Master's Programme Political Science: European and International Politics
Would you like to specialise in European and international politics?
The Master's programme in Political Science: European and International Politics 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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Curriculum
From the field
„Winter School on Federalism and Governance“ in 15. Runde
29 postgradual Studierende und Nachwuchsforschende aus Afrika, Amerika, Asien und Europa nehmen derzeit an der 14. Winter School on Federalism and Governance teil, die sich – ganz im Einklang mit dem Querschnittsthema „Nachhaltigkeit“ an der Universität Innsbruck - dieses Jahr dem Thema „Federalism and Sustainability“ widmet und unter der Schirmherrschaft des Europarats steht.
FWF fördert 6 Projekte
Bei der FWF-Kuratoriumssitzung im März wurden vier Einzelprojekte und zwei Esprit-Projekte von Wissenschaftler:innen der Universität Innsbruck bewilligt.
„Winter School on Federalism and Governance“ findet zum 14. Mal statt
Zum bereits 14. Mal wird derzeit die „Winter School on Federalism and Governance“ von der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät und der Fakultät für Soziale und Politische Wissenschaften gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Vergleichende Föderalismusforschung der EURAC Bozen unter der Schirmherrschaft des Europarats durchgeführt.
Die Gedenkstätte Mauthausen – Bericht einer Exkursion
Studierende aller Fakultäten hatten am 13. Jänner 2023 die Möglichkeit, gemeinsam mit Susanne Reitmair-Juárez und Thomas Walli (beide Institut für Politikwissenschaft) die Gedenkstätte des ehemaligen Konzentrationslagers Mauthausen zu besichtigen. Eine Exkursion zu Fragen der Rolle des Konzentrationslagers in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung, der Unterscheidung zwischen Tätern und Opfern und der Rolle von Gedenkstätten in der heutigen Zeit.
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