Study MSc Social Data Science at University College Dublin in Ireland,

About this course

About this course
- Overview
Study options
Entry requirements
- International

What will I learn?

The MSc in Social Data Science is a one year taught programme with strong interdisciplinary features and components across social and computational sciences. It equips students with a range of social scientific, computational, informational, statistical, and visualisation skills, for curation and analysis of large or complex data that arise from human activities and interactions in the digital world. Students will receive training in sociological analysis, as well as core coding and programming skills, allowing them to avail of emergent computational methods and technologies to tackle real-world societal challenges, and inform decision making processes. Students may opt to complete an internship as part of their studies. The MSc in Social Data Science is suitable for graduates of social science or computer science programmes.DURATION:1 Years 2 YearsNEXT INTAKE:20242025 September

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees

€22,600.00 (US$ 24,220) per year

Estimated Monthly Costs (per student) - Accommodation - €1,029

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Belfield Campus

Belfield, Dublin 4,

Belfield,

Dublin,

D04 V1W8, Leinster, Republic of Ireland

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants will be required to hold a 2-1 Honours degree or equivalent in a computational science discipline and to show evidence for strong interest in social science research Or to hold a 2-1 Honours degree or equivalent in a social science disciplines and to show evidence for strong interest in obtaining or existing computational skills Additionally excellent academic references are requiredThis degree programme includes modules from Computer Science which involves logical understanding and reasoning and therefore applicants must be able to demonstrate good evidence of algorithmic thinkingAll applicants will be assessed on a casebycase basis and relevant work experience will be taken into account so that in certain cases an award at a 2-2 classification may be consideredStudents whose first language is not English will need a recognised

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.