University of Stavanger, West Norway

Digital Society and Societal Transformations - Master's Degree Programme

As we move towards a securing a more sustainable future, digitalisation represents challenges as well as opportunities. We therefore need more interdisciplinary competences about how technologies affect political processes, social relations, identity, and sustainability.

The MA in Digital Society and Societal Transformations educates social scientists that also understand how technology works. Digitalisation is not just a technical challenge that we need engineers to solve. We also need to understand how the digital impacts on our everyday lives.

The programme gives students insight into how datafication is changing public administration, how social media transform the way we communicate, and how algorithms and automation alter the conditions for organised working life. Students will tackle key issues in sociology, political science, media studies and data science to understand how the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation affects society as a whole. The programme prepares students for work in all sectors undergoing digital transformation, including in organisation and management, civic and cultural sectors, public administration, and in media and communication.

Entry requirements

A bachelor's degree with a specialization of at least 80 ECTS credits in one or more of the following subject areasis required:

  • Social science
  • Political science
  • Media studies
  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Pedagogics
  • Anthropology
  • Law
  • Human and social geography
  • History
  • Hotel management
  • Hospitality
  • Administration
  • Economics

Professional bachelor degrees in the following areas also qualify for admission: journalism, police, teacher education and social care

Proficiency in English at an advanced level is required and must be documented. For more information, please visit the programme's website.

Level
Master
Duration
2 years | 120 ECT
Tuition
Please see our web page: www.uis.no/tuition
Language
English
Application deadline

Non-EU applicants: Nov 15 - Dec 1

EU applicants: Feb 1 - Mar 1

Applicants with a Bachelor's degree from Nordic countries: Feb 1 - Apr 15

Entry requirements

A bachelor's degree with a specialization of at least 80 ECTS credits in one or more of the following subject areasis required:

  • Social science
  • Political science
  • Media studies
  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Pedagogics
  • Anthropology
  • Law
  • Human and social geography
  • History
  • Hotel management
  • Hospitality
  • Administration
  • Economics

Professional bachelor degrees in the following areas also qualify for admission: journalism, police, teacher education and social care

Proficiency in English at an advanced level is required and must be documented. For more information, please visit the programme's website.