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22.03.2023

2023 QS Rankings: Sciences Po Third in the World in "Politics"

2023 QS Rankings, Sciences Po named in Politics and International Studies : first  in the European Union and third in the world (credits: Sandrine Gaudin / Sciences Po)

For the fifth year,  Sciences Po is among the top three international universities in the Politics category, according to the 2023 QS Rankings by discipline. Thus, Sciences Po remains the leading university in the European Union in this discipline, a position it has now occupied for 8 years.

Academic and Research Excellence

These results attest to the excellence of the courses provided and the research led at Sciences Po. By maintaining its position in the world's top 3, Sciences Po is ahead of the London School of Economics and Political Studies (LSE) and Stanford University.

Every year, the QS Rankings by discipline compares more than 1,500 universities worldwide. The results of this ranking have shown, year after year, that Sciences Po is one of the world's leading universities in humanities and social sciences.

Stand out results in other disciplines

Sciences Po's high quality teaching and scientific research activities also make it possible for the institution to stand out in other discipline-based rankings:

  • Social Policy and Administration: Sciences Po recorded an increase of seven places and is thus ranked 13th in the world and maintains its first place in the European Union.
  • Sociology: ranked 27th worldwide (up by four places) and second in the European Union.

Congratulations to professors and researchers

Once again this year, Sciences Po is recognised worldwide for its excellent results in the world's reference rankings. For 150 years, our institution has been educating open and enlightened minds capable of understanding the challenges of the world in which they live. These rankings show that Sciences Po is successfully taking up the challenge of achieving excellence, while at the same time expanding its geographical and social reach, especially through its particularly ambitious equal opportunities policy. I warmly congratulate all the teachers and researchers at Sciences Po for their high-quality work.

Sergei Guriev, Provost at Sciences Po

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