Fachbereich Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften at the Uni Gießen

Institut für Politikwissenschaft

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Basic information

Teaching in core subjects

Total number of students

1,870

Total score for support in the study entry phase

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	66.2 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	57.8 %

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

Third party funds per academic	56.3 T€
Research reputation

Teacher qualification students	758
Teacher qualification programmes	TQ degrees: Bachelor of Education, 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
The Institute of Political Science at JLU Giessen is one of the larger political science institutes in Germany, with 9 professorships and over 40 academic and non-academic staff. It covers the entire breadth of content of the sub-areas of political science. The main topics include political theory, history of ideas, gender studies, democracy and democratisation research, politics and economics in the multi-level system, the political-social system of Germany, the comparison of political systems, international relations.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Macquarie University, Australien; Universidad de Antioquia, Kolumbien; Sichuan University, VR China; National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine; National-Dong-Hwa-University, Taiwan; Loughborough University, Vereinigtes Königreich; Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgien; North-West University, Südafrika; Panteion Panepistimio Kinonikon Kai Politikon Epistimon, Griechenland; Univerzita Hradec Králové, Tschechien
Special features regarding research activities
Details on research focus and projects can be found in the yearbook in the chapter "Institute for Political Science".

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Last update 2021: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education.