The University of Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt, an Eastern German Land, is a relatively new institution, founded in the 1990s. The Institute of Political Science forms part of the Faculty of the Humanities with some 3,000 students. In teaching, the Institute of Political Science, together with the Institute of Sociology, runs BA and MA courses on social sciences. In addition, there are interdisciplinary study programmes on European Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies. Prominent research areas of the Institute are European integration, party politics, federalism and regionalism, human rights, peace and conflict studies.

The Pennsylvania State University is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State was named the state's first land-grant university eight years later, in 1863.

The Marburg Institute for Political Science is among the oldest and largest institutes of its kind in Germany with 11 tenured chairs. Its faculty covers all traditional sub-disciplines of political science, as well as Gender Studies, Politics of the Near and Middle East, and Conflict Studies. Residing in a newly renovated, early 19th century brick-stone building, the institute offers Bachelor and M.A. degrees in Political Science, and participates in a large variety of interdisciplinary programs and international networks. Research interests comprise the Politics and Economics of the Global South, Global Political Economy, Democracy and its Contestations, Feminism and Gender Roles, Peace and Conflict Studies, Didactics of Political Science, EU and German Foreign Policy, etc.

Recent political history of the post-Communist countries; socio-political problems of transformation in Eastern Europe; Polish-German and Polish-Russian relations; political philosophy; international security and strategic studies; European studies (EU); studies on political elites and voting behavior; socio-political systems and democracy issues; East European studies; East South Asian studies

The Institute of Political Science (ICP) was founded in 1970 with the purpose of developing the scientific study of the political structures, processes and contents that were developed in Chile and the world. With the research and teaching of its academics, the publication of the Political Science Magazine, the most complete library in the country in the discipline, and the various extension activities, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile is present in Chilean public life and fulfills with the function of contributing with the means it has, to the resolution of the different problems that Chile, the region, and the world present.

The Faculty of International Relations (FIR) is one of the largest faculties at the Prague University of Economics and Business. There are two main directions in both teaching and research: International Business and International Politics and Diplomacy. Other programs, focusing on Business and Law, International Politics and Diplomacy or Tourism also play an inevitable role. The key distinctive feature of FIR is high level of internationalization at all stages with strong emphasis on language knowledge of students. The mission of the Faculty of International Relations is to develop education and knowledge in the field of international economic and political relations and to provide internationally recognized study programs based on critical thinking and openness, personal and societal responsibility and commitment to lifelong learning. Vision of the Faculty of International Relations – it is the best education and research institution in the field of international economic and political relations in the Czech Republic and through its strategy of internalization and internationally verified process of quality assurance and enhancement it is an internationally recognized institution, which belongs among top three best ranked schools within the region of Central and Eastern Europe. Graduates of both the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes find jobs in business, particularly in multinational corporations that greatly appreciate their exceptionally high standard of both language skills and economic and managerial skills. Graduates’ proficiency is given by interdisciplinary nature of the instruction provided by UEP. A large number of the Faculty’s Bachelors and Masters can take advantage of opportunities to study abroad. Since the early nineties the Faculty has been practicing a credit-based system of study, and it has developed and put in place the necessary mechanism for enabling the exchange of students’ transfer and accumulation of credits as provided for by ECTS (the European Credit Transfer System). With the exception of some postgraduate programmes, summer universities and the life-long education programmes, the course of study at the UEP is free of charge.

PRIF analyses the causes of international and domestic conflicts and seeks ways to resolve them. As one of the leading peace research institutes in Europe, we combine interdisciplinary basic research with the transfer of knowledge to politics, the media and society.

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.

Queen Mary's School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive departments. It has expanded considerably over the past decade. Research in the School spans three broad themes: Comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. The work of our researchers informs and enhances national and international policy-making, stimulates informed public and political debate, analyses and solves problems in local communities, and improves public understanding of contemporary political challenges.

Politics and International Relations are part of the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics. It is the largest institutional centre for the study of these subjects in Ireland and one of the largest in the UK. We have five areas of distinctive research strength: Comparative Politics (elections, political parties, conflict, EU politics), Governance and Public Policy, Political Theory, and International Relations. Our wide range of regional expertise includes Europe and the USA, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America

Radboud University in Nijmegen is one of the best broad, classical universities in the Netherlands. On 17 October 1923, Radboud University was founded, then still under the name Catholic University of Nijmegen. With its own university, Catholic Netherlands wanted to promote the emancipation of Catholics in the Netherlands.

CIPC's mission is to be a top tier research center in Political Science in Portugal. With this in mind, and to continue to lead the FCT's ranking with the classification of EXCELLENT, it has centralised two of the best R&D units in Portugal in this scientific field for the common use of resources and human capital, working closely in political science sub-fields. Coincidentally, these two units belong to the University of Minho. This institution aims to be the best in the field of social sciences and humanities. The merged CICP units will make every effort to carry out their mission in line with a five-year strategic programme, from 2015 to 2020 (NEAPP and NICPRI merged in 2015, as part of the strategic plan for these individual units).