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Institut für Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie

Courses

IPS accepts international students including Erasmus+/Programme students/freemovers to classes, regardless of the agreements your mobility is based on. 

Please note that the courses listed in your  official Learning Agreement are not automatically reserved for you, even when they are signed by the Departmental Coordinator.

All international students are still required to complete the official course registration (inscription) according to the university’s registration procedures and deadlines.

Regular IPS exchange students (undergraduate and graduate level) have to sign in for IPS courses via WueStudy > „Exchange Programmes“ > „Political and Social Studies“ > „Exchange Political and Social Studies“ in the respective winter or summer term. You will need your personal University of Wuerzburg-studmail-account for this procedure.

If online registration is not accessible (for example because your mobility is not based on an official IPS exchange programme), please sign up for courses by contacting directly the respective lecturer.

It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that they properly register for their selected courses within the designated registration period. Including a course in a Learning Agreement does not guarantee a place in that course. Availability may be subject to capacity limits, scheduling conflicts, or approval by the respective instructor. We kindly ask students to remain flexible and adust their programme if necessary upon arrival in Wuerzburg.

It is our good practice to meet all requirements from Erasmus or your home university as good as we can. Exams may be adjusted to individual requirements within the responsibility of each individual teaching person. Credits for modules are usually 5 ECTS, adjustments are possible.

Courses taught in English

The course and module titles listed here are taken from the 2020 study regulations. Following the introduction of the 2026 study regulations, both sets of regulations are currently in effect.

Study Programme Module abbreviation Title of the Module Term Teaching Language Language of Examination ECTS Points Open for students from the following exchange subjects
Bachelor Courses              
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-FK Peace and Conflict summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-PT3 Modern and Postmodern Political Theories summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-PT5 Modern and Contemporary Theories of Democracy summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-IB4 Specific Issues of European Integration summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-EM-IB2 European Union: State of Integration and Future Prospects summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-EM-IB4 Regional Studies summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-EM-IB5 Security, Peace and Conflict in International Relations summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-VPS1 Political Institutions in Germany and other Democratic Systems summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-BM-SpS2 Social Structure and Inequality summer English German 5 only tutorial held in English, lecture and exam are held in German
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-AS2 Microsociological Theories summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-SpS2 Political Sociology summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-Meth1 Advanced Module in Methods of Empirical Research 1 summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-Meth4-262-m01 Research Design and Advanced Quantitative Methods winter and summer English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-IB6 Transnational Relations: Specific issues winter English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-EM-IB3 The EU as an International Actor winter English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-UBS1-262-m01 Social Inequality winter English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-CH-262-m01 Contemporary History winter English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-ST10-262-m01 Contemporary Social Theory winter English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-IB2-262-m01 European Integration and European Governance winter English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-ST11-262-m014 Globalisation winter English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-VP2-262-m01 Institutions and Political Actors winter English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-VP5-262-m01 Political Processes and Policy Research winter English English 5  
Political and Social Studies (BA) 06-PSS-AM-VP-UK-262-m01 UK Politics winter English English 5  
Master Courses              
Political and Social Sciences (MA) 06-PSSc-VP1 Comparative Analysis of Political Institutions summer English English 5  
Political and Social Sciences (MA) PSSc-VD1 Comparative Democracies summer English English 5  
Political and Social Sciences (MA) 06-PSSc-PT Constitutional Democracy summer English English 5  
Political and Social Sciences (MA) 06-PSSc-IB1 Processes, Challenges, and Theoretical Perspectives in International Relations summer English English 5  

German Language Classes for Exchange Students

The University of Würzburg’s Language Centre (ZFS), located on the Hubland campus, offers German language classes. For current course and application information, go here.