Computational Social Systems Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)

Overview

The Computational Social Systems (CSS) degree programme from Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has been developed for students from the fields of business administration, sociology, psychology, law and computer science who would like to examine the effects of digitalisation in detail on their own and other disciplines, as well as analyse the resulting challenges and opportunities.

During your studies, you will receive an academic education in informatics topics such as data structures, algorithms, statistics, machine learning and data science and learn how to understand, classify and predict the behaviour of people using digital technologies. You will rely on this knowledge for the specific fields of application in your subject. Depending on the focus, you will become familiar with, for example, data-based business models, socio-technical issues, artificial life or robotics, or data law aspects.

In the basic module, you will learn more about the basics of computational social systems and obtain all the prior knowledge you will need for the subsequent specialisations. You will then specialise in one of four areas, depending on your previous education:

• Business Analytics,
• Societies, Technologies and Social Research,
• Human Factors, or
• Law and Computer Science.

Careers

• Social Data Scientists and use digital data to explore social issues and our behaviour;
• Business Analytics Experts and help companies improve their performance by analysing statistical data;
• Interface Designers, using their psychological and digital expertise to develop human-computer interaction technologies or as
• Digital Law Experts and advise businesses and organisations on legal issues such as data protection and copyright issues that arise with the use of new technologies.