The Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge is consistently one of the top ranked university politics departments in the UK and throughout the world. We are a multidisciplinary department and our world class teaching and research within politics and international studies includes ten Centres which lead the historical and contemporary study of public policy, gender, political thought, the global south, geopolitics, development studies, governance and human rights.
With around 600 undergraduates and more than 350 graduate students from over 30 countries enrolled in programmes at POLIS, we house a vibrant community in an exceptional environment in which to learn and examine all aspects of the political discipline.