15.6k Master's degrees in Social Sciences

The Criminal Justice and Criminology M.A. at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is a 33-credit postgraduate programme designed for future leaders. Available full-time or part-time with online and hybrid study modes, this degree typically takes 18 months to complete, focusing on advanced research and justice administration.

The Industrial and Economic Security programme at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is a 30-credit Master of Arts degree delivered entirely online. This flexible course can be completed in 18 months, focusing on protecting businesses and the national economy from advanced threats through scientific and technological approaches.

The University of Pittsburgh's graduate program in Hispanic Languages and Literatures is one of the top graduate programs in Latin American literature and cultural studies in the United States.

The French and Francophone Studies programme at the University of Florida offers a comprehensive postgraduate curriculum. This master level course is delivered via a public study mode, focusing on advanced linguistic proficiency and cultural expertise. Students engage with diverse literary and social contexts over the duration.

The English Literature course at Royal Holloway University of London is ideal if you are interested in more than one period of English literature, or if you want to combine or juxtapose the literatures and genres of different periods. 

What is your understanding of justice? Why is there more inequality in the USA than in Scandinavia? As a student in the Comparative Social Policy and Welfare Master's degree program at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, you will focus on learning more about the socio-political challenges of our time.

The MA in History - Hellenic Studies at Royal Holloway University of London  enables students to develop their knowledge and appreciation of Greek history and culture, from the Homeric and Classical age, through the Hellenistic and Roman times, the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine period to the modern world. 

Many of today’s challenges demand a response from EU law. As the most sophisticated international organization in the world the EU deals with issues like (mass) migration, climate change and cybercrime. This European Union Law (International and European Law) Master’s track from University of Amsterdam gives you the tools to unlock the many fields of EU law and to critically reflect on them. 

QEM - Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics from Panthéon-Sorbonne University is a Master program in Economics co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. It is true joint full-time advanced Master Degree for elite cohorts of students with many specializations.

The Child Development and Education programme of the University of Amsterdam trains students to conceive, design, conduct and report high-quality research in the field of child development and education.

The African Studies Master's program at the University of Basel provides students with in-depth knowledge and skills in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary academic engagement with Africa.

Studies in Polar Law at University of Akureyri describes the legal regimes, rules, and processes applicable to the Arctic and the Antarctic.

The MA International Peace and Security at King's College London is the only MA in the UK which provides an integrated study of international law with international politics relevant to the contemporary world.

This Research Methods in Psychology course at the University of Strathclyde is for those aiming to develop careers in research or enter subsequent training for a scientist-practitioner oriented career such as clinical or educational psychology.

The Social Justice and Education MA programme offered at the University College London (UCL) will help students to identify, examine and understand key sociological and philosophical perspectives on social justice, including issues of race, class, gender and sexuality, and education. 

The Advanced Residential Childcare course at the University of Strathclyde is developed within the School of Social Work and Social Policy alongside the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) to support the development of direct practice and leadership in the residential child care sector in Scotland and beyond.

The Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy degree from Keele University incorporates three strands of counselling training - namely counselling theory, counselling practice and personal development.

The Intercultural Anglophone Studies programme of University of Bayreuth is an innovative, research-oriented master’s programme in English and American Studies. It enables in-depth and theoretically informed study of the literatures and cultures of the English-speaking world, and of linguistic phenomena of English in its varieties.

Political Science: Global Politics and Societal Change from Malmö University aims towards you who are interested in global political issues. You will learn how an increasingly complex world, where the global and the local meet, presents us with new challenges and opportunities. 

What are the dominant issues in humanitarian action? What is the so-called aid industry? And can professionalization prevent dependence on aid? Find out in this International Humanitarian Action programme from University of Groningen.