The George Washington University Political Science Department is a nationally recognized program with emphases in American Politics, Comparative Politics, and International Relations. Faculty and graduate student research is cutting edge and takes advantage of the Department's Washington location to leverage data and resources unique to this national and world capital. The Department ranked 14th nationally in the National Research Council's most recent rankings of political science programs (for more information on the rankings, see http://departments.columbian.gwu.edu/politicalscience/nrcrankings).