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MSc Social Research
at Goldsmiths University of London

London, United Kingdom

  • Tuition Fee £ 18,290
  • Country Rank#77
  • Duration12 Months
  • Score IELTS: 6.5

Program Overview

The MSc Social Research is an advanced degree in social scientific methodology and is recognised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as a research training degree. It is suitable for those who wish to prepare for PhD research, as well as those seeking to increase key employability skills in qualitative fieldwork, quantitative data management, and data analytics.

As a student on this programme, you’ll draw upon a wide variety of expertise from within the Centre for Urban and Community Research, the Methods Lab, and the Department of Sociology more widely.

Based in London in an incredibly culturally diverse area, you will have direct access to one of the most stimulating fieldwork areas
through which experience will be acquired conducting ‘live sociology’. This experience combined with undertaking a rigorous curriculum means that upon successful completion of the MSc all students will be proficient in preparing, designing, undertaking, and presenting advanced level social research suitable for all types of audiences.

Throughout the degree you will undertake rigorous training in both qualitative and quantitative research designs and techniques. 

Key research techniques covered include:

  • conducting interviews

  • ethnographic research

  • discourse analysis

  • visual sociology

  • computer-assisted qualitative data analysis

  • working with quantitative comparative data

  • multiple regression analysis

  • multi-level modelling

  • longitudinal modelling

  • Structural Equation Modelling

  • Latent Class Analysis

Cost Of Studying At Goldsmiths University of London

Interest rates as low as 8.9% *

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

Loans Sanctioned