MSc in Social Science of the Internet + DPhil in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences

at University of Oxford

Modules:
 

• Digital knowledge and culture
• Digital politics and government
• Education, wellbeing and digital life
• Ethics and philosophy of information
• Information geography and inequality
• Information governance and security
• Internet economics

As a minimum, applicants should hold or be predicted to achieve the following UK qualifications or their equivalent:
 

• A first-class undergraduate degree with honours in any subject.
• For applicants with a degree from the USA, the minimum GPA sought is 3.7 out of 4.0.

Home Students:
£25,760 per year

Overseas Students:
£30,910 per year

Employers recognise the value of a degree from the University of Oxford, and graduates from our programmes have secured excellent positions in academia, industry, government and NGOs. For example, non-academic destinations of recent graduates have included large Internet companies such as Google or Facebook, smaller start-ups like Academia.edu, as well as regulatory positions and consultancy. OII DPhil alumni who have pursued academic careers have taken up research and teaching positions at the University of Oxford, Cornell University, University of Hong Kong, Imperial College London, Durham University, University of New South Wales.