What can you do with a masters in social research?
Discover some of the jobs that will be open to you with this Social Research MSc and how Surrey supports you in realising your postgraduate career ambitions.
Be confident in our exceptional outcomes
We’re renowned for developing highly sought-after graduates. Ninety-six per cent of our postgraduate taught graduates are in employment or further study within 15 months of graduating and their average salary is £37,405 (Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA).
How Surrey sets you above the crowd in the jobs market
Whilst you’re at Surrey we’ll support you in navigating your way to your chosen career path. As a Social Research masters student, you’ll develop the skills you’ll need to embark on doctoral research in the social sciences. We’ll equip you to understand a range of qualitative and quantitative approaches and emerging digital techniques. You’ll learn how to apply research in practice to real world problems, all skills which are highly sought after by employers.
Leading research centres at Surrey
We are widely recognised for our field-defining and conceptually driven empirical research and its pioneering quantitative and qualitative methods work. We are known for our applied approach to sociology and our sociological policy focus is reflected in the ways we work in partnership with a range of private, public and third-sector organisations.
In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, we were ranked 9th for research that is world-leading and internationally excellent. All aspects of our research environment were considered to be conducive to producing research of world-leading or internationally excellent quality.
Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Networking Project
We’re home to the Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) Networking Project since 1994, and carries out pioneering work combining social sciences, computer science and agent-based modelling to promote and support the use of social simulation in research in the human sciences.
Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus
Our Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN) has been transforming the practice of policy evaluation through pioneering, testing and promoting innovative policy evaluation approaches with UK government departments.
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