The Teaching, Research & International Policy (TRIP) project asked international relations scholars: “What are the five best PhD programs in the world for a student who wants to pursue an academic career in IR?”

Here are the answers.

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1. Harvard University

72.21%
http://www.harvard.edu/

2. Princeton University

51.99%
http://www.princeton.edu/

3. Stanford University

42.95%
https://www.stanford.edu/

4. Columbia University

35.52%
http://www.columbia.edu/

5. University of Oxford

29.45%
http://www.ox.ac.uk/

6. Yale University

27.84%
http://www.yale.edu/

7. London School of Economics and Political Science

25.66%
http://www.lse.ac.uk/

8. University of Chicago

20.7%
http://www.uchicago.edu/

9. University of Cambridge

18.08%
http://www.cam.ac.uk/

10. University of California, Berkeley

15.11%
http://www.berkeley.edu/

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The Teaching, Research & International Policy (TRIP) project at the College of William & Mary seeks to collect and analyse data about research and teaching in international relations (IR). Its faculty survey includes IR scholars in more than 30 countries. “The overwhelming majority of our respondents have jobs in departments of political science, politics, government, social science, international relations, international studies, or in professional schools associated with universities,” says the project’s website. “Given our definition of ‘IR scholar’ — individuals with an active affiliation with a university, college, or professional school —, we excluded researchers currently employed in government, private firms, or think tanks (except where instructed otherwise by our country partners).”

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