The Department of Political Science and Sociology is part of the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Its purpose revolves around teaching and research in the social sciences. These activities are carried out by its two sections, Political and Administrative Science and Sociology, which operate autonomously but also cooperatively.
Specifically, and in agreement with the "Agreed Program Protocol" signed by the Department with the University for 2003-2007, the priorities of the department are excellence and the fostering of innovative activities; collaboration with public and private institutions in accordance with the objectives that the University establishes in its service to society; participation and the promotion of international networks and programs in the areas of training and research, as a basis for the above-mentioned goal of excellence; the recognition that teaching and research must be necessarily linked to the degree-granting programs of the department, without neglecting the responsibilities inherent in the teaching of courses for other academic areas; and the search for a balance between teaching, research and academic management associated with innovative activities in the sections of Political and Administrative Science and Sociology.
In spite of the fact that in administrative terms, the Department is not fully recognized as such, since its separation from the Humanities Department, Political Science and Sociology has been in charge of its teaching load in at least eight degree programs and in some of the university's own degrees, besides starting up two undergraduate programs, Political and Administrative Sciences and Sociology. Currently it is composed of two departmental sections in which 60 professors teach and research, including two full professors and eight associate professors.
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