Georgetown University: School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Georgetown University continues to rank as the world’s best school to study International Relations at the Master’s level, according to the most recent rankings released by Foreign Policy magazine. The Georgetown Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program beat out its chief rivals in Washington, DC and the Ivy League for highest honors.

Conducted every two years, the survey asked more than 1,700 international relations faculty members at all American universities to list the top schools teaching International Relations.

In addition to its top-ranked Master’s program, Georgetown University’s Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) ranked fifth for undergraduate education in international relations, behind Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Stanford. Robert Gallucci, Dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, said that he believes the rankings affirm the strength of the Georgetown program.

“I think the rankings reflect the reputation the School of Foreign Service has earned for a curriculum that is both broad and deep in international studies, which in turn attracts the very best students from around the country and around the world,” he said.

The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar), established in 2005 in cooperation with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development, offers the same undergraduate degree as on the Georgetown campus in Washington DC, taught by Georgetown faculty, to approximately 50 students selected each year from Qatar and the surrounding region. With the success of the undergraduate program, SFS-Qatar will explore options for the creation of a Master’s program also to be delivered in Qatar.



//Full Rankings Below


TOP 20 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Rank School Percent*

1 Harvard University 21
2 Princeton University 16
3 Yale University 12
4 Stanford University 12
5 Georgetown University 12
6 Columbia University 11
7 University of Chicago 7
8 Dartmouth College 5
9 University of California, Berkeley 4
10 Tufts University 3
10 University of Michigan 3
12 Duke University 3
13 Williams College 2
13 Cornell University 2
13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2
16 Swarthmore College 2
17 Johns Hopkins University 2
17 American University 2
19 University of California, San Diego 2
19 Brown University 2



TOP 20 MASTER’S PROGRAMS

Rank School Percent*

1 Georgetown University 54
2 Johns Hopkins University 49
3 Harvard University 38
4 Tufts University 37
5 Columbia University 29
6 Princeton University 27
7 George Washington University 18
8 American University 13
9 University of Chicago 6
10 Syracuse University 6
11 London School of Economics 6
12 University of Colorado, Denver 3
12 Yale University 3
12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3
12 University of California, San Diego 3
16 Stanford University 2
17 University of Pittsburgh 2
17 University of Kentucky 2
19 University of Texas, Austin 2
19 University of Michigan 2




TOP 20 PH.D. PROGRAMS

Rank School Percent*

1 Harvard University 66
2 Princeton University 50
3 Stanford University 45
4 Columbia University 37
5 Yale University 26
6 University of Chicago 24
7 University of California, Berkeley 19
8 University of Michigan 16
9 University of California, San Diego 15
10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 14
11 Cornell University 8
12 London School of Economics 8
13 Johns Hopkins University 7
13 Oxford University 7
15 Georgetown University 6
16 University of Rochester 5
17 University of California, Los Angeles 4
17 New York University 4
19 Ohio State University 4
20 Cambridge University 3


*Percentage of respondents listing institutions among the five best. When possible, tie scores were broken by total votes tallied.