December 2006

Research master's "Sociology and Social Research" at ICS-Utrecht

Dear Colleague,

I would like to draw your attention to the Master's program "Sociology and Social Research" at ICS-Utrecht and the Department of Sociology of Utrecht University. You know about the well-established and successful Ph.D training program of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS). We meanwhile also offer a selective research master's program that covers two years and leads to an MSc degree. Our master's program prepares for subsequent Ph.D training in sociology or another social science discipline - such as Ph.D training at the ICS - and for positions as a researcher in non-university social science research institutes.

The research master's program "Sociology and Social Research" offers structured and systematic training in theoretically and methodologically advanced research in sociology and the social sciences in general. The target group of students consists of promising students with a Bachelor's degree or an equivalent period of three years of undergraduate study and qualifications that justify the expectation of successful completion of the program in due time. This includes students with a BA Sociology or Social Sciences, broadly conceived and including Economics, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Demography, and (Social) Psychology. We also attract students with a background in, for example, mathematics, computer sciences, econometrics, and statistics who have an interest in practical applications and who are intrigued by the meanwhile vast and fruitful applications of various branches of mathematics, computer sciences, etc. in social science theory and research, including data analysis. The program is completely taught in English. Students from outside the Netherlands are explicitly encouraged to apply. Admission to the program is selective. "Sociology and Social Research" is one of Utrecht University's Prestige master program and thus benefits from special funds of Utrecht University. For example, students of the program are eligible for Utrecht Excellence Scholarships. These scholarships are exclusively offered for students in Utrecht University Prestige master programs. Various other stipends as well as teaching and research assistantships are available for talented applicants. Also, funding is available for participation in summer schools outside the Netherlands (for example, Essex and Ann Arbor). Applications are also welcome from those who wish to follow exclusively the first year of the program as exchange students. Some courses of the program are taught in collaboration with a similar program at ICS Groningen and with Groningen colleagues.

Each year, a new year group enters the program. We are currently searching for talented candidates for the academic year 2007/2008. Courses for this group will start on September 1, 2007.

The deadline for applications for the academic year 2007/2008 is

March 1, 2007.

See the attachment for further information. Detailed information on the program - such as courses taught and an overview of projects for master's thesis projects - is also available at

www.fss.uu.nl/graduateschool

Please use

gradschool@fss.uu.nl

for any enquiries about the program and about admission procedures.

I would like to ask you to search in your own network for students who might be interested in this program.

Your interest and cooperation is much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Werner Raub

****************************************** Werner Raub Department of Sociology / ICS Utrecht University Heidelberglaan 2 3584 CS Utrecht Netherlands fax +31 - (0)30 - 253 44 05 phone +31 - (0)30 - 253 47 38 (office) +31 - (0)30 - 253 19 67 (secretary) +31 - (0)30 - 220 15 83 (home) w.raub@fss.uu.nl www.fss.uu.nl/soc/raub www.fss.uu.nl/soc/iscore ******************************************