Survey Ranks JHU SAIS Top MA Program in International Relations

The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is the top master's degree program in international relations (IR) for students looking to pursue a policy career, according to a recent survey of scholars in the field.

The November/12/issue of Foreign Policy magazine features the results of the survey, conducted by scholars at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. Nearly 1,100 IR professors and researchers at universities throughout the United States participated in the study. SAIS also made the survey's Top 20 Ph.D. Programs list, coming in 13th.

As part of the survey, his peers named Francis Fukuyama, the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy and director of SAIS's International Development Program, one of the 25 most influential scholars in the field.

Rounding out the top five IR master's programs for policy careers were Georgetown, Harvard, Tufts and Columbia universities.

For links to the Foreign Policy articles that feature the survey results and the complete William and Mary study, go to www.sais-jhu.edu and view the related entry under the "Headlines" section.

SAIS is one of the country's leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international relations. Located along Embassy Row in Washington's Dupont Circle area, the school enrolls more than 450 full-time graduate students and mid-career professionals and has trained more than 11,000 alumni in all aspects of international affairs.

For more information, please contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or fklubes@jhu.edu.