Advance your academic career

Advance your academic career with the Department of Political Science's doctoral program, tailored to equip you with essential research and teaching skills. Whether you aspire to advance yourself in the academic or non-academic world, or our program provides a comprehensive foundation in research methods to help you succeed. With a small faculty and graduate student population, you'll have ample opportunities to collaborate and engage in hands-on research projects with your professors. Additionally, as part of the program you'll gain valuable teaching experience through our apprenticeship program in our large undergraduate courses. Join us and be ready to make an impact in the professional world.

Program Highlights

• Admitted PhD students receive fully funded tuition for up to five years, plus a salary
• Average cohort size = 6
• Expected years to complete= 5 years 
• Annual funds for conference attendance and research
• Nationally award-winning faculty
• Extensive faculty-to-student coauthoring and research
• Supportive Learning and Research Environment 

Meet our Graduate Students