The Political Science department focuses its teaching on the EU and multi-level governance in Europe, IR and peace and conflict research, and environmental policy and sustainable development. Students also receive in-depth methodological training and are introduced to numerous contacts in Germany and abroad. All of the department's professors were appointed during or after the 2016/17 academic year, which makes for a very dynamic learning environment. There is a very good tutor-student ratio, which ensures students have good support.

The Political Science department focuses its teaching on the EU and multi-level governance in Europe, IR and peace and conflict research, and environmental policy and sustainable development. At the MA level, the MA in European Studies and the MA in Peace and Conflict Studies are overseen by the Political Science department, which impacts, in particular, the way methods are taught as well as the support provided for final theses. Political science is not heavily involved in the MA in Social Sciences.

The department has a very broad and intensive network of partnerships for opportunities to study abroad, focusing mainly on Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Latin America and Asia in the Peace and Conflict Studies degree programme. Furthermore, the MA in PACS has received 10 full scholarships for students from the Global South each year since 2021 and this will continue until 2028. This is a total value of about 1.7 million euros.

National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kyiv, Ukraine; Staatliche Universität St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russische Föderation; Linguistische Universität Nishnij Novgoroad, Nizhni Novgorod, Russische Föderation; L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kasachstan; Charles University, Prag, Tschechien; Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spanien; Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Polen; Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, Frankreich, Universität Karlstad, Karlstad, Schweden

Students in the department have access to their own computer workspaces. Many seminars make use of technical equipment for hybrid teaching.

The department is involved in numerous research projects funded by various bodies. There are national and international networks in research projects, for example, on failures in international politics, EU-Brexit policy or German and European bioeconomy policy. The department is active in national and international academic and scientific associations, including ECPR, German Association for Political Economy (DVPW), ISA, IPPA, EGPA, IPSA, RSA, IUFRO and others. Since 2021, the MA programme in Peace and Conflict Studies has been funded by the DAAD with 10 scholarships awarded per year.

With its teaching/research focus on IB/peace and conflict research, terrorism, EU multi-level governance, Brexit and sustainable development, the Political Science department has strong unique selling points that are very attractive to students interested in these topics. Current research topics are regularly integrated into teaching. The department manages and organises the university-wide study programme "OvGU Sustainability Certificate", which allows all students to acquire extra skills relating to sustainability and to obtain a certificate (www.nao.ovgu.de).

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