Application deadlines
The next student intake will be in the Winter Semester. The application deadlines are: BA: 15th of July and MA: 15th of May.
Top result in the Shanghai Global Ranking 2023
1st place in Germany, 38th place worldwide
In the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023, the University of Konstanz achieved the 1st place nationwide in the category "Political Sciences". With the 38th place, the department reaches the worldwide top 50. These results reinforce the department's claim to be a top location for political science and public administration in Germany. The department was able to even surpass its very good results from the previous year (2022: 42nd place globally; 2nd place nationally). In the category "Public Administration", the University of Konstanz achieved, as in the previous year, a place in the global ranking group 51-75. Among German universities, this corresponds to ranking group 2-3 and is also an improvement compared to the previous year (2022 ranking: group 3-4 nationally).
The latest department
newsletter No. 33 is released
The department newsletter No. 33 has been published!
You can download the newsletter here.
Politics and Public Administration - Our Mission - Our Research
The Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz is one of the largest social science departments in Germany. We are recognized for excellent research and teaching in four areas of expertise: (i) democracy and public policy, (ii) international studies (iii) management and public administration, as well as (iv) data and methods. We place our students in top positions in academia, and the public, private and non-profit sectors – in Germany, Europe and worldwide.
First Rutgers-Konstanz Summer School on HR Consulting
Ten students participate in the innovative summer school that compares U.S. and European perspectives on HR management.
For the first time, the department organized a Summer School with our long-time partner, Rutgers University in the USA. Students from North America and Europe learned about the techniques and principles of HR consulting over the course of a week. Teaching was offered by Professor Joe McCune from Rutgers, with the participation of Constance faculty Ann Sophie Lauterbach, Adrian Bidlingmaier and Dr. Sebastian Tillmann. Part of the program also included a visit to Airbus in Immenstaad, where not only the manufacturing of satellites was illustrated, but also an overview of the HR strategies there was given. As part of the strategic development, Rutgers and Konstanz Universities plan to continue to offer and also expand the course format in the coming years.