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 The
Institute within the University of Copenhagen
The Institute of
Political Science is a department within the University of
Copenhagen. This is the oldest University in Denmark, founded in
1479. It has now a total of about 35.000 students. The Institute
of Political Science has about 1750 students, a tenure staff of
approx. 30 members, and a various number of research scolars.
There is also a number of part-time teachers with full-time jobs
outside the university (e.g. in the Danish Central
Administration, various types of organizations, and private
industry). The total number of full-time employees is around 70.
The Institute is
one of four departments of The Faculty of Social Sciences. The
other departments are Economics, Sociology and Anthropology. The
faculty also has a Centre for Applied Computer Science. For
further information about the faculty, ask for the booklet
"The Faculty of Social Sciences".
All the faculty's
departments are located in different buil dings in the inner city
of Copenhagen. The Institute of Political Science is located in
a charming old building (formerly used by the YMCA) close to
Rosenborg Castle, the Kings Garden, and the Botanical Gardens. Nørreport
Station, a centre of the city's public transport system, is also
close by.
Political Science
and Multidisciplinary Studies
The institute was
established in 1965 and has developed from being an institute
for political science and contemporary history, an institute of
social science and administration into its present status as an
institute of political science. The main emphasis is thus on
comparative politics, international politics and public
administration, but the institute also offers multidisciplinary
studies involving courses in Economics, Sociology, Law and
Applied Computer Science. It is characteristic of the
educational and research profile of the institute that efforts
are made to combine the political, economic and sociological
disciplines in the study of the political processes of society.
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