Sektion Politik - Recht - Wirtschaft at the Uni Konstanz

Fachbereich für Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft

Uni Konstanz

Universitätsstraße 10
78464 Konstanz
Phone: +49 7531 88 2614

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General remarks

This department is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Teaching in core subjects

Total number of students

1,140

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	89.1 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	77.1 %

Job market- and career-orientation

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

Research

Third party funds per academic	57.9 T€
Research reputation

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.4
Support in studies	1.7
Courses offered	1.7
Study organisation	1.5
Exams	2.0
Research orientation	1.8
Support for stays abroad	1.4
Rooms	2.4
Library	1.5
IT-infrastructure	1.8
Overall study situation	1.8

Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification students	117
Teacher qualification programmes	TQ degrees: Bachelor of Education, Master of Education
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
From the 4th semester, BA students can choose between at least 40 in-depth seminars (max. 20 participants). This ensures that a profile is formed. The range of English-language seminars is huge. Teaching in the MA programme takes place almost exclusively in English. There is also a wide range of seminars at the MA level. Numerous research seminars are offered in both the BA and MA programs. These are accompanied by a comprehensive range of teaching and advisory services in methodology. Guest lecturers from the partner universities.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Univerzita Karlova v Praze (Prag), Tschechien, Universtitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), Spanien; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA; Institut d'Études Politiques de Grenoble, Frankreich; Utrecht University, Niederlanden; Göteborg University, Schweden; University of Warwick, Großbritannien; Stockholm University, Schweden; Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spanien; Institut d'Études Politiques de Bordeaux, Frankreich; Queen's University Belfast, Irland
Special features regarding research activities
Close integration of the faculty with the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality", both in research and in teaching. Numerous members of the faculty are involved in central positions and research projects of the Cluster of Excellence through projects as well as fellowships. Examples: Political Elites and Inequality: Information, Heuristics and Policy, "Ethnic Policies" - Remedy for Between-Group Inequalities?, Integration at Work. The faculty is very successful in the acquisition of third-party funding.
Support for founders
Information events by the Career Service of the University of Konstanz and individual support by the university-wide innovation centre "Kilometer1".
Other special features
Early involvement of students in research projects, e.g. through student assistant jobs; intensive support by four student advisers; an obligatory stay abroad is integrated into the Bachelor's examination regulations; 80% of the students in the Master's programme study at one of the 200 partner universities abroad; Erasmus coordinator network; network with employers (internship database, internship archive, internship newsletter); cooperation with numerous renowned employers; intensive involvement of student representatives in teaching development, training programme for tutors.
Further information on research activities
https://www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/forschung/
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/studium/bachelor/bapolver/studienbeginn/