The multidisciplinary International Relations (IR) Program is part of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, a school of public affairs with a long and distinguished tradition of commitment to integrative education. The IR Program links the Maxwell School's long-standing interest in contemporary global problems with scholarly approaches to solving them.

The Professional M.A. Program combines a broad academic experience with training aimed at preparing students for positions in the public and private sectors.

The Ph D. Track prepares scholars in disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives on global socio-economic structures and processes, and on their local counterparts.

These programs attract students from around the world and utilizes the resources of various Maxwell academic departments, multidisciplinary research programs, and the Global Affairs Institute.  Core faculty are drawn mostly from Political Science, Economics, Public Administration, Geography, Anthropology, History, Sociology, and the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, PARC, as well as other departments and programs at Syracuse University.