Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)

During the Open Day you can find out all about the Department, our courses, facilities, and student life. If you visit the Department , you can expect to find: an information stand, course presentations, taster lectures, Q&A sessions with current students and staff, and the results of 4 July mock election here.

The 2024 R.A. Butler Prize questions have been released for this year's competition. The R.A. Butler Prize is an essay competition open to students in Year 12 or Lower 6th. The objectives are twofold. Firstly, it aims to encourage students with an interest in modern politics and world affairs to think about undertaking...

With a perfect score of 100, Cambridge scored the highest in the subject of politics among universities ranked on a wide variety of criteria including: student to teacher ratio, spend per student, the percentage of first-year students continuing on to their second year, and careers 15 months after graduation.