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Social Sciences full-time bachelor's programme

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Code SS-SI
Organizational unit Wydział Nauk Społecznych
Field of studies Social Sciences (studies in English)
Form of studies Full-time
Level of education First cycle
Educational profile academic
Language(s) of instruction English
Duration 3 years
Recruitment committee address Polacy: rekrutacja-nsp@usz.edu.pl
Cudzoziemcy: admissions@usz.edu.pl
WWW address https://kandydaci.usz.edu.pl/kierunki/social-sciences-studia-w-j-angielskim/
Required document
  • document granting access to higher education
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Upcoming phases in this registration:
  • Phase 1 (10.06.2025 00:00 – 23.09.2025 23:59)

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About the degree programme:

Social Sciences is a degree programme with English as the language of instruction. It provides students with knowledge in the fields of sociology, psychology, management, social communication and economics. The degree is a response to local employers’ demand for social communication specialists

Skills gained in the courses of the degree programme:

The graduates of Social Sciences degree programme will know:

  • the basic psychological testing methods
  • how to use available diagnostic tools
  • how to design new ones that are reliable in psychometric terms
  • how to understand other people’s behaviour, emotions and motivations
  • how to solve problems of an individual, a group or problems at the social level.
Careers and employment:

The acquired skills enable the programme graduates to take up employment, e.g. in:

  • local government and government administration (mainly in departments dealing with relations with civil society organizations, social affairs, promotion) as civil servants, social workers, human resources specialists, family support workers, equality officers, referents working with migrants,
  • associations, foundations, social movements and project teams as coordinators, social researchers, analysts, social advisors
  • the media as journalists, analysts, correspondents,
  • the small and medium-sized enterprises sector, e.g. as department managers, team leaders, project coordinators, employees of customer service, HR, consultants, employees of promotion and marketing departments
  • advertising agencies, scientific research centres,
  • international corporations, e.g. as IT team coordinators, team leaders, data quality analysts, service quality improvement consultants, monitoring and evaluation specialists.
Additional information:

One of the most important competencies in today’s job market is the knowledge and ability to solve key problems using the latest achievements in social science as well as relevant English terminology. In this model, students will learn to work in an interdisciplinary environment.


Enrolment criteria:
One subject in each group of grades will be used to calculate your enrolment points. If you don't have a grade for any of the subjects in a given group, you will be given 0 points in this group. A given subject can be used only once. If you're applying to a programme based on a document issued abroad (not in Poland) which is not an IB/EB Diploma, your grades will be entered into your account by the Admissions Committee.

Group I:
  • English

Group II:
  • art history,
  • Belarusian – minority language,
  • biology,
  • chemistry,
  • computer science,
  • dance studies
  • English,
  • French,
  • geography,
  • German,
  • history,
  • Italian,
  • Kashubian – regional language,
  • Latin and ancient classical culture,
  • Lithuanian – minority language,
  • mathematics,
  • music history,
  • philosophy,
  • physics,
  • Polish,
  • Russian,
  • social studies,
  • Spanish,
  • Ukrainian – minority language.

Group III:
  • Polish

Entrance exam:

If your secondary school-leaving document was not issued in a country that is a member to the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - parties to the European Economic Area (EEA), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Swiss Confederation, is not mentioned in international agreements (Ukraine, China) and is not the International Baccalaueare (IB) Diploma or the European Baccalaueare (EB) Diploma, you're required to take the entrance exam testing the knowledge required to undertake studies in the chosen programme.

Receiving a negative result on the exam disqualifies you from being admitted into the programme.

If your secondary school-leaving document was issued in one of the above-mentioned countries, you don't need to take the exam.