国际政治系简介
改革开放以来，随着我国与国际社会交往的日益增多，这方面的人才需求量越来越大，但目前我国国内开设这一专业的高校不多，因此，人才缺口较大。为满足全球化和中国进一步开放的不断发展而产生的对培养一大批具有国际视野人才的需要这一时代要求，适应同济大学研究型、开放式、综合性的国际一流大学的办学方针，并充分考虑到中国高等教育的实际现状和学科发展，经过大量社会调查，于2001年设立了国际政治专业，并于次年正式招收全日制本科生，2004年招收全日制硕士生，并努力于最近二、三年内成功申报博士点，招收博士生。
本专业现已成功招收八届本科生，约250人，成功招收六届硕士生，约65人，学生学习情况总体良好。至2009年9月，本专业师资力量，现有教师15人，其中教授4人，副教授3人，讲师8人，博士生导师4人，硕士生导师7人，具有博士学位的教师14人，外请客座教授2人。研究生培养方面，2004年，本专业主要设立的是国际政治和国际关系两个硕士点。
本科教学方面，本专业强调以“切实夯实基础，努力开拓视野，在发展的基础上有所创新，全方位培养研究型应用型相结合的复合型人才”为指导方针，以适应同济大学办学方针和现有学术能力，突出欧洲研究和亚太研究为特色。学生在扎实掌握本专业基础知识的同时，努力鼓励他们选修外专业的课程，尤其要求学生注重外语学习，掌握外语能力，既适应自己学习研究的需要，同时将来就业也能适当减轻就业压力。此外，本专业在教学实践中，还非常重视对学生社会实践能力的培养，把“全程式”实践教学计划纳入培养方案。四年间，既有计划的让学生到涉外单位进行实习，同时也在校外联系建立了约十个实习基地，每年按照教学计划定期派人前往实习，反馈效果良好。
科研方面，本专业始终以“依托学校强势学科、利用学校现有优势，服务于学校强势学科，打造同济国际政治学专业特色”为学科建设原则。在欧洲研究、亚太研究、中美关系研究、俄罗斯研究等方面发挥我们的特长，凝练我们的特色。此外，在本专业不断发展过程中，我们还计划不断与学校德国所、亚太所开展交流与合作，开拓了 ，拓展了研究领域。专业设立以来，累计出版学术著作12部，教材5部、论文100多篇。初步形成了一个完整的教学研究体系。作为国内同类专业的新生力量赢得了国际政治专业专家的普遍关注和积极评价。
Department of International Politics
China has been deeply involved in international affairs with its opening to the outside world. Consequently, colleges and universities in China can no longer satisfy its need of personnel with an international perspective majoring in international politics as there are only a limited number of colleges and universities with such kind of undergraduate students in China. This is why Tongji, one of China’s leading universities, with the guideline to establish a research-oriented comprehensive open-ended university, set up the four-year full-time undergraduate major of international politics in 2001 and began to enroll students in 2002. The Department began to enroll full-time postgraduate students majoring in international politics and international relations in 2004, and planned to enroll Ph.D. students of the major in the next two or three years.
The respective enrolled undergraduate and postgraduate students of the major have been over 250 and 65 update. The students in the Department as a whole appreciate their learning and college life in Tongji University. There are now 15 faculty members in the Department, with 10 members having received a Ph.D. degree. There are 4 professors, 3 associate professors, 8 lecturers, and 2 guest professors in the Department faculty, among them there are 4 Ph.D. candidate tutors and another 7 postgraduate candidate tutors.
Regarding the undergraduate teaching, the Department focuses its guideline on the training of inter-disciplinary talents with the combination of theoretical understanding of international politics and capabilities in practice, which is in accordance with the general guideline of Tongji University. The research fields in which the Department enjoys advantages include Europe studies and Asian-Pacific studies. The requirements that students should meet in their college life include their expertise in mastering the basic knowledge in this major and attending courses beyond the major. It is noteworthy that special emphasis is put on the improvement of students’ foreign language skills. Besides, students have opportunities to practice as interns in governmental agencies, business enterprises, as well as social organizations.
The Department faculty members have their academic expertise in Europe studies, Asia-Pacific studies, China-U.S. relations studies and Russia studies. The Department has established a cooperative relationship with Tongji University’s other two international studies institutes, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies and Institute for Germany Studies.