Built up in 1955, the School of International Studies is the most seasoned school of the University. Amid the forty-six years of its reality, the School has set up itself as one of the chief establishments in the nation for the investigation of universal relations and range thinks about.

The School has made spearheading commitments in advancing the investigation of worldwide relations as a scholastic teach in India and in propelling learning and comprehension of global undertakings in a between disciplinary viewpoint.

In the first place, the School was associated to the University of Delhi. From September 1961 till the School was converged with the Jawaharlal Nehru University in June 1970, it worked as a considered college. Following the merger, the prefix "Indian" was dropped from the name of the School and it turned into the School of International Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

By and by, there are 75 employees in the School, including 40 teachers, 27 relate educators and 7 colleague educators. We likewise have 5 Emeritus Professors and Distinguished Scholars in the School. In addition, there are 3 inquire about officers/documentation officers.

An extensive number of our M.Phil/Ph.D understudies qualify in the composed tests for UGC associations. In addition, practically every State Government has established an association (at times more than one) to be granted to understudies meeting the criteria of residence status in the state concerned.As for the yield of the School, it might be noticed that, as of January 2002, 527 researchers have been granted Ph.D and 1734 M.Phil degrees.

Centres

The school has 13 centres

Centre for African Studies

Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies

Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory

Centre for East Asian Studies

Centre for European Studies

Centre for International Legal Studies

Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament

Centre for International Trade and Development

Centre for Inner Asian Studies

Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies

Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies

Centre for South Asian Studies

Centre for West Asian Studies

Programmes of Study

The School offers the following M.Phil./Ph.D. programmes of study:

i) American Studies

ii) Latin American Studies

iii) West European Studies

iv) Canadian Studies

v) Diplomatic Studies

vi) International Legal Studies

vii) International Trade and Development

viii) Chinese Studies

ix) Japanese and Korean Studies

x) International Politics

xi) International Organisation

xii) Disarmament Studies

xiii) Political Geography

xiv) Russian and East European Studies

xv) South Asian Studies

xvi) South East Asian & Southwest Pacific Studies

xvii) Central Asian Studies

xviii) West Asian and North African Studies

xix) Sub-Saharan African Studies

M.A. Politics (International Studies)

M.A. Economics (with specialisation on World Economy)