PhD Application — School List

Broad strength in political economy and international relations, with deep coverage of trade, institutions, conflict, and quantitative methods.

Exceptional strength in comparative political economy, authoritarian politics, and international political economy, supported by rigorous quantitative training.

Distinctively analytical program with leading expertise in quantitative political economy, formal theory, institutions, and international relations.

Strong in comparative politics and international relations, especially political economy, conflict, state-building, and theoretically driven empirical research.

Highly interdisciplinary research environment with particular strengths in comparative politics, political economy, institutions, and advanced quantitative methods.

Leading program in comparative politics and international relations, with notable strengths in authoritarian politics, political economy, and research design.

Strong in international relations and comparative political economy, with access to extensive regional institutes and New York-based research networks.

Major strengths in international and comparative political economy, trade, institutions, and quantitative methods, with a highly collaborative research culture.

Broad and methodologically rigorous program with standout expertise in comparative political economy, Southeast Asia, institutions, and political methodology.

Strong in comparative politics, international relations, development, and political economy, with close links to interdisciplinary social-science research centers.

Especially strong in comparative political economy, institutions, and Southeast Asian politics, including internationally recognized expertise on Vietnam.

Strong in international relations and comparative political economy, with relevant expertise in development, foreign investment, and Vietnamese politics.

Broad program with strengths in comparative politics, development, race and ethnicity, political economy, and sophisticated quantitative research.

Distinctive strength in international relations, security, conflict, and political economy, enhanced by proximity to policy institutions in Washington, D.C.

Collaborative, interdisciplinary program with strengths in comparative politics, international relations, political economy, and climate and energy politics.

Selective, close-knit program known for strong training in political economy, international relations, comparative politics, and formal and quantitative methods.

Particularly strong in international relations, comparative politics, political economy, formal theory, and quantitative methodology.

Strong quantitative orientation with expertise in comparative politics, international relations, conflict, institutions, and political methodology.

Strong in comparative political economy, authoritarian politics, conflict, and applied causal inference within a collaborative department.

Known for formal theory, international relations, conflict, and rigorous methodological training, with an emphasis on analytically precise research.

Notable strengths in comparative politics, authoritarian institutions, Southeast Asia, political behavior, and quantitative methodology.

Top-tier breadth across comparative politics, international relations, political economy, and methodology, with especially strong area-studies resources.

Strong interdisciplinary training in comparative politics, international relations, political economy, and formal and quantitative methods.

Highly regarded for political methodology, comparative politics, political economy, and institutional analysis in a quantitatively rigorous environment.

Broad strengths in comparative politics, international relations, political behavior, and methodology, supported by extensive interdisciplinary centers.

Large, methodologically diverse department with strengths in international relations, comparative politics, political psychology, and political methodology.

Distinctive concentration in formal theory and quantitative methodology, with strong applications to political economy, institutions, and international relations.

Broad strengths in comparative politics, political economy, international relations, political behavior, and rigorous multi-method research.

Strong in comparative politics, international relations, political development, and quantitative methods, with broad interdisciplinary opportunities.

Methodologically rigorous program with strengths in comparative politics, international relations, political institutions, and quantitative analysis.

Strong in international relations, comparative politics, political economy, and peace studies, with distinctive interdisciplinary resources through the Kroc Institute.

Policy-engaged program with strengths in comparative politics, international relations, public policy, security, and computational social science.

Strong in comparative politics, political behavior, institutions, and quantitative methods, with a collaborative and empirically oriented research culture.

Notable strengths in comparative politics, political economy, institutions, environmental politics, and quantitative methodology.

Strong in international relations, comparative politics, conflict, political economy, and advanced quantitative methods, with access to Washington, D.C. institutions.

Broad, quantitatively oriented program with strengths in comparative politics, international relations, political institutions, and methodology.

Strong in political economy, comparative politics, international relations, institutions, and rigorous quantitative and formal methods.

Broad strengths in comparative politics, international relations, political psychology, and methodology, with substantial interdisciplinary research support.

Strong in comparative politics, international relations, political behavior, and quantitative methods, with an established culture of collaborative research.