Best political science universities in germany

Germany has always been an attractive destination for international students owing to the vibrant academic and innovative environment along with affordable education. The courses are offered in German and in English.

Some of the best political science universities in Germany include the top-ranked universities like the Technical University of Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Heidelberg University and many more.

With stringent admission procedures, the universities have a low acceptance rate which makes it highly competitive to get into these universities. A political Science degree is highly research-oriented where students gain knowledge of the governmental activities and the policies and set-up.

Students get the opportunity to connect with industry leaders who transform their career prospects into successful ones.

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#1Technical University Munich logo

Technical University Munich, Munich

Bavaria, Germany8%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $4.4K/Yr (€4,000/Yr)Living$17.7K/Yr (€15,984/Yr)Admission B.S Political ScienceTOEFL88$4.4K/Yr
Course duration: 3 years
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5.2/10(12 Users)
#2Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich logo

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich

Bavaria, Germany10%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $318.57/Yr (€287/Yr)Living$804.75/Yr (€725/Yr)Admission B.A Political ScienceTOEFL99$318.57/Yr
Course duration: 3 years
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6.2/10(4 Users)Ranked 61 by THE in 2024
#3Heidelberg University logo

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg

Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany27%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $3.3K/Yr (€3,000/Yr)Living$8.9K/Yr (€7,978/Yr)Admission M.A Political ScienceIELTS6.5$3.3K/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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7.0/10(3 Users)
#4RWTH Aachen University logo

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany10%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $809.19/Yr (€729/Yr)Living$965.7/Yr (€870/Yr)Admission M.Ed Economics/Political Science...TOEFL90$809.19/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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5.8/10(14 Users)
#5Free University of Berlin logo

Free University of Berlin, Berlin

Berlin, Germany15%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $9.1K/Yr (€8,200/Yr)Living$3.2K/Yr (€2,920/Yr)Admission M.A Media and Political Communic...IELTS5.0$9.1K/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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5.3/10(1 User)Ranked 36 by THE in 2024
#6University of Freiburg logo

University of Freiburg, Freiburg

Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany33%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $3.3K/Yr (€3,000/Yr)Admission M.A Applied Political ScienceTOEFL100$3.3K/Yr
Course duration: 3 years
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6.8/10(7 Users)Ranked 176 by THE in 2024
#7University of Hamburg logo

University of Hamburg, Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany18%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $754.8/Yr (€680/Yr)Admission M.A Political ScienceIELTS6.5$754.8/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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7.0/10(7 Users)
#8University of Cologne logo

University of Cologne, Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany20%Acceptance Rate
Living$15.7K/Yr (€14,172/Yr)Admission M.A Political ScienceTOEFL92--
Course duration: 2 years
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8.2/10(1 User)Ranked 151 by THE in 2024
#9Technical University Dresden logo

Technical University Dresden, Dresden

Saxony, Germany46%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $777/Yr (€700/Yr)Living$6.7K/Yr (€5,997/Yr)Admission M.A Politics and the Constitutio...IELTS6.5$777/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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7.2/10(23 Users)
#10University of Wuerzburg logo

University of Wuerzburg, Wurzburg

Bavaria, Germany43%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $36.2K/Yr (€32,580/Yr)Admission B.A Political and Social StudiesIELTS6.5$36.2K/Yr
Course duration: 3 years
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#11University of Mannheim logo

University of Mannheim, Mannheim

Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany30%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $3.3K/Yr (€3,000/Yr)Admission M.A Political ScienceTOEFL90$3.3K/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 54 by THE in 2024
#12University of Muenster logo

University of Muenster, Munster

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany15%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $351.87/Yr (€317/Yr)Admission M.A Political ScienceIELTS6$351.87/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 251 by THE in 2024
#13Goethe University Frankfurt logo

Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main

Hesse, Germany77%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $777/Yr (€700/Yr)Living$8.6K/Yr (€7,752/Yr)Admission M.A Political ScienceIELTS7$777/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 126 by THE in 2024
#14Friedrich Schiller University Jena logo

Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena

Thuringia, Germany8%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $532.8/Yr (€480/Yr)Living$6.7K/Yr (€5,994/Yr)Admission M.A Political Science$532.8/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 176 by THE in 2024
#15Ruhr University Bochum logo

Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany40%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $777/Yr (€700/Yr)Admission M.A Criminology, Criminalistics ...IELTS6$777/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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7.0/10(1 User)Ranked 251 by THE in 2024
#16Technical University Darmstadt logo

Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt

Hesse, Germany29%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $480.63/Yr (€433/Yr)Admission M.A Political TheoryIELTS5$480.63/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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#17University of Duesseldorf logo

University of Duesseldorf, Dusseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany17%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $666/Yr (€600/Yr)Admission B.A Social Sciences - Media, Pol...$666/Yr
Course duration: 3 years
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#18University of Konstanz logo

University of Konstanz, Konstanz

Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany55%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $2.8K/Yr (€2,508/Yr)Living$8K/Yr (€7,192/Yr)Admission M.S Political EconomyIELTS6$1.8K/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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8.3/10(1 User)Ranked 95 by THE in 2024
#19Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz logo

Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany35%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $743.7/Yr (€670/Yr)Living$10.3K/Yr (€9,324/Yr)Admission M.S International Economics and ...IELTS6$743.7/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 251 by THE in 2024
#20University of Stuttgart logo

University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart

Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany71%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $3.3K/Yr (€3,000/Yr)Living$26.9K/Yr (€24,242/Yr)Admission M.Ed Political Science (Teaching...TOEFL79$3.3K/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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8.2/10(14 Users)Ranked 251 by THE in 2024Ranked 314 by QS in 2025
#21University of Bremen logo

University of Bremen, Bremen

Bremen, Germany58%Acceptance Rate
Living$4.4K/Yr (€3,996/Yr)Admission M.A Political ScienceTOEFL95--
Course duration: 2 years
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8.2/10(1 User)Ranked 151 by THE in 2024
#22University of Kiel logo

University of Kiel, Kiel

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany40%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $592.74/Yr (€534/Yr)Admission M.A International Politics and I...IELTS6$592.74/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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8.2/10(1 User)Ranked 501 by THE in 2024
#23Leibniz University of Hannover logo

Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover

Lower Saxony, Germany51%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $878.01/Yr (€791/Yr)Admission M.Ed PoliticsTOEFL79$878.01/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 301 by THE in 2024
#24Technical University Dortmund logo

Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany59%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $699.3/Yr (€630/Yr)Living$616.05/Yr (€555/Yr)Admission M.A Philosophy and Political Sci...$699.3/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 201 by THE in 2024
#25University of Greifswald logo

University of Greifswald, Greifswald

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany32%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $275.28/Yr (€248/Yr)Living$5.6K/Yr (€5,061/Yr)Admission M.A Political ScienceTOEFL80$275.28/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 401 by THE in 2024Ranked 707 by CWUR in 2022
#26University of Siegen logo

University of Siegen, Siegen

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany50%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $723.72/Yr (€652/Yr)Admission M.A Roads to Democracies$723.72/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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6.8/10(2 Users)Ranked 601 by THE in 2024
#27University of Regensburg logo

University of Regensburg, Regensburg

Bavaria, Germany38%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $366.3/Yr (€330/Yr)Admission B.A Political ScienceIELTS6$366.3/Yr
Course duration: 3 years
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Ranked 741 by QS in 2025Ranked 401 by ARWU in 2022
#28University of Duisburg-Essen logo

University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany100%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $1.2K/Yr (€1,038/Yr)Admission B.A Political ScienceTOEFL85$1.2K/Yr
Course duration: 3 years
Programs
7.7/10(4 Users)
#29University of Kassel logo

University of Kassel, Kassel

Hesse, Germany20%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $11.1K/Yr (€10,000/Yr)Admission B.A Political ScienceIELTS5.5$11.1K/Yr
Course duration: 3 years
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7.3/10(1 User)Ranked 801 by ARWU in 2022Ranked 1109 by CWUR in 2022
#30University of Wuppertal logo

University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany59%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $72.6K/Yr (€65,404/Yr)Admission M.A Political ScienceTOEFL79$72.6K/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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#31University of Augsburg logo

University of Augsburg, Augsburg

Bavaria, Germany59.2%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $19.8K/Yr (€17,850/Yr)Admission M.S Economics and Public PolicyIELTS6.5$19.8K/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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8.3/10(1 User)Ranked 1053 by CWUR in 2022
#32Chemnitz University of Technology logo

Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz

Saxony, Germany71%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $555/Yr (€500/Yr)Admission M.A Political Science$555/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 1118 by CWUR in 2022
#33Witten/Herdecke University logo

Witten/Herdecke University, Witten

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany72%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $31.1K/Yr (€28,044/Yr)Admission M.A Philosophy, Politics and Eco...IELTS6.5$25.3K/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 1444 by CWUR in 2022
#34University of Trier logo

University of Trier, Trier

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany60%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $333/Yr (€300/Yr)Admission M.A Political Science (Major)TOEFL80$333/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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Ranked 1576 by CWUR in 2022
#35Osnabruck University logo

Osnabruck University, Osnabruck

Lower Saxony, Germany80%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $802.53/Yr (€723/Yr)Living$6.9K/Yr (€6,260/Yr)Admission M.A Political Science: Democrati...IELTS6$802.53/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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#36Bauhaus University logo

Bauhaus University, Weimar

Thuringia, Germany32%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $355.2/Yr (€320/Yr)Admission B.S Management (Construction Rea...IELTS6$355.2/Yr
Course duration: 3 years
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#37University of Erfurt logo

University of Erfurt, Erfurt

Thuringia, Germany50%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $4K/Yr (€3,600/Yr)Admission M.P.PIELTS6.5$4K/Yr
Course duration: 2 years
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#38City University of Applied Sciences logo

City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen

Bremen, Germany30%Acceptance Rate
Tuition:  $421.8/Yr (€380/Yr)Living$5.2K/Yr (€4,662/Yr)Admission M.A Politics and SustainabilityTOEFL57$421.8/Yr
Course duration: 1 year
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