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Political Science / Social Sciences, Department
Fachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Ihnestraße 22
D-14195 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 838-52300
https://www.fu-berlin.de
FU Berlin
Department on the internet
Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Ihnestraße 22
D-14195 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 838-52300
https://www.fu-berlin.de
FU Berlin
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
- Political Science (B.A.)
- Political Science - Sciences Sociales (double B.A.)
- Political Science (M.A.)
- International Relations (together with Humboldt University and University of Potsdam) (M.A.)
- Politikwissenschaft - Affaires internationales / Affaires européennes (german/french double-M.A.)
- Public Policy & Management (double M.A., ger./fr.)
- Gender, Intersectionality and Politics (M.A)
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
2,040
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
620
Teaching in core subjects
- Germany: 6.1%
- EU: 4%
- International relations: 17.2%
- Comparison of political systems: 16.2%
- Methods/statistics: 21.2%
- Theory/intellectual history: 14.1%
- Other fields/didactics: 21.2%
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
8/14 points
Research
- Third party funds per academic
117,600 €
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Research orientation
- Support for stays abroad
- Rooms
- Library
- IT-infrastructure
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
60
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching
Tutorials for first-year students; German-French courses of study; contact with exchange students within the framework of the courses; opportunity to study abroad through many partner universities both within the framework of the Erasmus programme and worldwide in direct exchange.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, Frankreich; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; University of British Columbia, Kanada; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexiko; Staatliche Universität Sankt Petersburg, Russland; Columbia University, USA; University of California, USA; University of Chicago, USA; Yale University (FOX Fellowship), USA; Princeton University, USA
Special features regarding research activities
Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU); Cluster of Excellence Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS); participation in Collaborative Research Centre 1171 "Affective Societies: Dynamics of Coexistence in Changing Worlds", Centre for Peace and Conflict Research (under construction).
Support for founders
Profund Innovation is the service facility for the promotion of start-ups and innovations in the Research Department of Freie Universität. We support students, scientists and alumni in developing application ideas for their research, in founding start-ups or spin-offs and in exploiting research results together with established companies.
Further information on research activities
Further information about study entry phase
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Last Update 2021: Data collected by the
CHE Center for Higher Education
