The world around us is undergoing significant changes due to digitization and deployment of Artificial Intelligence. Today we are more interconnected than ever before. As we navigate this new social landscape, we leave behind digital footprints that can be analyzed and interpreted through the lens of Computational Social Science. This field of study leverages the power of big data, computer simulations, and social network analysis to gain insights into social phenomena and individual behaviour. If you want to contribute to shaping the future of our social digital life, this course is for you!
Why is this course for me?
The world around us is undergoing significant changes due to digitization and deployment of Artificial Intelligence. Today we are more interconnected than ever before. As we navigate this new social landscape, we leave behind digital footprints that can be analyzed and interpreted through the lens of Computational Social Science. This field of study leverages the power of big data, computer simulations, and social network analysis to gain insights into social phenomena and individual behaviour. If you want to contribute to shaping the future of our social digital life, this course is for you!
International Study Opportunities
During the third year, trimester-long study opportunities will be offered in a number of international partner universities.
Career & Graduate Study Opportunities
This course is designed to prepare students for employment opportunities related to the curation and analysis of social big data as well as deploying computational methods such as simulation and machine learning to social scenarios for better policy testing and development. With the increasing demand for social data science expertise, graduates of this course can expect to find employment in a variety of sectors, including Information Technology companies such as Google, Deepmind, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Accenture, Twitter, and Facebook, as well as industries such as Finance, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail and Energy. Public sector and NGO鈥檚 are among the other markets where social data scientists are in high demand.
Graduate study opportunities include Social Data Science, Social Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Computer Science and Informatics, and other interdisciplinary programmes.
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Expected October 2025
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September 2025
UCD College of Social Sciences and Law
BELFIELD,
Dublin,
Republic of Ireland
Students must have completed their secondary level/high school studies or have never studied at university before are eligible to apply Bachelor degree at UCD.
Also, they must obtain a minimum of Grade H5 in two subjects and a minimum of Grade O6/H7 in the remaining four subjects. For all courses Irish and English are required.
IELTS - An average score of 6.5 over all components and a minimum of 6.0 in each band on the Academic Version; A minimum score of 600 in the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL PBT), with Test of Written English at 475 +. In the computer based TOEFL, a minimum score of 250 is required. A minimum score of 90 is required in the Internet based TOEFL (IBT).
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
UCD is the most international and diverse university in Ireland, and is the destination of choice for over 10,400 international students.
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