 | The Institute of Political Science (IfP) at the University Duisburg-Essen is the largest educational and research institution for political science in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and enjoys high standing within the German political science community. Students benefit from a wide range of associated research centers and programs, such as the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) and the NRW School of Governance. |
 | The Institute of Sociology (IfS) at the University Duisburg-Essen includes a number of scholars engaged in studies of work and employment, social structural change, comparative and transnational sociology. Many professors teaching at the Institute of Sociology are also members of the Institute of Work, Skills and Training and the Institute (IAQ) of East Asian Studies in Duisburg. |
 | The Institute for Work, Skills and Training (IAQ) is a centre for interdisciplinary and international comparative research in the social sciences, with a particular focus on employment, welfare systems, skills and training. The Institute carries out both basic and applied research. |
 | The Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) is an Institute of the University of Duisburg-Essen (Faculty of Social Sciences). INEF is the only German research institute working on questions at the intersection of peace and development and combines basic with applied research and public policy consulting. |
 | The Rhine-Ruhr-Institute (RISP) keeps a watchful eye on the structural change in Germany's Rhine-Ruhr-Region and ever-more intense, multilateral globalisation trends in recent years have confronted decision-makers in politics, administration, the business world, and science with new challenges. |
 | The NRW School of Governance belongs as a teaching and research unit to the Institute of Political Science. |
| The Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen offers research oriented teaching programs with a focus on contemporary China and Japan at an advanced level. |
