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The Department of Political Science of the University of Zurich is the largest in Switzerland with approximately 1,700 students, 100 staff and 12 professorships. It is a dynamic and expanding institution with a vibrant research culture. Its teaching and research activities cover all the major fields of political science from international relations to comparative politics, methodology and experiments, policy analysis and evaluation, comparative and international political economy. Its members publish internationally in top journals and academic publishers and lead externally-funded research projects in various international collaborations. The Department is connected to various research centres such as the Centre for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) in collaboration with ETH Zurich and the "NCCR Democracy in the 21st Century" research programme.