政治学通常被称为对谁得到什么，在哪里得到，如何得到以及为什么得到的研究。这是对我们社区的独立而知情的研究，以及我们如何作为政府集体做出决定，为什么我们像公民一样行事以及我们如何为未来做出公共政策选择。政治学家使用各种思想和工具来审查地方，国家，地区和全球的流程，机构和关系，并考虑我们应如何作为政治共同体生活以及如何创造变革。加州大学的政治学计划凭借其教学和学术研究的实力已获得了国内和国际的知名度。政治科学与国际关系系在民主，环境政治与政策，人道主义干预，科学技术政策，中国与东南亚政治以及区域与国际关系等领
The UC Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a research-only degree, carried out under expert supervision and using world-class facilities. At UC you can complete a PhD in over 70 subjects, joining over 1,000 students from more than 60 nations.<br><br>A PhD involves extensive, sustained, and original research in your chosen subject, with the results being presented in a thesis that will contribute to intellectual knowledge of the field. It is a mark of intellectual ability, self-discipline, and commitment. A PhD prepares you for a number of careers, including as an academic.<br><br>Political Science is often called the study of who gets what, where, how and why. It is the independent and informed study of our communities and how we make decisions collectively as governments, why we behave as we do as citizens, and how we make public policy choices for the future. Political scientists use a variety of ideas and tools to examine local, national, regional, and global processes, institutions and relationships and to consider how we ought to live as political communities and how we can create change. The Political Science programme at UC has attained national and international visibility for the strength of its teaching and academic research. The Department of Political Science and International Relations is recognised internationally in fields as diverse as democracy, environmental politics and policy, humanitarian intervention, science and technology policy, Chinese and South East Asian politics, and regional and international relations.