The Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences (QASS) programme aims to extend the methodological knowledge of students who acquired a Master degree or four year bachelor degree in one of the behavioural or social sciences, such as sociology, psychology, political science, pedagogy and economics. It also focuses on training students in advanced reasoning in quantitative statistical analysis.
Students should minimally have attained the goals that are to be expected of an academic bachelor graduate for cognitive skills, competencies and attitude. This means students:

- Can autonomously build a discourse based on disciplinary insights
- Have a good level of information literacy (looking up, contextualizing and critically processing scientific information)
- Have knowledge of research methods and techniques and their application within the own discipline
- Have developed insight and involvement in ethical, normative and societal questions in the application of disciplinary insight.

 

- Successful completion of an academic Master's degree with a sound knowledge of statistics
- Successful completion of an academic 4-years Bachelor (e.g. Canada, US) with a sound knowledge of statistics

The easiest way for international applicants to demonstrate proficiency in the English language is by means of the "Test of English as a Foreign Language" (TOEFL). The TOEFL is administered in more than 90 testing centers throughout the world. For information about TOEFL tests, services, policies, or procedures, look at http://www.ets.org/toefl/. Applicants also have the option to take the "International English Language Testing System" (IELTS) exam rather than the TOEFL to prove English proficiency. For more information about IELTS testing visit the website http://www.ielts.org.

The admission committee ultimately decides on eligibility for this reduced-length track.