The School of Politics and International Affairs offers students the opportunity to experience a comprehensive curriculum and internship experience, setting you up for future success in international affairs, public policy, practical politics or academia.
We are pleased that you have chosen to explore our graduate degree and certificate programs. More than 40% of UIS students are engaged in graduate study, and most were attracted to UIS by an impressive combination of factors that include educational quality, value and campus location and setting.
University of Illinois Springfield Associate Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science Sibel Oktay, Ph.D., has been named a nonresident senior fellow of public opinion and foreign policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She joins the ranks of scholars from prominent universities across the United States.
Internationally recognized scholar Richard Gilman-Opalsky, associate professor of political scie