Overview

You will spend your first year in Barcelona (Spain) and your second year in Tilburg. By combining two related subject areas with different approaches, you will learn how to identify the main forces and challenges faced by key social institutions in modern society, such as families, schools, communities, and jobs. At Universitat Pompeu Fabra you will focus on sociological and demographical analyses and research while at Tilburg University you will focus on how to translate societal problems into social (healthcare) policies.

• You will get small-scale, interactive education with excellent thesis supervision and enthusiastic teachers
• Tailor your program to your interests and create an individual, unique profile by choosing elective courses in the first year.
• At Tilburg University, you can choose one of the two tracks:
• The track Sociology: Politics, Policy and Society in Comparative Perspective, focuses on translating societal problems into sociological research from both micro (social class, family) and macro perspectives (welfare state, political systems, cultural climate) in order to evaluate and design social policies.
• The Health, Wellbeing and Society track combines scientific insights from sociology and health sciences. With a strong collaboration with healthcare organizations, you will learn to become a specialist in the field of healthcare policy, societal resilience, and health and wellbeing. 

Career prospects

Sociology and Population Studies (Double degree) at  Tilburg University is a broad, internationally oriented program that can lead to employment in a wide range of fields and jobs in Europe and beyond. Work in fields such as labor and employment, culture, welfare, recreation, education, or health care. You could work for a wide range of employers, ranging from government institutions to private companies and research agencies.

• PhD student at Radboud UMC

• Junior researcher at Monitorgroup
• Department head at the Inspectorate of Education