Political Science at Penn is distinctive for its faculty—who produce scholarship in the diverse subfields and methodologies that define the discipline and who contribute to public dialogue and policy debate—as well as its rapidly expanding undergraduate program and invigorated doctoral program.

Penn Economics—dedicated to applying cutting-edge theoretical, computational and empirical methods to answer questions of general economic research and policy interest—is consistently ranked among the top in the country. Its faculty are leaders in advancing economic science and its graduates serve as chief economists and noted academics, nationally and internationally.