Political Science / Social Sciences, Department
Fakultät Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Fakultät Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Lehreinheit Politikwissenschaft
Feldkirchenstr. 21
D-96045 Bamberg
https://www.uni-bamberg.de
Uni Bamberg
Department on the internet
Lehreinheit Politikwissenschaft
Feldkirchenstr. 21
D-96045 Bamberg
https://www.uni-bamberg.de
Uni Bamberg
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
Map material from the free geographic information system OpenStreetMap. The DAAD explicitly does not adopt the information provided there (names, boundaries, etc.) in every case. No guarantee is given for the accuracy of this information.
Legend:
- Department
Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
560
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
110
Teaching in core subjects
- Germany: 5%
- Comparison of political systems: 15%
- EU: 15%
- International relations: 10%
- Theory/intellectual history: 10%
- Methods/statistics: 15%
- Other fields/didactics: 30%
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
10/16 points
Research
- Third party funds per academic
20,900 €
- Doctorates per professor
0.5
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Digital teaching elements
- Research orientation
- Introduction to scientific work
- Offers for career orientation
- Practical orientation in teaching
- Support for stays abroad
- Rooms
- Library
- IT-infrastructure
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
21
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
Bamberg's political science programme offers an excellent teacher-student ratio. The teaching concepts that are used are interdisciplinary, research-based and have an international focus. We teach political science as an empirical social science, enabling students to learn about the political material and innovative methods in a practical way. Students are taught by internationally successful top researchers and can gain an insight into research practice as part of numerous third-party-funded projects.
Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes
Bamberg's political science programme offers an excellent teacher-student ratio. The teaching concepts that are used are interdisciplinary, research-based and have an international focus. We teach political science as an empirical social science, enabling students to learn about the political material and innovative methods in a practical way. Students are taught by internationally successful top researchers and can gain an insight into research practice as part of numerous third-party-funded projects.
Special features regarding the international orientation
The Bamberg Political Science department has recruited several professors from abroad and offers multiple double degrees as part of the Master's programme. The guided study abroad course in the BA and MA creates mobility windows and facilitates the recognition of study and examination achievements acquired abroad and thus increases the mobility of our students (via Erasmus, for example).
Exchange universities for stay abroads
University of Helsinki - Swedish School of Social Sciences, Finnland; Institut d'-Etudes Politiques de Lille - Sciences Po Lille, Frankreich; National University of Ireland, Galway, Irland; Universität Warschau, Polen; Istanbul Bilgi University, Türkei; University of Essex, Vereinigtes Königreich; University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Griechenland; Aston University, Vereinigtes Königreich; Sophia University, Japan; Ming Chuan University, Taiwan; The American University, Washington D.C., USA
Special features regarding the equipment
Students have access to a wide range of software for their studies. Just as extensive is the range of databases and literature available to students through the university library.
Special features regarding research activities
Collective actors (several German Research Foundation (DFG) projects), European Union; Stakeholders; Human rights policy, international institutions; Coalitions; Parliaments; Political parties; Political attitudes; Political representation; Voting behaviour; Migration, agent-based modelling, political epistemology, populism.
Other special features
Political Science can be studied in the Bachelor's degree course as a major subject with 180, 150 and 75 ECTS points and as a minor subject with 45 or 30 ECTS points. In view of the numerous third-party-funded projects, many students can be given a concrete opportunity to participate in research projects. The high recreational value associated with the city of Bamberg offers a good balance between social life and studies and brings students together.
Further information on research activities
Information on access restrictions
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/ba-politik/zulassung-und-einschreibung/
Website of the Student Council
online-application
Legend
Groups
green
yellow
red
not specified
Acronyms
(S) = Students' judgements
(F) = Facts
(P) = Professors' judgements
Units
Value in percent
Value in points
Euro
Thousand Euro
Last Update 2024: Data collected by the
CHE Center for Higher Education
