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Political Science and International Relations research in Ukraine

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ranks first in Ukraine for Political Science and International Relations research in 2022–2025 (#192 worldwide), followed by Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs and National University Odesa Law Academy.

Ukraine's world rank
#25
of 97 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
8.1k
Top-10% rate
13.0%
Ranked institutions
34

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Political Science and International Relations in Ukraine?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivKyiv #19225.915.3%474
2Kharkiv National University of Internal AffairsKharkiv #30619.311.3%412
3National University Odesa Law AcademyOdesa #39015.916.9%200
4Yaroslav Mudryi National Law UniversityKharkiv #39115.816.1%214
5National University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyKyiv #40715.317.3%129
6V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityKharkiv #41914.913.4%253
7National Academy of Sciences of UkraineKyiv #43914.215.0%185
8National Academy of Internal AffairsKyiv #45313.812.9%238
9West Ukrainian National UniversityTernopil #50012.414.4%151
10National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineKyiv #59010.019.0%104
11State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Kyiv #6359.012.6%150
12Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityLviv #6418.98.4%203
13Lviv State University of Internal AffairsLviv #6608.419.2%96
14Lviv UniversityLviv #6688.310.9%177
15Sumy State UniversitySumy #7197.215.3%76
16Kyiv National University of Culture and ArtsKyiv #7327.011.0%155
17Interregional Academy of Personnel ManagementKyiv #7356.917.7%74
18Uzhhorod National UniversityUzhhorod #7426.810.5%161
19Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan UniversityKyiv #7876.014.4%117
20National University Zaporizhzhia PolytechnicZaporizhzhya #8075.610.6%104
21Security Service of UkraineKyiv #8085.611.6%128
22Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and LawKhmelnytskyi #8794.415.3%79
23Petro Mohyla Black Sea National UniversityMykolayiv #8904.213.2%71
24V.M. Koretsky Institute of State and LawKyiv #9193.89.1%114
25Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National UniversityLutsk #9343.58.7%99
26Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National UniversityChernivtsi #9353.57.8%132
27Odessa State University of Internal AffairsOdesa #9363.512.5%84
28National University of Civil Protection of UkraineCherkasy #9403.514.4%64
29Oles Honchar Dnipro National UniversityDnipro #9992.69.4%82
30Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National UniversityIvano-Frankivsk #1,0022.58.6%94
31Donetsk State University of ManagementMariupol #1,0212.310.7%81
32Kyiv University of LawKyiv #1,0501.96.2%110
33Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym HetmanKyiv #1,0741.66.6%92
34National Academy of Legal Sciences of UkraineKharkiv #1,13580.08.6%61

Institutions in Ukraine above the floor of 40 fractional works in Political Science and International Relations, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Political Science and International Relations researchers in Ukraine?

Андреас Умланд, Anatoliy Kostruba and Kirsten Vad rank highest among researchers based in Ukraine.

  1. 1Андреас Умланд#115,693 worldwide overall56 citations · 39 works
  2. 2Anatoliy Kostruba#304,740 worldwide overall8 citations · 41 works
  3. 3Kirsten Vad#407,762 worldwide overall0 citations · 17 works
  4. 4Віктор Шевчук#409,493 worldwide overall9 citations · 17 works
  5. 5Роман Петров#536,045 worldwide overall7 citations · 20 works
  6. 6Іван Лук'янович Бородін#745,931 worldwide overall1 citations · 19 works
  7. 7Jens Wendel-Hansen#769,627 worldwide overall1 citations · 38 works
  8. 8Jeremy Morris#946,262 worldwide overall33 citations · 18 works
  9. 9Jon Tafdrup#1,158,876 worldwide overall0 citations · 18 works
  10. 10Mark Sedgwick#1,191,204 worldwide overall9 citations · 22 works
  11. 11Oleh Ivchenko#1,376,635 worldwide overall0 citations · 18 works

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