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This page provides information on our graduate program, its national standing, graduate students, and information on how to apply. The Guide to Doctoral Study in Political Science, below, will provide the most detailed information about our program.

Guide to Doctoral Study in Political Science

The departmental Guide to Doctoral Study in Political Science contains information on admissions requirements, financial awards, residency requirements, curricular requirements, advising, evaluation, comprehensive examinations, and other information about our graduate program.

National Standing

The University of Iowa Political Science Department ranks among the best in the country in terms of scholarly quality as measured by faculty publications in the leading professional journals.

Get an Application for the program

Applications must be submitted online. At the link above, Graduate Admissions lists the supplemental application materials that need to be mailed to the Political Science Deparment and those that go to the Office of Admissions, which handles Graduate College applications.

Current Students

Contact information and office locations for our current graduate students. For teaching assistants, office hours are listed.

Placement Students

This page provides information about our advanced doctoral students and recent Ph.D.s currently on the academic job market. For each candidate, you will find a curriculum vitae, teaching/research statements, and contact information.

Resources for Graduate Students

Links to journal articles and web sites of interest to graduate students in political science.

Working Papers Repository

A repository for working papers by both faculty and graduate students in our department. These are papers that have not yet been published and are not yet under review.