Research master "Sociology and Social Research"

ICS-Utrecht and the Department of Sociology of Utrecht University offer the Master's program "Sociology and Social Research". You may know about the well-established and successful Ph.D training program of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS). The selective research master's program covers two years, leads to an MSc degree, and 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 the field of 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. The program 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.

Each year, a new year group enters the program. Courses for this group will start on September 1, 2006.

The main deadline for applications for the academic year 2006/2007 is

March 1, 2006.

Detailed information on the program is available at

www.fss.uu.nl/graduateschool

Please use

gradschool@fss.uu.nl

for any enquiries about the program and about admission procedures.