The Department of Political Science and European Affairs at the University of Cologne is among the top-ranked universities in Germany in the most recent Shanghai Ranking.
Indicator | Ranking in Germany | Ranking in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Q1 (number of influential journal publications) | 9 | 1 |
| CNCI (citation impact of papers) | 8 | 2 |
| IC (international collaboration) | 4 | 1 |
| TOP (number of papers in top journals) | 6 | 1 |