 In 2020, the EUI was ranked 31st in the world for Politics and International Studies, 51st in the world for History, and 51st in the world for Law in the QS World University Rankings.The EUI Political and Social Science department was ranked first in Europe and fifth worldwide in the Hix ranking of such departments (which was published in 2004 and covered the period 1998–2002).In November 2009, the same department was included in the "Die Zeit" 'CHE Excellence Ranking' for political science.