Social Policy & Social Justice (Online)

Participation in Social Policy and Social Justice will be a transformative experience and equip you with competencies to foster social inclusion, and motivate and inspire others through reflection and social action. You will also have the opportunity to analyse and design social policies that contribute to positive social change.

For full details of the non-EU application procedure visit our how to apply pages for international students.

• In UCC, we use the term programme and course interchangeably to describe what a person has registered to study in UCC and its constituent colleges, schools, and departments.
• Note that not all courses are open to international/non-EU applicants, please check the fact file above. For more information contact the International Office.

English Language Requirements

Applicants who are non-native speakers of the English language must meet the university-approved English language requirements. Visit our PG English Language Requirements page for more information.

Our MSocSc Social Policy and Social Justice graduates will achieve a critical understanding of social policy and social justice issues, including advanced knowledge in special interest topics. They will gain advanced analytical, writing, communication, planning, collaboration, negotiation, and leadership skills, which will inform a purpose-driven, empathetic, and creative approach to problem-solving. These human-centric skills are highly sought after in the contemporary and future workplace.

Studying social policy and social justice opens up exciting, meaningful, and impactful career pathways. Our graduates typically will find employment in government, local government, and non-profit sectors, and policy organisations, research institutions, human rights organisations, NGOs, and advocacy groups.