Philosophische Fakultät und Fachbereich Theologie at the Uni Erl.-Nürnb./Erlangen

Institut für Politische Wissenschaft

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Basic information

Teaching in core subjects

Total number of students

1,230

Total score for support in the study entry phase

8/14 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	82.2 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	52.8 %

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
Master theses in cooperation with work environment

Third party funds per academic	21.3 T€
Research reputation

Teacher qualification students	573
Teacher qualification programmes	TQ degrees: Two-Subject-Bachelor, Master of Education, State Exam
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Further degree courses of the department

Special features regarding teaching
Erlangen Political Science covers all sub-areas of the discipline. Other unique features of the Erlangen Institute are the areas of "Human Rights and Human Rights Policy" and "Politics in Non-European Regions" (Middle East, Southeast Asia). The courses offered in the Bachelor's and Master's degrees are concept- and theory-based and oriented towards current debates in the discipline. The course also includes a propaedeutic in the theory of science, a sound training in social science methodology and a module on additional professional qualifications.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Duke University, USA; Cairo University, Ägypten; Hebrew University, Jerusalem/Israel; Université de Rennes, Frankreich; Università di Bologna, Italien; Università di Padua, Italien; Högskolan Dalarna, Schweden
Special features regarding research activities
Numerous research projects at the institute, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and other funding organisations.
Further information on research activities
https://www.pol.phil.fau.de