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Welcome to the website of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen. Founded in 1952, we are the oldest political science department in Germany, and a renowned centre of excellence in both teaching and research. We offer a wide range of courses and programmes in political science for both BA and MA students. Cutting edge research is undertaken in our research units led by our professors, all international specialists in their respective fields.

Study

Master Programmes:

Master of Public Policy and Social Change (MA)
Master's Programme "Democracy & Governance in Europe" (MADRE)
Master of Peace Research and International Relations (MA)
M.A. Programme in "Comparative & Middle East Politics and Society" (CMEPS)
Master Politik und Gesellschaft Ostasiens
Master of Education "Politikwissenschaft" (Teacher Training)

Bachelor's Programmes:

Bachelor's Programme "Politikwissenschaft" (B.A.)
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed., Teacher Training)

Research Units

Comparative Politics & European Integration

Comparative Public Policy

Globalization Ethics

International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research

Middle East and Comparative Politics

Political Economy

News

24.06.2025

Institutskolloquium IfP (02.07.25) - Book talk: “The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora"

Speaker: Prof. Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University)

04.06.2025

Institutskolloquium IfP (18.06.25) – Cyprus Conundrum and EU Integration Efforts through the Green Line - Regulation: New Pattern for a Federal Solution in a Divided Island?

Speaker: Dr. Nuri Ali Tahir (Universität Bursa / Universität Tübingen)

22.05.2025

Last Days to Apply for the Master’s in Peace Research and International Relations at the University of Tübingen

Application deadline: 31 May

19.05.2025

IfP-Newsletter Nr. 27 ist erschienen

Berichtszeitraum von September 2024 bis Februar 2025

15.05.2025

Institutskolloquium IfP (04.06.25) – “Coalitions of insecure voters and nationalist mobilisation: Explaining the rise of the far right in Europe and beyond”

Speaker: Prof. Daphne Halikiopoulou (University of York)

14.05.2025

Debate under the Linden Tree (DudL): When (older) men rule - Leadership, age and the future of IR

with Dr. Juliana Tappe Ortiz / 20.05.2025

13.05.2025

Institutskolloquium IfP (21.05.25) – “Turkey´s Role as a Middle Power amid Global Turmoil”

Speaker: Dr. Hürcan Asli Aksoy (CATS/SWP, Berlin)

13.05.2025

Article “Germany’s new government wants to be a foreign policy power”

Article by “The Conversation” with the participation of Prof. Dr. Gabriele Abels (University of…

IfP-Newsletter, published December and June (in German)

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