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The Institute of Political Science is part of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science at TU Dresden. Around 1100 students are enrolled here on Bachelor's, Master's and teacher training courses. Information about the course...

Five Chairs with a total of around 40 employees and assistants are at the heart of the Institute: Political Theory and History of Ideas, Political Systems and Comparative Politics, International Politics, Chair of Didactics of Civic Education, Legal and Constitutional Theory. The BMBF junior research group REXKLIMA (Far-right politics versus climate action?) is also based at the Institute. Extraordinary Professors, honorary professors and freelance lecturers also support us. Get to know the Institute...

The Institute is dedicated to researching and communicating political processes, phenomena and theories and all political phenomena and actions in human life in the broader sense. Find out more about the Institute's profile...