many other sources. This article explains it in more detail. The acceptances generally indicate the number of offer holders who accepted the offer and fulfilled its conditions. For some universities, however, it denotes the number of applicants who accepted the offer, regardless of whether they subsequently met its conditions.
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Phd in political science, program overview .
Our program is organized into the traditional major subfields of political science (including American politics, public policy/administration, international relations and comparative politics). Beyond that, we focus on a number of research cores on the cutting edge of political science research including race and ethnic politics, voting behavior, political movements, civil wars, American political institutions, and conflict management. We offer comprehensive methodological training in quantitative techniques, formal modeling and game theory, and qualitative techniques (such as interviews and archival research). Students are trained in state-of-the-art methodologies such as experiments, spatial econometrics, and techniques to collect and analyze big data (including automated data collection and text analysis). We are looking for promising students to help us answer important research questions with the most advanced techniques.
At Mizzou, we provide opportunities for collaborative research projects with faculty members who are experts in their area. Our vibrant program features professors who publish their research in top academic journals and university presses, edit leading journals in the discipline, and teach classes on advanced techniques at international methods institutes. The result is that our PhD students consistently publish in top academic journals while in graduate school. Nationally, it is somewhat rare to see students graduate with multiple publications, both solo and co-authored with faculty members; at Mizzou, it is the norm.
Coursework in our program consists of small seminars, allowing for intensive study of political science concepts and research, close interaction with faculty, and individual attention to student progress. Advised by graduate faculty, students at MU are encouraged to become active scholars capable of conducting independent analysis and research of political and social phenomena.
Mizzou Political Science maintains a low graduate student to faculty ratio, a commitment to student success, and a high rate of retention and graduation.
The COVID pandemic has been extremely hard on students, especially for students from the developing world, rural backgrounds, or from groups that are underrepresented in academia. The significant disruptions caused by lockdowns, health issues, and local ordinances mean that it may be difficult to prepare for the GRE exam, or even travel to the testing facility. In the interests of fairness, we have removed this requirement for applicants for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. We hope that this small step makes it easier for a diverse group of students to reach their goals at Mizzou.
We don’t have minimum scores for the GRE. As for the GRE averages, the above figure shows admitted students from a previous application cycle (circled) across quantitative and verbal percentiles (50th, 75th and 95th percentiles). As you can see, higher GRE scores improve your chances of being admitted. At the same time, it is not a perfect relationship. Unlike other top schools, we prefer to take a comprehensive or holistic approach to evaluating applicants.
Keep in mind that we have waived the GRE requirement for applicants for Fall 2023, so it your choice as to whether to provide GRE scores or not.
The Truman School strives to be a diverse and inclusive environment where students are encouraged to pursue their research interests in vibrant intellectual community. As such, we take a holistic approach to admissions . This means that we look for students with unique backgrounds, exceptional academic performance, research interests that overlap those of our faculty, strong letters of recommendation, and experience conducting political science research. Exceptional performance in one area could certainly compensate for less experience in another.
More specifically, the best personal statements are those that a) describe your post-PhD employment goals, b) lay out your skills and tools—such as experience with data analysis, statistical software, language skills, and conducting independent research—that will help you succeed in graduate school, and c) show why Mizzou’s graduate program appeals to you—this includes noting how your research interests overlap with those of our faculty.
No, there is no need to secure a professor’s approval before noting in the personal statement that you would like to work with them. If you would like to chat with a particular professor, contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Laron Williams, and he would be happy to establish the connection and get the conversation going.
While having an MA helps demonstrate that you are familiar with the intellectual demands of graduate school, it is not a requirement for admission. In fact, the majority of our PhD students choose to begin the program immediately after graduating from their undergraduate institution. In short, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds: applying straight from undergrad, after pursuing an MA, and mid-career applicants.
All Ph.D. students have graduate assistantships and receive a tuition waiver and a health insurance subsidy. Remaining expenses include course fees which—depending on the number of credit hours—typically do not exceed $1,000 a semester.
