Master's Programme in Sociology

Sociology is the science about human social behaviour and relations between people and societies. Frequent sociological issues deal with processes and patterns of the interaction of groups and individuals, forms of organization of social groups, relations between groups, influence of groups on the behaviour of individuals and differencies among people in terms of power resources and life chances. This is a two-year programme leading to a Master´s degree in Sociology. The objective of the Master´s Programme in Sociology is to provide students with the ability to do independent analyses of social issues using sociological theories and sociological methods. Teachers at the programme are researchers that are highly active in the international research community, in several of Stockholm University's leading research areas. Sociology at Stockholm University is continuously ranked high in the world according to both the QS World University Rankings by subject and the Shanghai ranking (Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, ARWU). The language of instruction is English. The programme starts once a year, in the autumn.