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- Our faculty are leading scholars whose award-winning research tackles critical political questions, attracts prestigious external fellowships and grants, and appears in top academic journals and presses.
- Our Ph.D. students receive rigorous substantive and methodological training, pursue important research projects, and have an impressive record of publication and placement in both academic and non-academic jobs.
- Our exceptional undergraduate students receive world-class instruction and enriching research and experiential opportunities on their way into top graduate programs, preeminent professional schools, and rewarding careers.
- Our department has impressive strength in all four of the traditional fields of political science — American politics, world politics, international relations, and political theory — as well as in two more recently established fields — constitutional studies and political methodology. We are an intellectually diverse department with considerable faculty expertise in qualitative, quantitative, and theoretical approaches to political science.
At Notre Dame, scholarship and teaching in political science is supported by three centers — the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government, The O'Brien Notre Dame International Security Center, and the Rooney Democracy Insitute. Numerous interdisciplinary institutes — including the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Kroc Institute for International Studies, and Nanovic Institute for European Studies — also facilitate the work of our faculty and students.
These centers and institutes contribute to a vibrant and increasingly strong political science community on campus. We are excited for you to learn more about our people, our programs, and the important work that political science faculty and students are doing at Notre Dame.
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