The department's proven research expertise is integrated directly in the course offerings.; Teaching focuses on both local and international topics and issues; Personalised teaching, with small groups and an excellent teacher-student ratio; Regular guest presentations/professors from Germany and abroad.

The department's proven research expertise is integrated directly in the course offerings.; Teaching focuses on both local and international topics and issues; Personalised teaching, with small groups and an excellent teacher-student ratio; Highly practical relevance (e.g. through excursions and simulations); Regular guest presentations/professors from Germany and abroad.

The political science courses at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt – especially the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in German-French Integrated Political Science, the Master's degree programme in International Relations and the Bachelor's degree programme in Politics and Society – are characterised by their international orientation, which is expressed, for example, by the mobility windows for studies and internships abroad and by the composition of the student body.

Institut d'etudes politiques de Rennes, Frankreich; Universidade de Lisboa - School of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP), Portugal; Universität Warschau, Polen; Inland Norway University, Norwegen; Universidad de Salamanca, Spanien; Université de Fribourg, Schweiz; Universität Zypern, Zypern; Istanbul Bilgi Universität, Türkei, Université de Strasbourg, Frankreich, University of Wroclaw, Polen

The Eichstätt University Library is a central service provider for the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. With over 2.5 million physical media units, subscriptions to approximately 3,500 current print journal and newspapers, and online access to over 75,000 electronic journals (including the leading journals in the field of political science), it offers students of political science excellent working conditions.

Interdisciplinary research, for example in the field of "profiling" of political decision-makers, which combines insights from foreign policy research, psychology and linguistics; Research projects on the challenges of democracy through anti-democratic attitudes; International research projects, e.g. the "German-Korean Colloquium" (every two years in Eichstätt or at Sogang University in Seoul); Co-editorship of professional journals; Regular current media contributions.

The KU sees sustainability as an integral part of research, teaching and administration and uses the resources at its disposal responsibly and efficiently. As a family-friendly university, we support a balance of study, science, career and family. As part of its mission statement, the KU recognises as a central goal the importance of achieving gender equality in all its institutions and decision-making processes and, in particular, promoting the careers of women.