2025 QS ranking: Sciences Po ranked the best university in European Union in ‘Politics’

QS 2025 ranking: Sciences Po in the worldwide top 5 for the subject ‘Politics’

According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, Sciences Po ranks 4ᵉ worldwide in the “Politics” (formerly known as “Politics & International Studies”) category out of more than 1,700 international universities.  For the past seven years, Sciences Po has been among the top 5 universities in this discipline internationally. The university remains 1rst in France and 1rst in the European Union (UE).

Sciences Po shines in other fields too

The quality of Sciences Po's research and teaching has also enabled the institution to make a name for itself in other rankings by subject: 

• “Social Policy and Administration”: Sciences Po is the 1rst university in the EU;
• “Sociology”: Sciences Po moved up two ranks, placing 2nd in the EU and remaining 1rst in France;
• “Law and Legal Studies”: Sciences Po ranks in the EU top 15 and remains 2nd in France;
• “History”: Sciences Po ranks in the EU top 10 and moved up one rank, placing 3rd in France;
• “Economics and Econometrics”: Sciences Po ranks in the EU top 30 and 7th in France.