Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) MSc 12 months Postgraduate Programme By UCL |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

33,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

27 Jun, 2025Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Social Policy and Administration

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) MSc will equip you with the conceptual tools and empirical evidence necessary for investigating social policy and policymaking, including critical assessment of the role of research evidence in policy development and implementation. Understanding challenges and innovations in evidence synthesis methods is a key programme theme. Topics include the use of AI and machine learning during the systematic review or evidence synthesis process.


The dissertation component provides an opportunity to design and carry out an empirical research project with the support of an academic supervisor. You can develop a topic for the project from your own area of interest or professional expertise or work with a non-academic partner to produce research that is of practical interest to the organisation.


This master's degree has ESRC 1+3 training recognition, meaning it stands alone as an MSc but can also prepare students for doctoral research. The MSc is eligible for ESRC funding as the first year of the 1+3 PhD programme. Prospective candidates can apply to the Knowledge, Evidence and Policy pathway. Find more information on ESRC studentships.


The programme can be studied on campus or fully online, and it is available full-time (one year), part-time (two years) or via flexible/modular study (taking a maximum of five years to complete). Find out more about each of these ways of studying.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Social Policy and Administration

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) MSc will equip you with the conceptual tools and empirical evidence necessary for investigating social policy and policymaking, including critical assessment of the role of research evidence in policy development and implementation. Understanding challenges and innovations in evidence synthesis methods is a key programme theme. Topics include the use of AI and machine learning during the systematic review or evidence synthesis process.


The dissertation component provides an opportunity to design and carry out an empirical research project with the support of an academic supervisor. You can develop a topic for the project from your own area of interest or professional expertise or work with a non-academic partner to produce research that is of practical interest to the organisation.


This master's degree has ESRC 1+3 training recognition, meaning it stands alone as an MSc but can also prepare students for doctoral research. The MSc is eligible for ESRC funding as the first year of the 1+3 PhD programme. Prospective candidates can apply to the Knowledge, Evidence and Policy pathway. Find more information on ESRC studentships.


The programme can be studied on campus or fully online, and it is available full-time (one year), part-time (two years) or via flexible/modular study (taking a maximum of five years to complete). Find out more about each of these ways of studying.

Admission Requirements

3.3+
75+
7.5+
109+
191+
A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelors' degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a Social Science subject, such as Sociology, Psychology, Social Policy, Economics or History. If you do not meet these requirements, other considerations, such as relevant work experience, may be taken into account.

27 Jun 2025
1 Year
Sep

Domestic
16,000 GBP
International
33,000 GBP

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