The profession of a sociologist is gaining popularity in all developed countries. Society and states strive to solve emerging problems, but we need institutions and personnel who will study them. Sociology studies society in various planes: the attitude to one's own and someone else's religion, cultural and intercultural interactions up to the general satisfaction of citizens with their lives.
Sociologists often use statistical and mathematical methods for their own purposes, however, this is the field of the humanities. You can become a sociologist by entering the bachelor's degree of the relevant department of the university, or you can first get a fundamental humanitarian education (history, philology, psychology, economics), and then choose a sociological direction in the magistracy.
Directions for studying sociology:
- Anthropology
- Security
- Journalism
- Media & Communications
- Political science
- Psychology
- Social work
- Sociology
- Economics
- Ethnography.
Training in the magistracy is more independent and practical, requires the development of their own projects.
Examples of specialization in sociology in the magistracy:
- Arts, culture and society
- Conflict, Territories and Identities
- Intercultural mediation
- Profession and specialization in the framework of sociological education
- Modern societies
- Social isolation
- Social Innovation
- Social analysis
- Sociological data analysis
- Sociological law
- Comparative studies of public policy and welfare.
Sociologists are in demand not only in government agencies, but also in business, especially large ones. To analyze society, extensive humanitarian knowledge is needed, which will allow a graduate of sociological departments to choose from a variety of professions:
- Anthropologist
- Journalist
- Historian
- Consultant and Specialist in Working With People
- Culturologist
- Pedagogue
- Political scientist
- Psychologist
- Media Worker
- Sociologist
- Philologist
- Economist
- Lawyer.
The rating "The best sociological universities in Europe-2022" takes into account the latest trends in the development of European higher education and will make it possible to make the optimal choice of place of study.
Best Sociology universities in Europe 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | University of Oxford |
| 2 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) |
| 3 | University of Cambridge |
| 4 | University of Amsterdam |
| 5 | The University of Manchester |
| 6 | UCL |
| 7 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 8 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 9 | Sciences Po |
| 10 | Freie Universität Berlin |
| 11 | Stockholm University |
| 12 | University of Copenhagen |
| 13 | King's College London |
| 14 | University of Sussex |
| 15 | University of Bristol |
| 16 | Utrecht University |
| 17 | University of Oslo |
| 18 | Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales |
| 19 | University of Vienna |
| 20 | European University Institute (EUI) |
| 21 | Lund University |
| 22 | The University of Warwick |
| 23 | SOAS University of London |
| 24 | KU Leuven |
| 25 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| 26 | University of Helsinki |
| 27 | University of Leeds |
| 28 | Essex, University of |
| 29 | Central European University |
| 30 | Ludwig Maximilian Universität München |
| 31 | Lancaster University |
| 32 | Leiden University |
| 33 | University of Glasgow |
| 34 | University of Milan |
| 35 | Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna |
| 36 | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| 37 | The University of Sheffield |
| 38 | Universitat de Barcelona |
| 39 | Complutense University of Madrid |
| 40 | Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main |
| 41 | Copenhagen Business School |
| 42 | University of Trento |
| 43 | Uppsala University |
| 44 | University of Birmingham |
| 45 | Aarhus University |
| 46 | Bielefeld University |
| 47 | Cardiff University |
| 48 | Durham University |
| 49 | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| 50 | HSE University |