Our graduate student stipends are highly competitive (over $18,000) and quite generous when one factors in the low cost-of-living of Columbia ( example ). Historically, our students have won multiple university fellowships that provide additional funding (often $11,000-16,000).
The Truman School is also unique in guaranteeing funding for the five years it takes students to complete their PhD requirements, rather than make acquiring funding a competition between students. We have found that our approach reduces student anxiety about their economic situation. When students don’t compete with each other for their funding, they are free to build lasting friendships and connections.
Graduate assistants typically work 20 hours a week as either a teaching assistant or a research assistant. Graduate students in RA positions are paired with faculty members with similar research interests, so promising research assistantships often evolve into full-fledged co-authored projects. Teaching assistant duties vary according to the class, sometimes involving mostly grading while other times involving leading discussion sections. We also have opportunities for students interested in applied policy research to work as an RA with the Institute of Public Policy .
Students are allocated to either TA or RA positions based on a mixture of departmental need and the strengths and preferences of students.
Most of our PhD alumni work in academia as professors, so a critical part of the graduate training at Mizzou revolves around teaching. The ideal sequence is for students to serve as teaching assistants in substantive courses for a few semesters and then become lab instructors. As a lab instructor, TAs build teaching experience by providing one-on-one and small group instruction to a lab. We also encourage students to pursue guest lecturing opportunities so that they can strengthen their teaching skills. Moreover, our students have taken advantage of the additional training offered by the Teaching for Learning Center and the Minor in College Teaching .
Advanced graduate students are allowed to take the reins and teach their own independent courses. The goal is for our graduates to have a diverse teaching portfolio of classes so that they can hit the ground running in their first post-graduation academic job.
Yes! The professors in the Truman School believe that a critical part of training graduate students is collaborating with them on research projects . So much of the research process can only be learned by getting your hands dirty, brainstorming with coauthors, and writing on interests that you share with faculty. Graduate education is certainly less rewarding if you don’t have these experiences.
These collaborative opportunities arise organically, and often come out of a research assistantship position or as the result of a research paper for a graduate course. The result is that the vast majority of students go on the academic job market with multiple publications—often with faculty and other graduate students as coauthors—which places them in a stronger competitive position than their peers. Nationally, it is somewhat rare for graduate students to have multiple publications; at Mizzou, it’s the norm.
We expect our students to produce high-quality, innovative political science research, so we provide the funds that help them along the way. We group these funds into three categories:
Students choose to spend their summers in a variety of ways, whether it is taking a course or two, doing fieldwork or original data collection, gaining language training in an immersive environment, or attending summer schools in methodologies. These decisions are made by the student in consultation with their advisor and committee.
Departmental assistantships are based on 10-month appointments (you can spread payments over 12 months), but there are limited opportunities for 1- to 2-month summer research assistantships. Any student with a departmental assistantship receives a tuition waiver for summer classes.
Full-time PhD students take three classes a week and each class meets for 2.5 hours once a week. We make sure that these graduate courses don’t conflict with the undergraduate courses related to your teaching assistantship.
Students select a primary and a secondary field out of American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations and Public Policy/Public Administration. Students must take four classes from their primary field, three from their secondary field, and four methods classes. Besides that, we encourage students to take classes outside of their two fields and outside of the Truman School. For more information on these courses—as well as available syllabi— click here .
Here is a rough outline of the 2.5 years of coursework.
Year 1
Fall Methods Core I, Primary Core, Secondary Core
Spring Methods Core II, Substantive (Primary), Substantive (Secondary)
Year 2
Fall Methods, Substantive (Primary), Elective from outside TSGPA
Spring Methods, Substantive (Primary), Substantive (Secondary)
Year 3
Fall Methods, Core, Substantive (Primary)
Spring Comprehensive Examinations and Dissertation Proposal Defense
Year 4
Fall Dissertation Research
Spring Dissertation Research
Year 5
Fall Dissertation Research and Job Market
Spring
Core Courses: each field has a broad seminar that introduces the fundamental topics and big questions in that field: Public Policy, Introduction to International Relations, and Introduction to Comparative Politics. American Politics offers two core courses: American Political Behavior and American Political Institutions.
