Institut für Politikwissenschaft - FSU Jena - College & University - Jena | Facebook - 2 Reviews

Name

Institut für Politikwissenschaft - FSU Jena - College & University - Jena | Facebook - 2 Reviews

Legal name

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena - Institut für Politikwissenschaft (Institute for Political Science)

Website

https://powi.uni-jena.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

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Product category

Higher Education - Political Science

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Sciences & Public Policy Research Universities (EDAHABAD)

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Social Sciences Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAD), Education Policy Research Institutes & Think Tanks (EDADADAA)

Keywords

• Political science education
• University research institute
• Higher education programs
• Academic social research
• Public opinion monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Jena

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Institut für Politikwissenschaft is an academic institute within the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. It delivers Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in political science, employs academic staff, and conducts empirical political research — including public-facing studies such as the Thüringen-Monitor and Deutschland-Monitor (a representative survey of the German population on satisfaction with democracy, political actors, and policy issues).

Product overview

The Institut für Politikwissenschaft (Institute for Political Science) at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena is an academic unit within the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences. It offers political science study programs and conducts research focused on institutional frameworks of politics (both domestic and international), central political actors, and policy objectives shaped by ideas and ideology. The institute publishes major research reports including the Thüringen-Monitor and Deutschland-Monitor series, and hosts research working groups such as the 'Spatial Imaginaries' group within the Excellence Cluster 'Imaginamics'.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• B.A. Politikwissenschaft
• M.A. Politikwissenschaft
• Thüringen-Monitor
• Deutschland-Monitor
• Excellence Cluster 'Imaginamics'

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

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Others

• WZB Berlin Social Science Center: Publicly funded social science research institute in Berlin conducting policy-relevant research on democracy, inequality, and political behavior. Comparable as an adjacent research institution that produces monitor-style public-opinion and policy research, though it is a non-university research center.

Emerging players

• Hertie School: Berlin-based private university specializing in governance, public policy, and international affairs with a strong applied research orientation. Comparable in thematic focus on political systems and policy, though structured as a private graduate institution rather than a state-funded university department.
• Leuphana Universität Lüneburg – Institut für Politikwissenschaft: Political science unit at a public university in Lower Saxony offering political science programs with interdisciplinary and democratic-participation emphases. Comparable as a peer public-university political science program, smaller in scale than top-tier competitors.

Regional players

• Institut für Politikwissenschaft (Universität Zürich): Political science institute at the University of Zurich, a major Swiss public university, with strong research output on democracy, political institutions, and international affairs. Comparable academic scope but based in Switzerland rather than Germany.
• Institut für Politikwissenschaft (Universität Wien): Political science institute at Austria's largest public university, offering comparable teaching and research on European politics and international relations. Comparable in disciplinary scope but operates in a different (Austrian) academic and policy context.

Direct peers

• Institut für Politikwissenschaft (TU Dresden): Political science institute at TU Dresden, a public research university in eastern Germany with overlapping thematic coverage. Directly comparable as a peer East German public-university political science department competing for similar regional applicants.
• Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (FU Berlin): Political science institute at a large German public university offering comparable undergraduate and graduate programs in German politics, international relations, and political theory. Directly comparable as a peer political science department at a fellow German public university.
• Geschwister-Scholl-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (LMU München): Political science institute at LMU Munich, one of Germany's largest public universities, with broad coverage of domestic politics, international relations, and area studies. Directly comparable as a leading peer political science institute within a German public university.
• Institut für Politikwissenschaft (Universität Leipzig): Political science institute at a Saxon public university with coverage of German politics, comparative politics, and international relations. Directly comparable as a peer East German public-university political science institute.
• Institut für Politikwissenschaft (Universität Heidelberg): Political science institute at Heidelberg University offering comparable teaching and research across political institutions, actors, and policy fields. Directly comparable as a German public-university peer with overlapping curricular and research focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/UniJena
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• Instagraminstagram.com/unijena

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