Johns Hopkins University offers a fully funded PhD in International Relations. The full-time only PhD program at Johns Hopkins SAIS will cultivate your expertise as a scholar of international relations. PhD students gain a comprehensive understanding of qualitative and quantitative analytic skills, international relations, and regional studies. The program is divided into a pre-dissertation, a resident stage based in Washington DC, and a non-resident, dissertation stage. All admitted PhD students receive a scholarship that covers tuition and stipend funding for a limited amount of time. PhD students are not required to serve as TAs or RAs, however many PhD students do acquire such positions and receive additional compensation.