Methods Courses: each PhD student must take at least 13 hours of advanced methods courses. The two core courses include Introductory Statistics for Political Science (and its 1-hour lab) in the Fall of Year 1, and Linear Models in Politics in the Spring of Year 2. After that, students can take two other 3-hour courses on topics including Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Time Series Analysis, Formal Models, and Qualitative Research Methods. Students are also encouraged to pursue methods training from other departments at Mizzou and at summer methods schools.
Substantive Courses: each field offers at least one substantive course per semester on an important topic in that field. Click on this link to see the substantive courses we’ve offered in the last few years.
Elective: students are free to take classes outside of the Truman School at Mizzou. Oftentimes students will want to gain expertise or learn some methodological skill that is found outside of political science. In the past, students have taken courses in Black Studies, Statistics, Economics, Philosophy, Communications, and Sociology, to name a few.
Comprehensive Examinations: in the Spring of Year 3, students take comprehensive examinations in both their primary and secondary fields. The examinations take place over two days (one for each field) and assess whether students understand the foundational research on big questions in their field. After passing comprehensive examinations, students start writing their dissertation proposal.
The Graduate Association of Political Scientists ( GAPS ) is the student organization for graduate students involved in political science degree programs. It hosts monthly meetings with informational sessions, seminars on health and wellness, professional development activities, and social activities.
GAPS also runs the Truman School’s mentoring program, which connects all first-year students with an advanced student in the program with similar research interests. The mentors provide advice and guidance about how to navigate the PhD program. We have found that this eases the transition to full-time graduate student and improves student retention.
Since we recruit students from diverse backgrounds, there is considerable variance in students’ previous academic experiences. To help the transition from undergraduate education (or full-time employment) to a PhD program, we provide a comprehensive professional development program. The goal is to train students on all the tools and skills they’ll need to make the most out of the PhD program. The professional development program is made up of three main components:
Doctoral students identify a primary and a secondary field among four areas of study offered in the Political Science:
The PhD program of study consists of 45 hours of graduate course work, including:
Up to 24 hours of courses from a student's master's program may be counted toward the doctoral degree, at the discretion of the student's doctoral committee. The doctoral degree requires a minimum of 72 hours of course credit including reading and research hours.
Students typically take comprehensive exams in the spring of the third year. After passing the comprehensive examination, students work on independent research and a dissertation under the advisement of a doctoral committee.
Our assistance to students doesn’t end when the student gets their PhD. Each student pursuing a job on the academic job market goes through the placement program, where we review job market materials, discuss strategy, and offer interview prep. We also offer seminars on how to succeed in non-academic careers, and have placed recent graduates in all levels of government, think tanks, and the private sector.
The Truman School is extremely proud of its recent placement efforts (see below). In addition to placing students in tenure-track professor positions in research-dominated universities, we have an excellent track record in students gaining employment at small state universities and liberal arts colleges. Professors in the latter type of universities can engage in their teaching passions while still having the opportunity to conduct research.
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The Department of Political Science offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs that are structured around five substantive fields: Canadian politics, international relations, comparative politics, political theory, and U.S. Politics.
We offer in the range of 25 graduate seminar courses per year and ample support for mentoring grad students in their professional development, through research collaboration, workshops, and colloquia. We have the most successful doctoral graduates of any program in Canada, judged by our record of placing graduates in academic positions in Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Australia, and elsewhere.
For specific program requirements, please refer to the departmental program website
One of the key criteria that sets the Political Science department at UBC apart is the methodological breadth and diversity of research interests of faculty members, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. We have particular strengths for graduate students in:
Quantitative Methods: we are particularly strong on quantitative methods for students using this kind of approach, with the deepest lineup of persons engaged in systematic quantitative research and the country’s most robust sequence of graduate methods courses for those students wishing to acquire a sophisticated understanding of quantitative analysis.
