The Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder has a long and vibrant tradition of excellence in training graduate students. Our diverse faculty of nearly 30 train graduate ...

Depending on the job or field, earning a graduate degree may lead to higher salaries, career advancement and specialized skill development. But with several types of degrees and hundreds of graduate ...

The Department of Political Science is home to a dynamic faculty, devoted to studying political phenomena at all levels of interest to our graduate students, including local, state, national, and ...

The Department of Political Science will be making very limited admissions of Ph.D. students, if at all, for Fall 2026. Applicants only in the subfields of international relations, comparative ...

The small size of the program—approximately five to six students are admitted to the doctoral program each year—allows for personal attention and close contacts with the faculty. Informal colloquia ...

Attention Applicants: the Political Science Department will be making very limited admissions of PhD students, if at all, for Fall 2026. Applicants only in the subfields of International Relations, ...

As a student, you are required to complete 63 credit hours, PhD comprehensive examinations and a dissertation. The comprehensive examination calls for you to explain, critique, integrate and apply ...