Political Science / Social Sciences, Department
Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Unter den Linden 6
D-10099 Berlin
https://www.hu-berlin.de
HU Berlin
Department on the internet
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Unter den Linden 6
D-10099 Berlin
https://www.hu-berlin.de
HU Berlin
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
- Social Sciences -Trans-Atlantic Masters Program) (M.A.)
- Social Sciences (B.A.)
- Social Sciences (M.A.)
- International Relations (M.A.)
- German-Turkish Degree Course in Social Science (M.A.)
- Euromasters (M.A. Contemporary European Studies)
- MA Research Training Program (M.A.)
- MEGA - Master of European Governance and Administration (M.A.)
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
2,100
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
730
Teaching in core subjects
- Germany: 14.3%
- Comparison of political systems: 14.3%
- EU: 14.3%
- International relations: 14.3%
- Theory/intellectual history: 0%
- Methods/statistics: 42.9%
- Other fields/didactics: 0%
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
8/16 points
Research
- Third party funds per academic
81,600 €
- Doctorates per professor
1
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
121
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
A wide range of courses are offered.; Research-oriented courses, established social science methodology, training in sociology and political science
Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes
A wide range of courses are offered.; Research-oriented courses, established social science methodology, students can choose their own focus area.
Special features regarding the international orientation
A wide range of opportunities for studying abroad (incl. BIPs, activities within the framework of a European university alliance); teaching and research in the field of comparative international political science; international visiting researchers and lecturers; international research cooperation, international Master's programmes.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
King's College, London, UK (Vertrag beibehalten außerhalb Erasmus); Institut d'Etudes Politiques, SciencesPo Paris, F; Université Libre, Brüssel, B; Universidad Complutense Madrid, E; "La Sapienza" Rom, I; Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL; University of Oslo, N; Uniwersytet Warszawski, PL; Universita degli Studi di Siena, Universita di Bologna, Italien; Karls Universität Prag, Tschechien.
Special features regarding the equipment
Several computer pools, institute telephone laboratory.
Special features regarding research activities
Party competition, coalition governments, lobbying, demographic change, social cohesion, right-wing populism, political economy of development, migration, political violence, urban research, the welfare state.
Other special features
Irregular events and information about the university's activities in these areas or special events at the institute
Further information on research activities
Further information about study entry phase
Information on access restrictions
https://www.hu-berlin.de/de/studium/beratung/merk/grenzws
Website of the Student Council
online-application
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Acronyms
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(P) = Professors' judgements
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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the
CHE Center for Higher Education
