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Political Science / Social Sciences, Department

Fachbereich Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Fachbereich Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften
Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Karl-Glöckner-Str. 21 E
D-35394 Gießen
Telephone: +49 641 99-23 145
https://www.uni-giessen.de
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

730

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

60

Teaching in core subjects

  • Germany: 7%
  • Comparison of political systems: 7%
  • EU: 17.5%
  • International relations: 17.5%
  • Theory/intellectual history: 0%
  • Methods/statistics: 35.1%
  • Other fields/didactics: 15.8%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/16 points

Research

Third party funds per academic

20,500 €

Doctorates per professor

0.5

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

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Library
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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

20

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

The faculty's BA programmes provide students with a broad range of subjects and offer extensive elective and specialisation opportunities in later semesters, while also providing very practical elements (for example, the BA in social sciences includes extensive coverage of methods).

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Some of the MA courses are single-subject specialisation courses that are specifically intended to improve research skills in the subject area. There are also more general, transdisciplinary degree courses (e.g. political science, sociology) that attract a broad range of students from the social sciences (including anthropology, ethnology, social work, etc.).

Special features regarding the international orientation

The department maintains its own international office, which supports students and researchers/lecturers in carrying out international study, teaching and research stays, and also acts as a point of contact for incoming students. Numerous lecturers participate in JLU's Virtual International Programme, in which mostly English-language courses are made available to the students of all partner universities of the JLU in digital or hybrid format. In addition, there are several country-specific international tandem teaching projects, some of which are funded by the DAAD.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Macquarie University, Australien; Universidad de Antioquia, Kolumbien; Sichuan University, VR China; National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine; National-Dong-Hwa-University, Taiwan; Loughborough University, Vereinigtes Königreich; Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgien; North-West University, Südafrika; Panteion Panepistimio Kinonikon Kai Politikon Epistimon, Griechenland; Univerzita Hradec Králové, Tschechien

Special features regarding the equipment

Overall, the technical equipment is state-of-the-art. All seminar rooms and lecture halls are equipped with multimedia technology and digital connectivity.

Special features regarding research activities

Faculty 03 is involved in interdisciplinary research projects that go beyond JLU, such as the "Migration and Human Rights" research group and the "Dynamics of Security" collaborative research centre (CRC). There are numerous ministerial, DFG and EU-funded projects (partly beyond the Giessen site) in the field of social and educational sciences.

Other special features

The department is currently focusing on sustainability in the form of an international network project funded by the DAAD ("SDG Plus") as well as a professorship for social science sustainability research, which is currently occupied. The topic of diversity is promoted in research and teaching in a variety of ways, for example through research and teaching on inclusion/ableism, gender studies and racism.

Further information on research activities

Information on access restrictions

https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/studium/bewerbung/voraussetzungen

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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