Political Science – Public Policies and Administration

This study programme is based on the experience, knowledge, and 30-year tradition of the previous programme, which we have modernised to respond to changing circumstances and challenges both national and global, as well as to political changes (e.g. Slovenia's membership of the EU and other international organisations). In the modernised program we offer knowledge and competences that enable new generations of students to build the recognisable political science profile of a graduate, with additional and (in the Slovenian space) specific knowledge in the fields of public policy and administration, as well as in the field of the European Union. In three years, students will acquire the knowledge and competences necessary for employment in the public, non-profit, or private sectors, or for the continuation of their studies.

Graduates will have acquired a variety of knowledge and competences, such as knowledge and understanding of the field of study - political science, public policy, and administration - and its phenomena, the ability to adapt to changes in the political and administrative environment, an understanding of the diversity of countries and societies, and the ability to apply this knowledge in practice. They will also have developed the ability to work and analyse independently, to make reasoned criticism, and to elaborate alternative solutions in the form of recommendations. The knowledge and skills acquired will also enable students to develop the ability to apply knowledge in practice, and in concrete situations in the workplace, e.g. in the preparation of project proposals in the context of national and European tenders.

Graduates of the programme are employed in both the public and private (in various companies) sectors, e.g. in political institutions (parliamentary structures, political parties) and civil society organizations (non-governmental organizations, advocacy groups, trade unions, chambers), in public and state administration (in governmental or administrative departments, in ministries, agencies), in local self-government (in municipal structures), in various international, especially European, institutions (in the structures of the European Parliament or the European Commission, or in European agencies or European parties, or non-governmental organizations at the EU level), in the media (as journalists, editors, commentators, analysts), and in institutional research settings (public and private institutes, application-oriented analytical units).