SPSPA has four departments for undergraduates, namely, Political Science, Administrative Management, Public Affairs Administration, and International Politics. 

Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science is composed of 22 full-time teaching staff, among whom 3 are Level Two professors, 8 are doctoral supervisors, 9 are professors, 10 are associate professors and 12 have overseas study background. Department members stand as vice president of the Chinese Association of Political Science, vice director of Ministry of Education Political Science Teaching Steering Committee, National Social Science Foundation Politics Discipline expert reviewers, directors of the Chinese Association of Political Science, vice president and executive directors in Beijing Political Science and Public Administration Association, join “New Century Talent Supporting Program ” which is hosted by the Ministry of Education and teachers with title of “Beijing Municipality Outstanding Teaching Staff”.

The department convenes scholars with high reputation both domestically and globally in political thoughts and political culture. Their teaching and research are among the top in China. Politics and Public Administration is a State-Level Featured Major. Course “History of Western Political Thoughts” is in the list of “National Quality Course and National Quality Resource-Sharing Course”. Besides, the teaching team of Fundamental Courses of Politics is recognized as State-Level Teaching Excellency Team, and this team as well as that of History of Political Thoughts are labeled as Beijing Municipality Teaching Excellency Teams. The course team of Principles of Political Science is recognized as a team composed of experienced teachers for Ideological and political teaching by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.

Department of Administrative Management

The Department of Administrative Management is composed of 20 full-time teaching staff, among whom three are doctoral supervisors, eight are professors, eight are associate professors. One faculty member serves as vice president of the Chinese Public Administration Society, one as its executive director and four as its directors. vice director of China Society of Administrative Reform, also one acts as a National Social Science Foundation expert reviewer, one as vice director of Ministry of Education Public Administration Teaching Steering Committee, one as executive director of China Society of Administrative Reform and another as one of its directors. In addition, one faculty member has received the honorary title of Beijing Municipality Famous Teacher.

Oriented towards the practical needs of national governance and seeking theoretical innovations in public administration, the faculty has developed quite a few areas of disciplinary advantages. It enjoys significant academic influences in fields of government reforms, personnel laws and policies, local governance and crisis management, etc. And the faculty has established its own professional features in areas such as public policy, public human resources management and public governance. The faculty and their students commit themselves to the mission of “prioritizing public concerns and linking theories to practices,” and aim at fulfilling the ideal of “grounding in academics to serve the society.” In recent years, the faculty members have taken charge of plenty National Social Science Foundation Key Research projects, legislation projects and other government-entrusted projects, and they have guided students in completing over ten state level and municipal-level university students practice & innovation projects, hence providing direct intellectual support to government reforms and policy legislations.

Department of Public Affairs Administration

The Department of Public Affairs Administration is composed of 9 full-time teaching staff, among whom one is a Level Two Professor, two are doctoral supervisors, five are professors, two are associate professors, and seven have either doctoral degrees from or visiting-professor experiences in esteemed overseas universities. One faculty member serves as executive director of China Society of Administrative Reform, three as directors of the Chinese Public Administration Society, one as a member of Ministry of Culture Public Culture Committee, one as a member of Community Security Committee of China Emergency Management Society, and many others as expert advisers to various governmental and judicial organs. One faculty member has been selected into CUPL Excellent Young and Mid-aged Teachers Plan, one into Beijing Municipality Higher Education Institutions Young Talents Plan, one as the charging person of CUPL Young Teachers’ Academic Innovation Team, and two as State Excellent MPA Teachers. The faculty focuses its research in the direction of public governance and its members have either charged or participated many National Social Science Foundation Key Research projects, National Natural Science Foundation Major Research Plan projects, and government-entrusted managerial as well as legislative projects, covering a wide range of research areas including local governance, social security, management of non-profit organization, crisis and risk management, and government by Law, and demonstrating distinct research features.

Department of International Politics

The Department of International Politics is composed of 14 teaching staff, among whom six are doctoral supervisors, seven are professors, four are associate professors, and four are lecturers. Many of the faculty members hold positions like directorships and executive directorships in academic associations such as China-World Contemporary History Society, Chinese Association of Scientific Socialism, Chinese Association of American Studies, and Association of British Studies. The faculty has demonstrated distinct research features in areas such as globalization and global issues, international relations theory, ethnic issues, Northeast Asia security, and contemporary Chinese diplomacy.