Front Desk - Opening times

The Front Desk team takes care of your general enquiries. In addition to archiving and issuing homework and exams for inspection, the colleagues are responsible for issuing certificates of achievement from the ELVE system.

At the times marked with an asterisk (*), the Front Desk is only available by telephone and e-mail.
Tel.: +49 251 83-25332
politikwissenschaft@uni-muenster.de

Course-related changes to the service times can be found under the tab New

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study information

Examination inspection and certificates of achievement

The inspection of exams and assignments is again possible within 15-minute slots. You can book the slots at the Front Desk:

politikwissenschaft@uni-muenster.de

As a rule, the respective examination office is responsible for issuing certificates of achievement. The SIC! issues certificates of achievement in particularly urgent cases or for students whose achievements are administered at IfPol via the ELVE system or whose certificates of achievement cannot be issued by the examination office.

The certificates can be requested from the Front Desk: politikwissenschaft@uni-muenster.de

Team Gradebooking

If you have any questions or problems regarding the posting of grades at the Institute of Political Science, the Grade Posting Department will help you.

Tel.: +49 251 83-25252

ifpolnotenverbuchung@uni-muenster.de

Office hours: Wednesdays by telephone from 10-12 hrs.

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Please send your enquiry exclusively via your university e-mail address with the following information:

Name

Matriculation number

Degree programme

The version of the examination regulations in force at the time

Please note that the preparation of certain documents requires a corresponding processing time. Therefore, please allow for a period of approximately one week.

Study information

Structure of the study programme

Here you can find useful information about the organisation of your studies at the Institute of Political Science at WWU.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the SIC.

Political science comprises the following core areas:

1. Political theory and philosophy: This area deals with the history and present of political ideas, compares political theories and develops special theories and methods of political science research.
2. The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany: This area deals with the politics of the Federal Republic and the shaping social forces, with the party, parliamentary, governmental, administrative and legal systems of the Federation and the Länder (municipalities).
3. Analysis and comparison of political systems: This area deals with the constitutions of different states, compares political cultures and forms of government, examines public administrations and analyses the economic and social tasks of states.
4. International relations, development policy, European policy and foreign policy: This area examines the foreign policy of states, international relations and organisations, the international legal system, the problems of developing countries and questions of security policy and peacekeeping. A special, constantly growing area is European integration in its development, institutions, procedures and effects.

According to an international consensus, objects in all these areas can be divided into policy content, the political processes of conflict resolution and the planning and implementation of goals (politics), and the structures and procedures, including institutions, in short, the political order (polity).

Recognition of examination results and placement in higher semesters

*You will find the study advisors responsible for you below, sorted by degree programme*.

In order to ensure that your application is processed quickly, from now on recognition and placement will only be granted after you have submitted a completed application for recognition of examination results or for placement in a higher semester. Please tick the appropriate box in the application form (use several forms if necessary). You can find the relevant forms here.

Important! In order to be able to process your application, the following information and documents are required if your achievements were not achieved in the subject Political Science and/or are not recorded in the QISPOS system or in the electronic achievement management ELVE of Münster University:

1. Proof of the examination and study achievements to be recognised.
2. Information on the type, content and scope of the courses to be recognised. For this purpose, please submit the corresponding syllabus or other overviews/evidence of the courses to be recognised, which show the extent to which the course took place, what kind of course it was and what the content of this course was about, as well as how you achieved the examination performance. You can also find information on this in the comments in the course catalogue, the module descriptions or the programme descriptions of foreign universities. It is also possible to provide the necessary information yourself in writing, provided that you can prove the accuracy of your information.

Please mark the relevant places in your course documentation with information on the type, content and scope of the work you have done, if the necessary information is not obvious at a glance.

3. In order to be able to indicate for which course of your (new) degree programme you would like to have the achievements you have already made recognised, please first find out about the respective performance requirements and the types of courses to be attended in your examination regulations or the subject-specific regulations or module descriptions or in the subject-specific academic counselling.

