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CHE University Ranking

Sociology / Social Sciences, Department

Geisteswissenschaftliche Sektion

Universität Konstanz

Geisteswissenschaftliche Sektion
Fachbereich Geschichte und Soziologie, FG Soziologie
D-78457 Konstanz
https://www.uni-konstanz.de
Uni Konstanz
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

500

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

110

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/16 points

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
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

62

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Small class sizes (15–20 students), and accompanying tutorials in the introductory courses; Project seminars that enable the implementation of a complete research project with intensive supervision

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Small class (10–15 people), intensive and supervised methodological training, fixed teaching programme in the MA Sociology of Inequality

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Univerzita Karlova v Praze; Universiteit van Amsterdam; Altinbas University; University of Essex (Colchester); University of Oslo; Universität Wien; Universita degli Studi di Milano Bicocca; University of Roskilde; University of Toronto; Ewha Womans University

Special features regarding research activities

Sociology is significantly involved in the "Politics of Inequality" cluster of excellence, as well as in the "Centre for Cultural Studies Research", the "Research Institute for Social Cohesion", the "Binational Centre for Qualitative Methods" and the "University Research Group".

Further information on research activities

Information on access restrictions

https://www.uni-konstanz.de/studieren/vor-dem-studium/studienangebot/

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
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