Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS)

The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) stands for innovation and excellence in research and teaching in the fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics. Launched in 1997 as a joint initiative between the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and the University of Zurich, CIS brings together scholars from the fields of Democracy, Markets and Politics, Political Violence and Sustainable Development, a fusion which renders it one of the leading political science research centers in Europe.

The Center offers a series of inter-disciplinary graduate and postgraduate programs (such as the Master of Comparative and International Studies - MA CIS), as well as a number of undergraduate courses, enabling students the opportunity to engage in the full breadth of CIS research.