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A Commitment to Excellence
The Ph.D. program in Politics seeks to train students to assume faculty positions at a range of institutions of higher education and supports students pursuing a range of substantive research in the discipline. If you ask graduate students to identify the program’s strengths, they will mention:
- An across-the-board commitment to excellence in research and teaching.
- Respect for a variety of methods and approaches to political research.
- A strong sense of community among both faculty and graduate students.
- Unparalleled institutional support for research, ranging from one of the finest university libraries in the world to abundant resources for data collection, field work and conference travel.