224 Master's degrees in Social Policy in Europe

Rights and Social Policy
The Rights and Social Policy programme from Maynooth University provides advanced study in key and often challenging issues facingsocial policy today. It provides anopportunity for critical study in the application of social policy theory and methodology to policy and practice.

Social Policy
This Social Policy course at the University of Malta will focus on designing and implementing policies and programmes through which the terms of people's social participation can be improved. It will also offer a broad set of professional skills based on the values of good governance, equity, efficiency and effectiveness.

Postcolonial Culture and Global Policy - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Postcolonial Culture and Global Policy - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Social Policy (Online)
The Social Policy (Online) degree delivered by the University College Cork is a conversion course giving a foundation in the field of social policy for graduates who do not hold a social science degree. It can be studied full-time over one year or part-time over two years.

Organizational Studies - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Organizational Studies - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Birkbeck, University of London.
Global Health Policy
Draw on LSE's world leading strengths in politics and economics to analyse a range of global health policy issues and learn from a world-renowned faculty. Learn more at the Global Health Policy programme from London School of Economics and Political Science.
Engineering and Policy Analysis
The central focus of the Engineering and Policy Analysis of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is on analysing and solving complex problems that involve many parties with conflicting interests.
Cultural Production and Cultural Policy
This interdisciplinary English-language Cultural Production and Cultural Policy program at Zeppelin University qualifies students for programmatic, research-based, artistic and curatorial work in the cultural sector.
Social Policy
At the Social Policy programme from University of Kent, they offer research supervision across a broad range of social policy topics and themes. The study of welfare arrangements is a fundamental part of what we do.

Communication for Social Change
This programme builds your professional skills and critical understanding of how communication and media drive positive social change—from climate action to global conflict resolution. Join us on Wednesday, 6 May 2026, for our live postgraduate webinar, Advance Your Career, to learn more about courses and career opportunities.
Health Analysis, Policy and Management
Gain a comprehensive skillset for analysing the design and implementation of healthcare policy and service delivery, transferrable across roles in health services, insurers, government, and the medical technologies industry with the Health Analysis, Policy and Management program from Strathclyde Business School.

Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
The Conflict Transformation and Social Justice MA programme from the Queen's University Belfast is a unique and innovative interdisciplinary taught through subject areas that include law, anthropology, English, history, philosophy, politics, psychology, sociology and the creative arts.

European Social Security
This one-year advanced master's European Social Security programme from KU Leuven deals with social security and social protection from a legal, economic, sociological, administrative and philosophical perspective. In addition to being multidisciplinary, the curriculum contains a strong comparative and multinational component focusing on the provision of social protection rights across Europe.

Health Analysis, Policy and Management
The Health Analysis, Policy and Management programme from University of Strathclyde has been developed to equip you with practical, evaluative, and analytical skills to allow you to influence and develop strategy and performance in the healthcare sector.

Organizational Behaviour - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Organizational Behaviour - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Birkbeck, University of London.
Human Rights Policy and Practice
Human Rights Policy and Practice from University of Gothenburg is an interdisciplinary field and require an understanding of legal and political processes, globalization, social structures and civil society, methodologies needed to ensure reliable data, and the cultural and ethnic boundaries that challenge human rights implementation.
Digital Media and Society
Through the Digital Media and Society, BA programme from Keele University you will examine the social, cultural and economic impact of digital technologies and develop practical expertise in digital storytelling, digital communications design, social media content creation and digital research methodologies.

International Law and Social Justice
This International Law and Social Justice programme from University of Brighton will expand the knowledge of those working in the justice, social and consumer sectors, as well as supporting a move to a career as a barrister or solicitor.
Climate Change and Societal Transformation
The Climate Change and Societal Transformation program at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna provides fundamental knowledge about the climate system and climate change as a physical phenomenon, environmental threat, and as a social and political crisis with its associated strategies and solutions.

Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management
This Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management programme from Maastricht University focuses on the analysis of health systems and the translation of the results into innovative solutions; you’ll learn how to come up with, implement, manage, evaluate and improve innovative solutions.