The Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is ranked as one of the top political science departments in the country. It also represents one of the largest undergraduate majors on campus. Our award-winning faculty are known for their innovative research and their nonpartisan teaching about the most pressing political questions at home and abroad. In these turbulent times, our mission is as important as ever.
How your gifts make an impact
Your support enables the Department of Political Science to provide exciting classes, research and internship opportunities, and deeper engagement with the university and the community. These opportunities support more than 1,000 political science majors and the nearly 5,000 students we teach each year. Our students pursue a wide variety of careers across politics, government, law, business, journalism, the nonprofit sector, academia, and more. Our alumni can be found around the world, fulfilling the promise of the Wisconsin Idea. Your gifts also support our faculty and student researchers as they conduct cutting-edge research on American politics, international relations, and politics around the world. Thank you for making our work inside and outside the classroom possible.
Why we need your support
Gifts of any size support our teaching and research missions by enabling us to offer a wealth of programming and community-building opportunities for our students. These include faculty-student engagement (such as faculty-guided research projects), scholarship opportunities (for students in Madison; Washington, DC; or abroad), awards for student writing (such as best paper awards and honors theses), guest lectures from internationally renowned speakers in our eight faculty-student workshops, student internship support, our peer mentor program (to assist with student advising), the 1050 Bascom podcast, and the Wisconsin in Washington program. Your support also makes it possible for us to recruit the best graduate student and faculty talent in the country (and the world) by providing critical research and teaching support. All these programs and opportunities are why we are one of the leading departments in the country. Your generosity enables these programs to prosper.