The Academic Area of Political Science and Public Administration (AA of PC and PA) is made up of a group of high-level professionals with diverse backgrounds that are fundamental to understand and develop all branches of Political Science and Public Administration. In the year 2000, work began to build this Academic Area based on the Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration, which in that same year became the Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Public Administration, which since its creation has been evaluated by external agencies, the last of which was in September 2020, obtaining the reaccreditation of the educational program by the CIEES with a validity of 5 years, that is, until the year 2025.
At the same time, a group of research professors began to form a group that little by little gave shape to the Academic Area. With the consolidation of the planet of researchers, the Master's program in Government and Local Management was established in 2005 as a full-time, professionally oriented, on-site educational program, which allows graduates to enter the labor market, thus impacting the improvement of local public management and policies. Finally, for 2018, the PhD in Public Policy is created as a full-time, research-oriented program. It responds to the need to train high-level specialists in the various issues in the field of public policy and government action.
The academic area has two academic groups: comparative political studies and analysis of the public sphere, government, democracy and civil society. A bachelor's degree program in international relations is also being designed.
In 2024 the Academic Area of Political Science and Public Administration is a consolidated and leading space in quality research on topics related to political science, government and public policy, thus contributing to the development of Mexico and the State of Hidalgo.