International Relations GRADUATE programs???

College Search & Selection
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<p>I know that there are many undergraduate LACs that offer strong international affairs programs and majors (i.e. Middlebury, Tufts, Macalester, Lewis & Clark)</p>

<p>But what about AFTER college? What if you know that you want to have a career in foreign policy and international relations? You could do an internship at the U.N. maybe, or perhaps some stuff with the Peace Corps...</p>

<p>But is there a GRADUATE SCHOOL that offers advanced and graduate study in international affairs, foreign policy, and international politics? What are some of the more renowned? I heard UChicago has a graduate school in Int'l Affairs, but I heard their economics graduate school is more well known.</p>

<p>What is a well known university with a well known int'l affairs graduate school?</p>

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<p>Georgetown
GWU
American</p>

<p>The DC schools are solid for grad, as well as undergrad. And the location is hard to beat.</p>

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<p>i totally forgot about georgetown...that may be a good choice.</p>

<p>other thoughts?</p>

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<p>There is a graduate school board. Post this there if you haven't already.</p>

<p>Columbia's SAIS, Tufts' Fletcher School are two that come to my mind immediately.</p>

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<p>jonri,</p>

<p>SAIS is JHU. You were thinking about SIPA.</p>

<p>A rough list of the top programs in IR...</p>

<p>JHU SAIS
Columbia SIPA
G'Town
Tufts Fletcher
American
GWU
Syracuse
UCSD</p>

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<p>It really depends what area of international relations you want to focus on.
Just a couple of schools but</p>

<p>Theoretical:
Columbia-mostly environmental and developmental
UChicago-mostly economic and meirsheimer</p>

<p>Practical:
Gtown- Regional w/ heavy focus on language, intl security, etc.
Stanford-Another security, regional, business
Pton-general</p>

<p>General Petreaus has a Ph.D from princeton in international relations.
Gtown is probably going to make you the most connections in looking for a job post-graduation if you are looking in the public sector.</p>

<p>Private sector, you maybe better off looking at more name band schools that are internationally renowned.</p>

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<p>there are a lot of ways to go with international relations...</p>

<p>security
economics
environment
trade
regional
development
etc</p>

<p>as an undergrad IR major, I am holding off on grad school until I get more direction in what type of program I might be interested in.</p>

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<p>I myself am leaning towards Columbia SIPA + CBS or one of the Wharton interdisciplinary programs (they have one with SAIS for IR and one with their own SAS for IS)</p>

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<p>The top 4 as far as I know are:</p>

<p>Georgetown University (SFS)
Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)
Princeton University
Tufts University</p>

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<p>Alexandre,</p>

<p>I would put SIPA above Tufts and Princeton, but that's just my "insider's view." It may be tainted by the reality distortion field of IR.</p>

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<p>You know far more than I do about the field UCLAri.</p>

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<p>There have been a lot of good programs mentioned so far. If you're into security studies, MIT, which hasn't been mentioned yet, is fantastic.</p>

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<p>Alexandre,</p>

<p>Well, I know what the field thinks about itself. I may know less about how employers, who matter more, think about the schools. I mean, my program is technically ranked higher than Yale, but I doubt that most employers would care.</p>

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<p>Foreign policy magazine recently ranked the top IR programs, and separated their ranking into undergraduate, master's, and doctoral categories. The site now requires you to pay in order to view the article, however. I remember, though, that Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, and Georgetown dominated the rankings.</p>

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<p>Here's</a> an old copy of the rankings. Not much has changed anyway.</p>