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Professor Ford

He returned to campus as a longtime congressman representing Grand Rapids, as vice president to embattled President Richard M. Nixon, and as the 38th president of the United States... But he had never stepped on campus bearing the title he did in the spring of 1977: Professor Gerald R. Ford.

Leaders and Best

The University of Michigan’s Department of Political Science has long been recognized as one of the very best departments in the United States. Our faculty’s accomplishments in research and teaching are recognized internationally.

Graduate students benefit from our commitment to collaboration and our strong job placement record. Undergraduate students prepare for active citizenship by becoming astute observers of their own government and political systems around the world.

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We strive to support our students and faculty on the frontlines of learning and research; to steward our planet, our community, our campus. To do this, the Department of Political Science needs you—because the world needs Victors.