Overview

Key features

The Master of Social Sciences at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is a Master of excellence, interdisciplinary, with a strong emphasis on methodology, and academically demanding.

The goal of the Master is to train students to do solid and rigorous research in the core topics of the Social Sciences from comparative, historical and quantitative perspectives. The Master offers courses on sociological analysis, social stratification, comparative politics, international relations, economic history, political economy, game theory, statistics and research design.

The faculty consists of members of the IC3JM, the Department of Social Sciences, and the Departments of Economics and Statistics of the Carlos III University as well as visiting professors (leading scholars who are invited to teach a course in the Master).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Statistics

Economics

States, Regimes and Institutions

Sociological Analysis

Historical Analysis of Economic Change

The Political Economy of Democracy

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-31 00:00:00

Language

English

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94

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Getafe, Spain

Disciplines

Sociology View 7 other Masters in Sociology in Spain

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

To be admitted to the Master of Social Sciences will be necessary to hold a Spanish university degree or another issued by an institution of higher education of the European Higher Education Area superior (EEES) empower access to postgraduate studies.

Priority will be given to graduate students in social studies and legal (political science, sociology, economics, history, law), but the door is left open access to any graduate long as you have the motivation and adequate capacity.

All students must enroll previous Complement learning in Mathematics and Statistics that are indicated in the program (4 ECTS). When the previous studies make not necessary to take them, the student must request the validation of that credits by the usual procedure of Recognition of credits.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

5212 EUR / year

≈ 5212 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

2791 EUR / year

≈ 2791 EUR / year

Additional Details

EU 2nd year: €2,611.16

International 2nd year: €4,876.06

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