Regional Area Strengths: we are exceptionally strong in the study of Asian politics, the politics of the Americas, European politics, U.S. politics, and Canadian politics.
The reputation, the expertise, and the strong support of UBC and its Political Science Department were the decisive factors in my decision to study here.
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The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies establishes the minimum admission requirements common to all applicants, usually a minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC). The graduate program that you are applying to may have additional requirements. Please review the specific requirements for applicants with credentials from institutions in:
Each program may set higher academic minimum requirements. Please review the program website carefully to understand the program requirements. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission as it is a competitive process.
Applicants from a university outside Canada in which English is not the primary language of instruction must provide results of an English language proficiency examination as part of their application. Tests must have been taken within the last 24 months at the time of submission of your application.
Minimum requirements for the two most common English language proficiency tests to apply to this program are listed below:
Overall score requirement : 92
Overall score requirement : 6.5
Some programs require additional test scores such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Graduate Management Test (GMAT). The requirements for this program are:
The GRE is required by some applicants. Please check the program website.
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Deadline to upload scans of official transcripts through the applicant portal in support of a submitted application. Information for accessing the applicant portal will be provided after submitting an online application for admission.
Deadline for the referees identified in the application for admission to submit references. See Letters of Reference for more information.
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All applicants have to submit transcripts from all past post-secondary study. Document submission requirements depend on whether your institution of study is within Canada or outside of Canada.
A minimum of three references are required for application to graduate programs at UBC. References should be requested from individuals who are prepared to provide a report on your academic ability and qualifications.
Many programs require a statement of interest , sometimes called a "statement of intent", "description of research interests" or something similar.
Students in research-based programs usually require a faculty member to function as their thesis supervisor. Please follow the instructions provided by each program whether applicants should contact faculty members.
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Permanent Residents of Canada must provide a clear photocopy of both sides of the Permanent Resident card.
All applicants must complete an online application form and pay the application fee to be considered for admission to UBC.
Research focus.
Canadian Politics: federalism, the Canadian electoral system, the constitution, the courts, electoral reform, parliamentary institutions, political parties, Canadian public policy, Canadian political thought, voting behaviour Comparative Politics: democratization and democratic institutions, state-society relations, comparative public policy, comparative political economy, constitutional design and comparative political institutions, executive politics, separation of powers, governance, non-governmental organizations, and immigration politics International Relations: International Relations Theory, International Political Economy, International Security, International Law and Organization, International Norms, Human Security, the politics of international law, and global governance Political Theory: democratic theory, liberalism, constitutionalism, human rights, feminism, multiculturalism, nationalism, identity politics, critical theory, history of political thought.
Fees | Canadian Citizen / Permanent Resident / Refugee / Diplomat | International |
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$114.00 | $168.25 | |
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Installments per year | 3 | 3 |
Tuition | $1,838.57 | $3,230.06 |
Tuition (plus annual increase, usually 2%-5%) | $5,515.71 | $9,690.18 |
Int. Tuition Award (ITA) per year ( ) | $3,200.00 (-) | |
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(yearly) | $1,116.60 (approx.) | |
Estimate your with our interactive tool in order to start developing a financial plan for your graduate studies. |
Applicants to UBC have access to a variety of funding options, including merit-based (i.e. based on your academic performance) and need-based (i.e. based on your financial situation) opportunities.
We offer a full five-year funding package for our PhD students, which generally consists of a combination of UBC Four-Year Fellowships (4YFs), Department Funding, Teaching Assistantship, and Research Assistantship.
In some cases, we are able to offer additional funding in the form of RA positions, but these are contingent on several factors, including faculty members having available research funds for RAs.
