Research Honors Track - Applications due October 12, 2012

This innovative program leads to a BA degree with honors and will give participants the analytical tools they need to write top-notch honors theses and collaborate with Stanford faculty and Ph.D. students.  Through a specially designed program of study and research, students will develop the foundation for successful careers in academia, law, government, business, and other fields.  Click here to download the application.

Doctoral Admissions - Applications due December 4, 2012

The application for Fall 2013 admission to the PhD program will open in early September and close December 4, 2012.  All supporting materials, including transcripts, should be submitted online.  The Department of Political Science does not offer a Master's program. Questions regarding graduate admissions should be directed to carambula [at] stanford [dot] edu (Chandelle Arambula). Before starting the application process, please read the information about the graduate program requirements and take a look at our list of Frequently Asked Questions.  

Political Science Welcomes New Faculty

The Department of Political Science is pleased to welcome Kenneth Scheve, Bruce Cain, and Kristi Olson to its faculty. Ken Scheve's research interests are in the fields of international and comparative political economy and comparative political behavior with particular interest in the behavioral foundations of the politics of economic policymaking. He comes to Stanford after previous positions at University of Michigan and Yale.  Bruce Cain comes to us from UC-Berkeley and will serve as Director Designate of the Bill Lane Center for the American West. His areas of expertise include political regulation, applied democratic theory, representation and state politics. Kristi Olson is a political theorist who recently received her Ph.D. from Harvard.