Data and Society

Short Profile

The Data and Society programme provides an excellent set of tools that enable students to address questions arising from a rapidly changing world through the lens of data, digital technologies, and social analysis: Where do these shifts come from? How do technological systems, global trends, and social forces interact? What do these processes mean for individuals and societies?

The main aim of the programme is to demonstrate the relationships and interactions between data and society. Students explore how data are generated and interpreted, how they can be applied across different areas of life, and how digitalisation is reshaping the meaning of work, mobility, communication, and participation in the public sphere. The programme equips students with solid sociological foundations that support an understanding of social behaviour, institutional change, and the roots of social inequalities.

Career Prospects

You will be prepared to work in areas where data-driven approaches meet social expertise:

• policy analysis
• data and research consultancy 
• urban development 
• migration services
• integration services
• labour market studies 
• diversity management
• digital innovation

Admission Requirements

Main Requirements:

• Legalised High School graduation certificate or equivalent ( IB or EB diplomas - legalisation is not required )
• High School transcript of grades (legalisation is optional)
• NAWA Director's Individual Recognition Statement*
• Certificate confirming English language proficiency at B2 level (please add here hiperlink to our webiste: https://international.uni.wroc.pl/en/admission-full-degree-studies/english-language-requirements)
• Passport photocopy or ID card (EU candidates)
• Digital passport size photo

Additional Requirements: Written exam in the form of an essay inspired by one of the following classical philosophical works or any other of similar character*

* Mandatory if the high school certificate is issued in an educational system outside the EU/EFTA/OECD, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Ukraine and China, and if it is not an IB or EB diploma or covered by an international agreement.

Please note: Conditional admission is possible without legalisation or the NAWA Director's Individual Recognition Statement.

Scope of entrance exam material and rules:

Topics for essay:

• Observing space vs. data about space
• Your digital community in numbers and stories
• Local event: facts, figures and impressions
• Your educational database
• Family demographics vs. family history
• Invisible rules in the data age

Formal requirements:

• 1800 – 2500 characters (without spaces), font size 12, line spacing 1.5, min. 3 academic sources in the bibliography (citation style according to chosen format, e.g., the Chicago Manual of Style, Harvard Style)
• language: English

Evaluation criteria:

• structure and organization of the text (0-5 points)
• style and linguistic correctness (0-5 points) 
• substantive content (0-5 points)
• originality of conclusions and argumentation (0-5 points)

Points scale: 0-20; Minimum points to pass: 10
The number of places available on the programme is limited.

We encourage to start preparing essay in advance.

Admission and contact information :

Admission system is open from 2nd February 2026 until 31st August 2026 via a link below:

www.international-applications.uni.wroc.pl

Admission Coordination Office at the Faculty of Social Sciences:

ul. Koszarowa 3
50-149 Wroclaw/Poland
study.socialsciences@uwr.edu.pl
+48 71 375 50 98, +48 71 375 52 65, +48 71 375 50 86

Admissions and Promotion Coordination Office
ul. Kuźnicza 34,
50-138 Wroclaw/Poland
study@uwr.edu.pl
+48 71 375 28 77