Philosophische Fakultät at the Uni Düsseldorf

Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Abteilung Politikwissenschaft

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Basic information

Teaching in core subjects

Total number of students

1,350

Total score for support in the study entry phase

8/14 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	73.8 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	32.4 %

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

Third party funds per academic	56.5 T€
Research reputation

Further degree courses of the department

Exchange universities for stay abroads
Université libre de Bruexelles, Belgien; University of Tampere, Finnland; University of the West of Scotland, Großbritannien; Università degli Studi di Milano, Italien; Radbound University Nijmegen, Niederlande; University of Oslo, Norwegen; Universidad de Granada, Spanien; Ankara University, Türkei; Charles University, Tschechien; University of Wroclaw, Polen
Special features regarding research activities
Parliamentarism research; international comparative party research: Political Party Database project (47 countries) and Political System Research; European Integration Research and the EU, Europe and North Rhine-Westphalia; Peace and Conflict Research; Election Research; Online Participation; Voting Advice Applications; Political Communication and Election Campaigns; Financial Policy; History of Democracy; Political economy; artificial intelligence and political decision making.
Other special features
The subject of Political Science is integrated into the inter-disciplinary degree course "Social Sciences", which is unique in Germany in that it combines the subjects of Political Science, Sociology, Communication and Media Sciences. It is characterised by an empirical orientation, sound methodological training, strong international networking in research and teaching, as well as a focus on parliaments, parties, voting and Europe.
Further information on research activities
www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/sozwiss/forschung/