Master

Digital technology has revolutionized society and the way we study it. Much of human interaction is recorded in the form of a digital footprint, and analyzing it allows us to gain an unprecedented understanding of society and how it works. In this new context, the figure of the 

 emerges. This new profile combines the characteristics of the social scientist with new computational approaches based on predictive modeling, text analysis and network science to analyze society in a new and revealing way.

specialized training in cutting-edge computational and quantitative analysis techniques oriented to the study of the Social Sciences

. This program prepares you to take advantage of complex data and advanced computational tools to understand society and human behavior.

The Master is preferably geared towards students with a background in Social Sciences, Economics, Communication and Law, and prepares them to work in the professional and academic fields and to lead and supervise interdisciplinary teams in the field of Computational Social Sciences.

The demand for computational social scientists has grown quickly in recent years and is expected to grow even more in the future.

The Master in Computational Social Science offers specialized training in cutting-edge computational and quantitative analysis techniques oriented to the study of the Social Sciences. This program prepares you to take advantage of complex data and advanced computational tools to understand society and human behavior.

The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process, please visit the school website for more information.

In accordance with Royal Decree 822/2021, to be admitted to the Master of Computational Social Sciences, it will be necessary to have a Spanish university Bachelor degree or another oficial university degree issued by a higher education institution of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that allows access to graduate education.

Access to the master's degree is open to university graduates in Social and Human Sciences: Political Science and Sociology, Demography, Economic Sciences, Journalism and Communication, Health Sciences, International Studies, Global Studies, Business Administration and Management, Geography and other degrees related or combined with these areas.

Graduates of all these branches of access must take and pass two formative complements as a mandatory requirement for access to the master's degree.

Prior to the beginning of the academic year, all students must complete the formative complements in 

 (3 ECTS) that are indicated in the Curriculum. However, students who consider it unnecessary should contact the Master's Coordinator justifying their reasons and accrediting previous training in the specified fields.

The student selection will be made on the following criteria:

The documentation should preferably be submitted in the language in which the master's degree is taught (English).

 required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

Once admitted to the Master’s, students with university degrees issued by a higher education institution belonging to an educational system outside the EHEA must provide, for enrolment, the diploma, legalized by diplomatic procedures or by means of The Hague Apostille. They must also submit the transcript of records, with the grade point average, duly legalized.

Ordinary Phase from December 2, 2024 until May 31, 2025

All information will be published by the end of November at the link below:

 https://www.uc3m.es/postgraduate/admission/process

Admissions Option 2

For the academic year 2024-2025 a call has been published for a maximum of 

 for payment of the net enrolment fees for students accepted into the Master’s, with the following provision:

Scholarships and Funding Option 2

Foundations of Computational Social Science

Behavioral theories in the Social Sciences

Social and ethical issues of Big Data & AI

Curriculum

it will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment

the reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled

EU students: €6,600 (€110/ECTS credit)

Non EU students: €9,900 (€165/ECTS credit)

NOTE: the indicated public prices do not include in any case, neither the ECTS corresponding to the Formative Complements that the student must take (only master's degrees with previous Formative Complements), nor the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

Prices are valid for the 24/25 academic year; they are pending the Community of Madrid approval for the 25/26 academic year.

Program Tuition Fees Option 2

Professional Studies

Social Science

UC3M is a Spanish public university that excels in research, teaching and innovation. It is among the best universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2025 and among the best institutions in employability, according to The Global University Employability Ranking and Survey (Geurs2024). In the latest edition of THE Impact Rankings, it was ranked 24th in the world for its commitment to peace and justice. It has more than 780 agreements with universities in 57 countries, among which there are some of the best universities in the world according to the Shanghai University ranking. 27,8% of its students are international. The University is one of the promoters of the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) alliance, one of the networks selected by the EU in its European Universities Initiative. UC3M is the first university in Europe to obtain the ACEEU dual accreditation for its contribution and impact on the industrial and social fabric, and it also has other accreditations and distinctions of quality such as the EUR-ACE seal in the field of engineering or the AACSB accreditation in business and finance programs. 

Master in Computational Social Science

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Master in Numbers

Admissions

Scholarships and Funding

Curriculum

Formative Complements *

Year 1 - Semester 1

Year 1 - Semester 2

Program Tuition Fee

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