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The post-material needs of contemporary world and increasing processes of politicization in the main spheres of human life shape the importance of developing the specific educational direction. As it is known, political events create a picture of the world and everything that happens in it. However, their objective explanation is only possible if there are highly qualified specialists in this field, which is the main goal of implementing Political Science education. This research is based on the analysis of the best American and British universities curricula which realize undergraduate and graduate majors in Political Science. The choice of educational programmes is founded by QS – the main world university rankings which assess the quality of education using certain indicators. The results of the study outline different ways and identify specific characteristics of curricula in Political Science education.