Graduate Studies
We are Canada's premier institution for the study of Gender and Politics, Critical Political Economy, and the politics of Canada and Alberta.
Our department includes about 65 graduate students across four programs: PhD, MA thesis-based, MA course-based, and MA in Policy Studies. Their research interests are diverse, but include, for example, themes in Middle East politics, settler colonialism, immigration and borders, climate politics, or Canadian public policy. Some of our advanced doctoral students also work as course instructors, while most of our graduate students serve as Teaching or Research Assistants. Our faculty are a close-knit group of emerging and established scholars who stress excellence in teaching and mentoring, and who seek to integrate graduate students as junior scholars into our intellectual community.
MA in Political Science
The MA in Political Science prepares you for a variety of careers including political support roles and government, as well as a prerequisite for PhD studies in Political Science and further studies in Business or Law.
PhD in Political Science
The PhD program is a unique opportunity for those students who are very sure that they want to devote a number of years to advanced study, much of which time will be spent conducting self-directed research on a very specific topic.
MA in Policy Studies
The Master of Arts in Policy Studies (MAPS) prepares students to conduct leading research in public policy and advance solutions to our world's most pressing policy challenges.
Application Deadline
Opens: October 01
Closes: January 15
Graduate Advisor
5-7 HM Tory Building
Email: psgrad@ualberta.ca