Master in Social Sciences and Educational Sciences
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
DURATION
4 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
EUR 200 / per semester
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* non-EU applications are accepted between February and April and EU applications between February and July
Introduction
Education's importance for individual life chances and societal development continues to rise worldwide. Changes in schooling, vocational training, and higher education, as well as informal, inclusive, and lifelong learning, emphasize this growing significance.
This international, multidisciplinary, research-based Master in Social Sciences and Educational Sciences addresses topics at the nexus of education and society and key challenges facing contemporary societies and welfare states.
Curriculum
Program scope
English-language-based, the program distinctively unites social scientific analysis of education and social systems and policies at local, national, European, and global levels. It combines historical, cultural, political, educational, and sociological perspectives on educational institutions and organizations as well as their conditions and their consequences.
As a student, you will analyze changes in ideas, institutions, and organizations caused by social, economic, and political integration and compare the development of educational and social policies, schooling, and social services across time and space. Particular emphasis is on Luxembourg, its neighboring countries Germany, France and Belgium, and Europe within the context of internationalization. Innovatively, the approaches and methodologies of a variety of academic disciplines, including educational science, history, and sociology, are jointly utilized in analysis and problem-solving.
Students in higher education require both structured educational opportunities as well as the freedom to develop their own intellectual interests and research questions. As a participant in this Master in Social and Educational Sciences, you work intensively with mentors and peers to develop your knowledge and skills. You will:
- acquire critical understandings of and review research related to fields of study in the social and educational sciences.
- follow and engage in debates on changing societies.
- acquire and expand your knowledge of social inequalities and welfare state regimes.
- compare, critique, and plan reforms of education and social service systems.
- design, develop, and conduct empirical research using quantitative, qualitative, historical, or mixed methods.
- act as experts in academic fields of study (social sciences, education, social and educational policy).
- engage in developing policies and programs on local, national, and international levels.
The seminars concentrate on the analysis of education, social welfare, and society in its theoretical, historical, methodological, and empirical aspects. In discussion-rich seminars, you will explore developments and challenges, from global to local, as you learn to make sense of cultural, socio-economic, and political characteristics of educational and social welfare systems and wider societal contexts.
The program’s advantages include:
- teaching and mentoring by distinguished scholars in educational theory, history of education, and sociology of education.
- an international, multicultural learning environment.
- location in a city hosting several European Union institutions.
- low tuition fees (€200/semester) for all applicants accepted into the program.
Career Opportunities
Students will be prepared to either continue their academic career in the University of Luxembourg’s intensive doctoral programs or transition to a wide variety of national or international organizations, governments, foundations, or associations throughout Europe and beyond.