In the bachelor's degree course, there is a wide range of interdisciplinary offerings and events from adjacent disciplines; In the Master's degree course, there is a four-pillar structure: "Intellectual History", "Political Systems in the Past and Present", "Power Shifts and Security Policy Challenges", and "Political Consulting".

The degree course strengthens students' individual political science profiles. It focuses on the history of ideas and intellectual history, the theory of political systems, Germany and Europe in the international system, and comparative government theory. Modules from sociology, history, German studies, European studies, and psychology can also be included. Students develop their own project ideas during the research-focused discussion.

The institute supports any number of semesters abroad. In order to ensure a high recognition rate of credits earned abroad, students are advised on the time, duration, prerequisite, and financing of their stay abroad and any programmes. International researchers and political actors are hosted regularly. The institute regularly and successfully participates in the National Model United Nations in New York.

University of Liege, Belgien; Université de Nantes, Frankreich; Università di Roma Sapienza, Italien; Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Universidad de Granada, Spanien; Chulalongkorn University Bankok, Thailand; Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru

All (information) technology prerequisites are met. Projectors, laptops, overhead projectors, etc., can be used in the seminars. The following campus licenses are available in addition to individual licenses for magazines: Columbia International Affairs Online; Political Science Complete; WISO; Central & Eastern European Academic Source; EIU Country Intelligence; Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict; IBZ Online; JSTOR; Munzinger; OECD; Scopus; SpringerLink; Statista; Web of Science Core Collection.

Intellectual history, history of ideas of the Federal Republic of Germany, theory of democracy, system of the Federal Republic of Germany, electoral behaviour & electoral systems, parties, coalition theories, interest groups, game theory, methodology, autocracy research, European integration, German foreign policy, foreign policy of Great Britain, theories of foreign policy research, transatlantic relations, security policy, nuclear proliferation, resource security, peace & conflict research, secret services, political analysis, political economy, transformation research, democratisation, EU, globalisation, extremism.

The Institute of Political Science at the TU Chemnitz is part of the Faculty of Philosophy. There are four chairs belonging to the institute: Political Theory and History of Ideas / Political Systems, Political Institutions / International Politics / Comparing European Systems of Government as well as the junior professorship in Political Science Research Methods. In this way, Political Science at Chemnitz enables practice and research-related training in professionally qualifying degree courses, which also demonstrate a highly inter-disciplinary approach.

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