Master's Programme Political Science
Would you like to specialise in European and international politics?
The Master's programme in Political Science gives students an in-depth insight into the subject areas of comparative, European and international politics. In addition, students are taught a broad spectrum of social science methods for the analysis of politics.
Study code
UC 066 824
FAQ
Apart from subject-specific skills, graduates possess skills in other field. They are able to convey the knowledge acquired in the master’s programme clearly and explicitly to experts and the lay public. In addition to the field of European and international politics, they are able to reflect the ethical and social consequences and requirements of the use of their knowledge well-founded. They can successfully manage complex unpredictable working and learning contexts.
The core of the Master’s Programme Political Science: European and International Studies are social science studies of political orders, institutions, actors and processes on a national, regional, European and global level. The study programme conveys extracurricular social skills such as knowledge transfer and presentation skills, personal development, team skills, development of rhetorical and written skills as well as individual leadership skills.
The skills acquired in the study programme enables graduates to elaborate scientific issues independently, to evaluate scientific knowledge and to apply it in terms of new, in particular research-related contexts.
The Master’s programme prepares for activities in scientific institutions and/or positions requiring leadership, planning, analysis and consultation in public administration and in international non-governmental and governmental organizations (e.g. the European Union, the United Nations etc.) and in transnational party or trade union federations.
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From the field
Migration as morality politics
Migration often serves as an arena for conflicting values. In this context, religious groups, civil society organisations and local authorities often show a more liberal attitude than the state. The political scientist Julia Mourão Permoser applies a new analytical approach to this as yet unexplored aspect.