The Department of Politics and Public Administration was created in May 2003 as a successor to the Department of Government and Society. Both Politics and Public Administration have been a significant part of the curriculum at the NIHE  from its foundation in 1972 and since 1989 in its successor, the University of Limerick.

Undergraduate Teaching

  Faculty currently teach core courses in the B.A. degrees in

-  European Studies (established 1974)
-  Public Administration (1978)
-  History, Politics, Sociology and Social Studies (1997)
-  Evening BA Arts Degree (2008)  See more
-  BA Politics and International Relations (2008)   

Undergraduate Handbook 2009      See more
Final Year Project Booklet 2009/10  See more

Postgraduate Teaching

The Department also has responsibility for taught M.A. programmes in

-  European Integration (1989)

-  International Studies (established 1992)

-  Peace and Development Studies (1997)

-  Public Administration (2003)

-  Partnership Studies (2005)

-  Politics (2007)

-  Development (2009) *New

Postgraduate Handbook 2009  See more

An increasing number of graduates qualified in Politics and Public Administration undertake research leading to the M.A. (Research) and Ph.D. degrees

MA Handbook 2009  See more

New Programmes 2008                    

BA Politics and International Relations  (Autumn 2008)

The BA in Politics and International Relations provides a firm background in the fields of political science and international relations. The course will give students an understanding of the basic principles of politics at the global, European, national and local levels, as well as grounding in research methods. This degree would be particularly attractive to students interested in current affairs and modern world problems. See more