The Department of Political Science will offer TA opportunities to PhDs when available in order to enhance the financial resources at students’ disposal. Moreover, we consider it an important aspect of the professional development of our PhDs to work as Teaching Assistants, at some point in their PhD program, to develop their teaching skills under the guidance of faculty members.
All applicants are encouraged to review the awards listing to identify potential opportunities to fund their graduate education. The database lists merit-based scholarships and awards and allows for filtering by various criteria, such as domestic vs. international or degree level.
Many professors are able to provide Research Assistantships (GRA) from their research grants to support full-time graduate students studying under their supervision. The duties constitute part of the student's graduate degree requirements. A Graduate Research Assistantship is considered a form of fellowship for a period of graduate study and is therefore not covered by a collective agreement. Stipends vary widely, and are dependent on the field of study and the type of research grant from which the assistantship is being funded.
Graduate programs may have Teaching Assistantships available for registered full-time graduate students. Full teaching assistantships involve 12 hours work per week in preparation, lecturing, or laboratory instruction although many graduate programs offer partial TA appointments at less than 12 hours per week. Teaching assistantship rates are set by collective bargaining between the University and the Teaching Assistants' Union .
Academic Assistantships are employment opportunities to perform work that is relevant to the university or to an individual faculty member, but not to support the student’s graduate research and thesis. Wages are considered regular earnings and when paid monthly, include vacation pay.
Canadian and US applicants may qualify for governmental loans to finance their studies. Please review eligibility and types of loans .
All students may be able to access private sector or bank loans.
Many foreign governments provide support to their citizens in pursuing education abroad. International applicants should check the various governmental resources in their home country, such as the Department of Education, for available scholarships.
The possibility to pursue work to supplement income may depend on the demands the program has on students. It should be carefully weighed if work leads to prolonged program durations or whether work placements can be meaningfully embedded into a program.
International students enrolled as full-time students with a valid study permit can work on campus for unlimited hours and work off-campus for no more than 20 hours a week.
A good starting point to explore student jobs is the UBC Work Learn program or a Co-Op placement .
Students with taxable income in Canada may be able to claim federal or provincial tax credits.
Canadian residents with RRSP accounts may be able to use the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP) which allows students to withdraw amounts from their registered retirement savings plan (RRSPs) to finance full-time training or education for themselves or their partner.
Please review Filing taxes in Canada on the student services website for more information.
Applicants have access to the cost estimator to develop a financial plan that takes into account various income sources and expenses.
47 students graduated between 2005 and 2013. Of these, career information was obtained for 44 alumni (based on research conducted between Feb-May 2016):
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Our PhDs have been highly successful in pursuing academic and non-academic careers.
On the academic front, UBC PhDs hold tenured or tenure track positions at major universities in North America and internationally – including the University of Toronto, University of Victoria, University of Western Ontario, York University, University of Ottawa, University of Calgary, University of Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, University of Essex, Sophia University, National University of Singapore, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, Ritsumeikan University, University of Sheffield, Queensland University, Simon Fraser University, MacEwan University, University of Fraser Valley, University of Manitoba, Memorial University, McMaster University, and Cardiff University.
Our PhDs have held postdoctoral fellowships at a wide range of international institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, Vanderbilt University, University of Toronto, Queens University, Oxford University, Duke University, and others.
Many UBC PhDs have taken their doctoral training to high-level positions with government agencies, NGOs, and private-sector employers. Our students have pursued careers at Statistics Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada, the US Department of Defense Asia-Pacific Center, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Deutschebank (London), and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, among others.
These statistics show data for the Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD). Data are separated for each degree program combination. You may view data for other degree options in the respective program profile.
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
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Applications | 107 | 112 | 118 | 114 | 117 |
Offers | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
New Registrations | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
Total Enrolment | 41 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 51 |
These videos contain some general advice from faculty across UBC on finding and reaching out to a supervisor. They are not program specific.
This list shows faculty members with full supervisory privileges who are affiliated with this program. It is not a comprehensive list of all potential supervisors as faculty from other programs or faculty members without full supervisory privileges can request approvals to supervise graduate students in this program.
