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.
Congratulations to all our graduates of the department!
On 4th of May 2024, the Department of Politics and Public Administration celebrated its successful graduates and said goodbye to them in a wonderful graduation ceremony. Our head of department Prof. Dr. Anke Hoeffler looked back on the time of study and praised the graduates. Afterwards the certificates were awarded and the best theses were presented. Some imressions can be found here. We congratulate all our graduates and wish them all the best for the future.
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.
Prof. Dr. Christina Zuber discusses the development and future of parliamentary democracy in Germany
Prof. Dr. Christina Zuber discusses at "Politikwissenschaften im Gespräch" about the development and future of parliamentary democracy in Germany in the context of the 175th anniversary of the Paulskirchenversammlung of 1848.
The 175th anniversary of the Paulskirchen Assembly of 1848 provided a good occasion to reflect on the development and future of parliamentary democracy in Germany. After all, the current public discussion on this topic is dominated by political motives and narratives. But what does scholarship actually know about the development of parliamentarism in Germany and the associated role of the Paulskirchen Assembly? And what can be derived from it for current debates about the state and future of liberal democracy? On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Christina Zuber spoke about social upheavals, statist fears and the electoral successes of nationalist parties and discussed democracy in Germany at the workshop "Political Science in Conversation" of the German Political Science Association. A recording of the workshop in German can be found here. Prof. Zuber's talk begins at minute 47:27. For more information on the Political Science in Conversation series, click here.