Social Cultural Science-Uni

Why choose the Social and Cultural Science research master?
You either have or soon expect to have an excellent University Bachelor degree in Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies or another social science study. You are bright and you are fascinated by social and cultural issues. What should your next step be? One option would be to follow a one-year Master's programme and then go straight into practice. But you could also consider deepening your knowledge and research skills by joining our two-year research-based programme.

Our students study transformations within different types of societies: pre-industrial, industrialising, industrial and post-industrial. Their research focuses on social inequality, cohesion, and rationalisation in these societies. Formerly, these issues have been mainly studied within a single society. Now that more and more comparative research questions on societies are being raised in the academic world as well as in international policy-making organisations, it is of great scientific and societal importance that such questions are answered. The MSc in Nijmegen - using the research school's extensive social science databases - seeks to contribute to this goal.

The emphasis in this programme is on theory, methodology, and empirical research skills. You learn how to translate social problems into empirical research questions and learn which methods are most suitable to answer these questions. This may be quantitative or qualitative empirical research. The Nijmegen Institute of Social and Cultural Research (NISCO) has a rich data archive and it participates in several international surveys, such as the multi-country European Social Survey.

Admission requirements

With a Bachelor degree in Sociology, Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies or Communication Science you are eligible to apply for the Research Master programme Social and Cultural Science. Students who wish to apply must have sufficient experience in formulating research questions, proposing testable problem statements, and have mastered the procedures used in analysing tables as well as the methods and techniques needed to work effectively with data files. To find out if you have the appropriate academic background look at: www.ru.nl or please e-mail the managementassistant Elly van Wijk your CV and certificates.
You can call her on +31 24 361 5568 or send her an e-mail at e.vanwijk@maw.ru.nl

Enrolment

All applicants, from this university or elsewhere, should fill in the application form available at:
www.ru.nl

Next to the application form, make sure to enclose the following documents:

	letter of motivation
	curriculum vitae
	two letters of recommendation from previous supervisors (with contact details)
	list of the results of the interim examinations of your Bachelor’s degree programme
	if you have not yet obtained a Bachelor degree, a list of the interim examinations you have not yet passed including their ects
	copies of your university and pre-university diploma(s) (foreign certificates should be accompanied by legally-certified English transcripts)
	score on TOEFL-test or equivalent. TOEFL (paper based) - 600, (computer based) - 250, (internet based) - 100; IELTS - 7.0. For information consult http://www.toefl.org/ or http://www.ielts.org/
	copy of your passport

Application Deadline:
The deadline for application is May 1st. The interviews will be in Nijmegen in June. You will receive the decision about admission prior to July 1st.

More Information:
www.ru.nl
Information on content
Elly van Wijk
Assistent manager
E: e.vanwijk@maw.ru.nl or scs@nisco.ru.nl

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