Sociology and Social Research

international course, part time, full time, International degree

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Degree
Master of Science
Master
Standard period of study (amount)
4 semesters
Location
Bamberg
Deadlines
March 2027 (Germans and inhabitants)
March 2027 (EU)
March 2027 (Non-EU)

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

Sociology, Social Science

Focus

Sociological Theory, Methods of Empirical Social Research, Family, Education and Work, Health, Population and Migration, Globalisation, Media and Digital Transformation, Employment, Organisation and Social Policy

Annotation

Online application required:

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Area of study

  • Partner institution: Universtiy of Trento in Italian Republic (International degree: Double Masters Degree in Social Research)
  • Partner institution: Tilburg University in Kingdom of the Netherlands (International degree: Double Masters Degree in Sociology)
  • Partner institution: Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona in Kingdom of Spain (International degree: Double Masters Degree in Sociology and Demographyy)

Admission requirements

The admission requirements can be found under Art. 28 of the study and subject examination regulations:
(Link to the study and subject examination regulations to follow)

In addition to the general entry requirements:
- qualified certificate of academic degree with at least 30 ECTS credits in the field of sociology, of which at least 10 ECTS credits in the field of sociological foundations and at least 10 ECTS credits in the field of methods of quantitative empirical social research and statistics; The remaining ECTS points can be from other areas of Sociology.

Lecture period

  • Winter semester 2026/2027: 12.10.2026 - 05.02.2027
  • Summer semester 2027: 12.04.2027 - 16.07.2027

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2026/2027)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    Expired

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    Expired

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    Expired

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    Expired

Summer semester (2027)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    15.11.2026 - 25.03.2027

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    15.11.2026 - 25.03.2027

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    15.11.2026 - 25.03.2027

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    15.11.2026 - 25.03.2027

Languages of instruction

Main language

English