Zhou Enlai School of Government consists of six departments (Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, Department of Administrative Management, Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Department of International Relations, and Department of Social Psychology) and three research centers (MPA/MSW/MAP), covering five first-level disciplines of political science, sociology, ethnology, public management, and psychology. The school also comprises several non-entity organizations, including Global Issues Research Institute, Chinese Peasants Research Center, Research Center of Sociological Theories, and Career Planning Research Center, and supervises several research centers, including Joint Research Center of Chinese Government and Policy, Research Center for Human Rights, Asia Research Center, Joint Social Policy Research Center of Nankai University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, International Issues Research Institute, Zhou Enlai Research Center, Ethnic Group Research Center, United States of America Research Center, Research Center of Social Investigation and Methodology, Psychology Research Center, Social Construction and Management Research Institute.

For detailed information of each department, please refer to each category on the left.