Political Science / Social Sciences, Department
Fakultät für Soziologie
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Soziologie
Universitätsstrasse 24
D-33501 Bielefeld
https://www.uni-bielefeld.de
Uni Bielefeld
Department on the internet
Universitätsstrasse 24
D-33501 Bielefeld
https://www.uni-bielefeld.de
Uni Bielefeld
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
360
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
110
Teaching in core subjects
- Germany: 14.3%
- Comparison of political systems: 14.3%
- EU: 14.3%
- International relations: 14.3%
- Theory/intellectual history: 14.3%
- Methods/statistics: 14.3%
- Other fields/didactics: 14.3%
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
11/16 points
Research
- Third party funds per academic
93,700 €
- Doctorates per professor
2.9
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
17
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
The Political Science department at the Bielefeld University is closely linked to the Sociology department. Students can thus access the complete range of courses offered by the Sociology. The degree courses are based heavily on research and enable students to learn at an early stage through research. The size of the faculty provides students with an exceptionally broad range of Social Science courses. The size of the learning groups serves to enhance learning.
Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes
The Political Science department at the Bielefeld University is closely linked to the Sociology department. Students can thus access the complete range of courses offered by the Sociology. The degree courses are based heavily on research and enable students to learn at an early stage through research. The size of the faculty provides students with an exceptionally broad range of Social Science courses. The size of the learning groups serves to enhance learning.
Special features regarding the international orientation
A wide range of course in the MA in Political Science are taught in English.; Institute for World Society Studies
Exchange universities for stay abroads
University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Österreich; Aarhus University, Aarhus, Dänemark; Sciences Po Paris, Paris, Frankreich; University of Bologna, Bologna, Italien; University of Sassari, Sassari, Italien; Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spanien; Lund University, Lund, Schweden; Umeå University, Umeå, Schweden; University of Lucerne, Luzern, Schweiz; Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Special features regarding the equipment
The Faculty of Sociology has a very good IT infrastructure for courses. The library has a very good level of digitisation as well as a very good reference-only stock of academic literature. The opportunities for online teaching have massively expanded since 2020.
Special features regarding research activities
Preparation of clusters of excellence, CRCs and priority programmes, some of which are institutionalised. The faculty has its own, interdisciplinary Institute for World Society Studies.
Other special features
The topics of diversity and sustainability are anchored in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Science and Society. Appropriate measures (e.g. Diversity Audit, Diversity Action Plan, "Sustain2030" simulation game) are implemented throughout the faculty.
Further information on research activities
Information on access restrictions
https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/studium/studieninteressierte/bewerbung/nc/
Website of the Student Council
online-application
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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the
CHE Center for Higher Education
