Postgraduate Social and Public Policy
Work with us to refine your knowledge and change the world. Our postgraduate programmes draw on research excellence and expertise covering all aspects of social and public policy.
Why study social and public policy at York?
Our courses will equip you with the skills to analyse policies, understand how they're developed and discover the role they play in people's lives. You will be part of a diverse student body in a friendly and intellectually stimulating environment, supported by academics with a wide range of interests. You'll gain an understanding of social research methods and social policy analysis.
Our courses
Study on campus or online and refine your specialist knowledge.
Study on campus
- Social and Public Policy (MA)
- Global Public Policy and International Business (MA)
- Comparative Applied Social and Public Policy, Evaluation and Research (MPA)
- Social Research (MA)
Study online
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6th in the UK and 29th in the world for Social Policy and Administration
QS World University Rankings by subject 2022
Meet us
Come and visit us at an Open Day, explore our campus or chat to our students online. We host a range of events throughout the year including subject-specific events designed especially for people considering postgraduate study.
The teaching has been really good. The staff are all research active so when they're lecturing they feed their own research into the lectures, tutorials and everything. It's interesting to hear about the real-life applications of theory and knowledge.
Caitlin, MRes Social Policy