School of Social Sciences

Our teaching and research expertise covers key areas of the social sciences including ageing, applied social sciences (anthropology, criminology & psychological studies), demography, economics, international relations, politics, social policy, social work, sociology, and statistics. Find out more about the strengths of our School...

Find out more about the funding opportunities open to Social Sciences students, including School and University scholarships and bursaries, and postgraduate School and ESRC studentships.

We offer a wide variety of internationally recognised undergraduate and postgraduate (MSc, MRes, MPhil, PhD) courses.

Our research expertise focuses on demography, economics, gerontology, global politics, social policy, social work, sociology, and statistics. Find out more about our world-class research centres including GHP3, Centre for Citizenship, Globalisation and Governance, Centre for Research on Ageing, and ESRC Centre's for Population Change and Third Sector Research.