Two-subject Bachelor (ZFB), teacher training programmes, Master's degree programme, minor subjects

For all recognition and placement procedures within the framework of the teacher training programmes, the two-subject Bachelor's programme (ZFB), the Master's programme and the minor subjects, please contact Michael Verspohl.

Please use the application forms for the recognition of examination results https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/formulare/antrag_auf_anerkennung_von_externen_leistungen.pdf (also from abroad) and for placement in a higher semester https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/wwu/studierendensekretariat/einstufungsbescheinigung.pdf

If you have problems filling out the application, you can find an example here https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/formulare/einstufungsbescheinigung_muster.pdf

Politics & Law, Politics & Economics and Economics & Law

Students of the degree programmes Politics & Law, Politics & Economics and Economics & Law should contact Dr. Marius Dotzauer (for all concerns regarding politics). For general questions please contact Dr. Helena Helfer.

For credit transfer in the degree programmes Politics & Law, Politics & Economics and Economics & Law, please use the application forms on the BaSic homepage.

Public Governance across Borders, Public Administration, Comparative Governance

Please contact Hendrik Meyer for all recognition and placement procedures for the degree programmes Public Governance across Borders, Public Administration and Comparative Governance.

Please use the application forms for the recognition of examination results https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/formulare/antrag_auf_anerkennung_von_externen_leistungen.pdf  (also from abroad) and for placement in a higher semester https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/wwu/studierendensekretariat/einstufungsbescheinigung.pdf

If you have problems filling out the application, you can find an example here https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/formulare/einstufungsbescheinigung_muster.pdf

International and European Governance

For all recognition and placement procedures within the International and European Governance degree programme, please contact Anica Roßmöller.

Please use the application forms for the recognition of examination results https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/formulare/antrag_auf_anerkennung_von_externen_leistungen.pdf  (also from abroad) and for placement in a higher semester https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/wwu/studierendensekretariat/einstufungsbescheinigung.pdf

If you have problems filling out the application, you can find an example here https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/formulare/einstufungsbescheinigung_muster.pdf

Master Political Science

For all recognition and placement procedures within the framework of the Master Political Science, please contact Dr. Ulrich Hamenstädt.

Please use the application forms for the recognition of examination results https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/formulare/antrag_auf_anerkennung_von_externen_leistungen.pdf  (also from abroad) and for placement in a higher semester https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/wwu/studierendensekretariat/einstufungsbescheinigung.pdf

If you have problems filling out the application, you can find an example here https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/formulare/einstufungsbescheinigung_muster.pdf

Academic writing

Tips and general information

You can find tips on academic work in our information brochure https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/wiss_arbeiten/wissenschaftliches_arbeiten_neu.pdf

If you have any further questions about scientific work, you can contact your study advisor http://www.uni-muenster.de/IfPol/sic/studienberatung.html  during office hours.

Some study advisors also offer special method consultation hours.

Under the following link https://www.ulb.uni-muenster.de/ulb-tutor/tutorials/themenfindung/index.html   you will find a supporting e-tutorial on academic work from the Institute of German Studies. The e-tutorial consists of two parts: "From the idea to the topic of a scientific paper" and "Formulating a research question".

Every term paper must be accompanied by this plagiarism declaration https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/dokumente/plagiatserkl__rung.pdf. Term papers without this declaration will not be accepted.

This declaration of plagiarism https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/dokumente/plagiatserkl__rung.pdf must be attached to every term paper. Term papers without this declaration will not be accepted.

Further information on the topic of "plagiarism" can be found in a circular issued https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/fb6/plagiate.pdf  by the Department 06 of the WWU Münster in 2005.

Theses at the IfPol

On this page, successful works are documented, which future graduates can use as a guide. The Institute relies on the help of its graduates so that the page can be continually expanded. If you agree to the publication of your thesis, please fill out this form (pdf) https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ifpol/sic/abschlussarbeiten/einverst__ndniserkl__rung_abschlussarbeiten.pdf  and send it to Dr. Freise at the Institute.

In addition, please send the electronic version of your thesis to Dr. Freise. Please note that only theses that have been rated at least good (2.0) by both reviewers will be documented here.