Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia to educate citizens and to prepare them for participation in the political life of this country. The Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics has embraced Jefferson’s mission and become one of the University’s most popular and prestigious departments.

The department includes more than thirty-five faculty members, and serves more than 750 undergraduate majors and approximately 110 graduate students.

The Department’s faculty teach and conduct research in four subfields: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political theory. Although the Department is intellectually diverse and values a wide range of methodologies, the faculty share a commitment to research and teaching that combines analytical rigor and careful attention to the world of politics.

Read more about the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia.