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Institute of Political Science

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

22.01.2025

Institutskolloquium IfP (29.01.25) - War and Peace: Can President Trump End Russian Aggression in Ukraine?

Speaker: Volodymyr Dubovyk (Odessa/Eichstätt)

28.11.2024

ERASMUS exchange 2025-26

Info session 11/12 and 9/1 - application deadline 14/2

16.10.2024

MAPIR Annual Lecture: IR, (De) Coloniality, and the Present Conjuncture

Mustapha Kamal Pasha (Professor Emeritus at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK) Institutskolloquium /…

02.10.2024

CIVIS course “EU Decision making and its institutions: discover the heart of Brussels”

3 February - 9 June 2025 / Apply by: 31 October 2024

13.09.2024

Ausweichtermin für Klausuren

23.07.2024

Vortrag "GenerationEU – eine Bilanz der EurHope-Kampagne zur Partizipation junger Menschen"

Melanie Thut, am Mittwoch, den 24. Juli, 18-20 Uhr c.t., Hörsaal 25 im Kupferbau, im Rahmen der…

23.07.2024

Institutsvollversammlung am Mittwoch, 24.07.2024

17 Uhr in Raum 124

16.07.2024

Institute´s colloquium with Prof. Rachid Ouissa, from Phillipps-University in Marburg

"Current Developments of De-Democratization in Tunesia". Wednesday at 4 p.m in the Seminar Room 124…

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

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