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Department of Politics and International Studies
Picture of the Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge with a cherry blossom tree in the foreground.
The Alison Richard Building, in which the department is located
Parent institution
Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science
AffiliationUniversity of Cambridge
Head of DepartmentJude Browne (2021- )
Undergraduates612
Postgraduates439
Location
Cambridge
,
England
Business Operations Manager (formerly Departmental Administrator)Helen Reynolds (2024 - )
Emma King (2021-4)
Websitewww.polis.cam.ac.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge (abbreviated POLIS) is the department at the University of Cambridge responsible for research and instruction in political science, international relations and public policy. It is part of the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science.

History

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POLIS, formed in 2009 by the merger of the former Department of Politics and the Centre for International Studies, is administratively housed at the university's Alison Richard Building on the Sidgwick Site.[1][2] Its primary predecessor, the Department of Politics, was formed in 2004, prior to which political science had been spread across other departments.[3]

In 2016, POLIS PhD student Giulio Regeni was killed while carrying out research in Cairo, Egypt.[4] [5] On 8 June 2016, the Italian news agency ANSA reported that Regeni's tutors at Cambridge University had declined to collaborate with the inquest into Giulio Regeni's murder,[6] to the disappointment of investigators and Regeni's family. This had been anticipated by coverage in the Italian weekly L'Espresso on 7 June 2016, which reported that Regeni's tutor Maha Abdelrahman had followed advice from University lawyers not to collaborate with the inquest.[7] The University of Cambridge strongly rejected the claims in a statement released to Varsity, the Cambridge student newspaper.[8] Despite commitment on behalf of Cambridge University, as of early December 2017, British authorities had denied requests by the Italian prosecutors concerning the interrogation of specific individuals in Britain; on a similar note, Abdelrahman had refused to speak to the Italian prosecutor.[9] Such British inaction in the aftermath of the incident was later described by Cambridge Member of Parliament and Labour Party politician Daniel Zeichner as "lack of tenacity".[10] Following the controversy that played out in the media, Abdelrahman agreed to be questioned by Italian authorities and received praise from Angelino Alfano, Italy's then Minister of Foreign Affairs, for having chosen to cooperate.[11]

Heads of department

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Academic and research centres

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Ten specialised centres are housed within the department:

  • the Bennett Institute for Public Policy
  • the YouGov-Cambridge Centre for Public Opinion Research
  • the Centre of Governance and Human Rights
  • the Centre of Development Studies
  • the Cambridge Centre for Political Thought
  • the Centre for Geopolitics
  • the Centre for Gender Studies
  • the Centre of South Asian Studies
  • the Centre of Latin American Studies
  • the Centre of African Studies

The department also publishes the peer reviewed journal Cambridge Review of International Affairs.[12]

Degrees and reputation

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University rankings
University of Cambridge
Global – Liberal arts
QS Politics[13]7 (2024)

Politics and International Studies are taught at the undergraduate level through either the Human Social and Political Sciences Tripos[14] or the History & Politics Tripos.[15] At the postgraduate level, the department offers nine Masters' programmes including the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Politics and International Studies,[16] an MPhil in Public Policy,[17] and a Master of Studies (MSt) in International Relations[18] as well as four PhD programmes including the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Politics and International Studies.[19]

The 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings ranked Cambridge seventh in the world for the study of politics.[20] The 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it sixth.[21] The department has been ranked top in the UK for the teaching of politics by the 2025 Complete University Guide.[22] Its masters and doctoral programmes have been ranked among the 25 "Best International Relations Schools in the World" by Foreign Policy.[23][24]

Notable people

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Alumni

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Notable alumnae of Cambridge's politics and international studies programmes include: (top row, left to right) NATO Military Committee chair Sir Stuart Peach, Nigerian foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar, Oaktree founder Hugh Evans; (middle row, left to right) Pulitzer Prize winner Ronen Bergman, CBS News journalist Roxana Saberi, U.S. Congressman Zach Nunn; (bottom row, left to right) S&P Global vice chair Daniel Yergin, IAEA chair Chae-Hyun Shin.

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) programmes

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Master of Studies (MSt) programme

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes

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Faculty

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See also

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References

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