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Political Science / Social Sciences, Department

Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften
Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Dolivostraße 15
D-64293 Darmstadt
Telephone: +49 6151 16-2045
https://www.tu-darmstadt.de

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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

970

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

630

Teaching in core subjects

  • Germany: 13.5%
  • EU: 9%
  • International relations: 20.7%
  • Comparison of political systems: 14.4%
  • Methods/statistics: 14.4%
  • Theory/intellectual history: 17.1%
  • Other fields/didactics: 10.8%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

7/14 points

Research

Third party funds per academic

85,000 €

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Courses offered
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Support for stays abroad

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Rooms

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Library
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Overall study situation

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Return rate of the questionnaires

25

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Special features regarding teaching

The department offers an integrated introduction with different course formats as well as a flexible semester structure (courses also offered outside the regular rotation). In addition, students have the opportunity to take interdisciplinary study projects across departmental boundaries ("KIVA").

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Maastricht University, Niederlande; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spanien; Aberystwyth University, UK; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA; Karlstads universitet, Schweden; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Special features regarding research activities

The Institute is involved in various joint projects: among others, in the Copernicus project for research on the energy transition; in a research group on international administrations; in a VW project which is being carried out together with partners in Vietnam, Costa Rica and England and also has various DFG, BMBF and foundation-funded research projects.

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Last Update 2021: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education

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