School of Social Sciences : University of Dundee

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School of Social Sciences

Are you ready to shape tomorrow’s decisions and leave your mark on the world?

Social sciences encapsulates many of the academic areas that shape society. These include how we are governed (law), where we live (architecture, planning and geography), how economies and businesses function (business and management studies), the choices we make (psychology) and our politics and international relations. Essentially anything that influences how people think and behave.

Architecture & Urban Planning

We're the only university in Scotland with a joint qualification in Architecture and Urban Planning

Business

Develop your business expertise to a specialised level or re-orientate your existing qualification

Geography

Specialising in applied aspects of environmental change, welfare, health, mobility and identity, from local to global scales

Energy Law & Policy (CEPMLP)

Rated the best place in the world to study energy law by The LLM Guide

Environmental Science

Teaching staff in Environmental Science at Dundee conduct front-line research in the hydrosphere, ecosphere, cryosphere, and lithosphere

Law

Dundee Law School was ranked 1st in Scotland and 8th in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2017

Psychology

We conduct outstanding research in human experimental psychology, language and cognition, neuroscience and development, and social psychology

Politics

Our range of Politics and International courses particularly focus on European politics and on the politics of security

We are one of the top universities for graduate employment and our courses open up many exciting opportunities. Our ethos is to transform lives locally and globally through the creation sharing and application of knowledge. We certainly hope we get the opportunity to transform yours.

Are you ready to shape tomorrow’s decisions and leave your mark on the world? Qualifying with one of our undergraduate or postgraduate degrees could be your first step and can open the door to an extremely exciting and rewarding career. Are you ready?

Professor John Rowan
Dean, School of Social Sciences

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