The Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University
The Politics Department at Rhodes is a high quality teaching and research environment. All our permanent members of staff have doctorates from top institutions. Two of our seven staff members are recipients of the prestigious Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Our research is published in national and international journals. Our graduates have gone on to distinguish themselves at universities which include Cambridge, Oxford, the London School of Economics, SOAS, Basel and many others. We welcome our students into an environment in which debate is encouraged and interaction between students and lecturers including those at the most senior level is frequent and ongoing. The Department prides itself on being informal and friendly while at the same time being exceptionally demanding of our students. We believe that these dual aspects of our practice are what makes us special in the higher education environment.
