Although there are no new faces at the very top of the ranking for politics & international studies this year, Princeton University deserve singling out for climbing five places to third. Only Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has made a bigger improvement in the top 20 this year.

Of course, it’s not all about the American universities and seven other countries are represented in the top 20 this year: the UK, France, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Japan and Germany. Of these, only the UK and Australia have more than one institution in the top 20.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

Interested in other courses besides politics & international studies? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018 cover 48 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.