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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

300

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

50

Teaching in core subjects

  • Germany: 21.2%
  • Comparison of political systems: 8.8%
  • EU: 17.7%
  • International relations: 26.5%
  • Theory/intellectual history: 3.5%
  • Methods/statistics: 14.2%
  • Other fields/didactics: 8%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/16 points

Research

Third party funds per academic

27,500 €

Doctorates per professor

0.2

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

34

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Interdisciplinary orientation, individual focus through a lean compulsory programme and flexibility in the compulsory elective area, large selection of methodological courses, independent research project even before the BA thesis, high level of active student participation through small groups, teacher/student ratio of approx. 1:9, e-learning formats, approx. 90 partner universities worldwide, module mobility with the Universities of Konstanz, Zurich, St. Gallen and Liechtenstein. Cooperation in student research with the University of California at Berkeley and San Diego.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Interdisciplinary orientation, individual focus through a lean compulsory programme and flexibility in the compulsory elective area, large selection of methodological courses, independent research project even before the MA thesis, high level of active student participation through small groups, teacher/student ratio of approx. 1:9, e-learning formats, approx. 90 partner universities worldwide, module mobility with the Universities of Konstanz, Zurich, St. Gallen and Liechtenstein. Cooperation in student research with the University of California at Berkeley and San Diego.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Module mobility with the universities of Konstanz, Zurich, St.Gallen and Liechtenstein. Cooperation in student research with the University of California at Berkeley and San Diego; International partnerships with more than 90 higher education institutions.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Sun Yat-Sen University, China; University of California, San Diego, USA; Sciences Po Paris, France; Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific University, Japan; University of Bergen, Norwegen; University of California, Berkeley, USA; NCCU Taiwan; Vilnius University, Litauen

Special features regarding the equipment

Methodology Centre for Economics, Culture and Social Sciences. In the methods laboratory, students learn how to use IT-supported scientific research methods (41 networked workstations). Databases include the following: SocIndex (EBSCO) with full text, Political Science Complete (EBSCO) with full text; JSTOR (full text), juris, OECD iLibrary.

Special features regarding research activities

Energy cultures: The link between energy with social order and culture; Simulations of the size of the Bundestag for the Bundestag Election & Electoral Reform, Social Structure and Politics, Political Knowledge and Political Sophistication; Computational Statistics and Ecological Inference; Design and Effects of Remuneration of Top Management Members of Public Enterprises; Economic Rationality and Competing Behavioural Rules; Smart Government; The Europeanisation of Higher Education; Party politics in the Federal Council. Analysis based on the votes in the committees of the Federal Council.

Other special features

Diversity & sustainability concept with concrete goals and measures.

Further information on research activities

Information on access restrictions

https://www.zu.de/studium-weiterbildung/bewerbung/bewerbung-bachelor/zulassungskriterien.php

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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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