Social and Economic Data Analysis (SEDA)

Sufficient English language skills through one of the following tests:

• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency: minimum grade C
• IELTS: minimum grade 6.5
• TOEFL iBT: minimum grade 92 points
• Proof of at least 3 courses taught in English in a previous degree program
• Proof of a Bachelor's degree in a degree program that was taught entirely in English

Academic requirements

An above-average bachelor's degree in economics, mathematics/statistics, political science, computer science, sociology or psychology from a recognized university with a standard minimum duration of study of three years. Students in the final year of their bachelor's degree course who have not yet graduated are also welcome to apply. Minimum standard period of study: 3 years

You will need to provide evidence of knowledge from at least two focus areas, acquired in at least three courses during your bachelor’s degree, as listed below.

1. Focus area: computer science.

• Data visualization (Dept. of Computer and Information Science), principles of computer science in combination with a programming course (Dept. of Computer and Information Science).

2. Focus area: mathematics.

• Discrete mathematics and logic (Dept. of Computer and Information Science), analysis and linear algebra (Dept. of Computer and Information Science), mathematics for data science (Dept. of Computer and Information Science), mathematics for economists (Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics), linear algebra I (Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics).

3. Focus area: statistics.

• Statistics I (Dept. of Economics), statistics I (Dept. of Psychology), statistics (Dept. of Politics and Public Administration), statistics I (Dept. of History and Sociology).

4. Focus area: social-scientific methods.

• Econometrics I (Dept. of Economics), introduction to survey methodology (Dept. of Politics and Public Administration), research design I: research design and causal inference (Dept. of Politics and Public Administration), empirical research methods (Dept. of Politics and Public Administration), empiricism: quantitative methods (Dept. of History and Sociology), methods I & II (Dept. of Psychology).