Politics – Public Administration – Management, B.A.
Amazingly versatile: The Bachelor's program in Politics – Administration – Management (formerly: Political and Administrative Science) combines all three areas in a unique way like no other in Germany – scientifically sound, clearly taught, with close links between research and practice, and top university rankings.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | After recognition of the certificate, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €1,500 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €164 per semester |
| Practical semester | Yes, mandatory |
| Campus | Campus Konstanz |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
Little packaging, lots of content: For three years, you will intensively engage with highly topical political and administrative science topics and explore relevant questions in management and organizational theory. For example:
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Typical career fields after completing a bachelor's degree include:
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- Public service at the municipal, state, or federal level, from city administrations and state governments to federal ministries or the Bundestag
- International organizations - such as the United Nations or the European Union - and the diplomatic service
- Non-governmental organizations and development cooperation
- Parties, associations, and clubs
- Private sector in management, human resources development, and management consulting
- Journalism and political analysis
- Science and research
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Baden-Württemberg), international students | €1,500 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €164 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | To apply for the Bachelor's program in Politics – Administration – Management, you are not required to demonstrate foreign language skills. |
|---|---|
| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | After recognition of the certificate, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application after recognition of the certificate until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.