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2024 | Dr. Chew examined how ethnic identity affects different types of political attitudes and behaviour in Myanmar and Singapore. She found that its effects are conditioned by institutions and the interests that they generate. Her findings have implications for policymaking in ethnically diverse societies. |
2024 | Dr. Kuang studied the political economy of global 5G governance. Her dissertation, "A Mosaic of Mundane Innovations," shows how a new open and decentralized form of global governance took shape in the 5G technology regime. Her work foregrounds new possibilities for latecomer economies to participate in the making of the international economic order. |
2024 | Dr. Hurtado Lozada's four mixed-method studies on party formation failure in Peru demonstrate that social organizations can replace traditional parties, involving disloyal voters and populist politicians. The absence of parties, then, contributes to a gradual but steady weakening of democracy. |
2024 | Dr. Lacelle-Webster studied the work and experience of hope in democratic politics. Drawing on Hannah Arendt and contemporary democratic theory, he proposes a theoretical account of democratic hope that depends on and deepens political practices and spaces, empowering political agents to define possibility as an open, shared, and worldly phenomenon. |
2024 | Dr. Weiner examined how rebel groups adapt to shifts in the strategic environment during long conflicts. Focusing on the Syrian civil war, he found that leader turnover reduced group battlefield performance but not overall violence, while revenue shocks led groups to tax people in their territory more rather than increase looting. |
2023 | How might we better alleviate poverty and mitigate inequality? Dr. Peng studied how satellite data reveals local political dynamics that impact developmental outcomes, how the success of global superpowers could influence the political attitudes of foreign citizens, and why those who qualify for social assistance might not take it up. |
2023 | Dr. Heard examined how the effectiveness of civilian harm response and compensation influences the ways in which the legitimacy of counterinsurgency operations are perceived by affected communities. This research illuminates the strategic role of survivor-centric approaches to harm mitigation and response in contemporary conflict. |
2023 | Dr. Klein studied moral intuition's impact on experts' conceptualizations of international order via interviews, establishing that moral foundations influence their notions of change, progress, and threat. This substantiates the idea that moral intuition shapes both the scholars' theoretical leanings and the practitioners' foreign policy stances. |
2023 | Dr. Zhumatova developed a policy index that measures the scope of mainstreaming, a policy of immigrant integration, across European states. She used the index and other data to examine if mainstreaming helps immigrants find employment. Her research contributes to a better understanding of whether immigrant integration policies work. |
2023 | Foreign investment can benefit the recipient economy. Dr. Burzo examined empirically the political and economic aspects that influence the destination of foreign investments. His findings contribute to policy discussions on the redefinition of the international investment regime, particularly in relation to developing countries. |
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Graduate study in Political Science offers students the opportunity to work with well known teacher-scholars in American politics, international relations, political psychology, and public policy.
Students in the program have close working relationships with faculty and receive quality training for careers in academia, government, the nonprofit sector, and business. Graduate students often collaborate with faculty on research, publish articles in peer-reviewed academic journals, and present at conferences. The department offers four main areas of study, including American politics, international relations, political psychology, and public policy. The department is also actively involved in several cross-departmental specializations, including Environmental Studies, Ethnic Studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and Women’s & Gender Studies, and has ties to other organizations on campus, including the Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior, the National Strategic Research Institute, and the Nebraska Public Policy Center.
MA/PHD : Students hoping to earn the PhD degree and dual enroll in the MA degree (recommended for students applying with BA or equivalent). PHD : Students hoping to earn the PhD degree who already have a MA degree (or equivalent).
For more information, visit https://polisci.unl.edu/graduate-student-resources .
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The Department of Political Science offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs that are structured around five substantive fields: Canadian politics, international relations, comparative politics, political theory, and U.S. Politics. We offer in the range of 25 graduate seminar courses per year and ample support for mentoring grad students in their professional development ...
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