Doctor of Social Science
The Doctor of Social Science degree is the highest degree offered by some universities in the field of social sciences, for which other universities confer a Ph.D.
Like the PhD, it is recognized as a terminal research degree that requires a substantial original thesis.
In North America, the only universities to offer a Doctor of Social Science are Royal Roads University in British Columbia, Canada, and Wilmington University in New Castle, Delaware, United States.
Argentina
Provided by the National University of LujánAustralia
Provided by the University of QueenslandProvided by the University of Sydney
Canada
Provided by Royal Roads UniversityFinland
Provided by the University of TampereProvided by the University of Helsinki and at which, somewhat infelicitously, the terminal degree in Practical philosophy is awarded as a Doctor of Social Science, rather than a Doctor of Philosophy.
Germany
Provided e.g. by the University of Mannheim and by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.Holy See
Provided by the Pontifical Gregorian University.Hong Kong
Provided by the University of Hong Kong.Ireland
The DSocSci is offered as a full-time qualification by:United States
- Formerly Offered by The New School for Social Research, but abolished
- Wilmington University, New Castle, Delaware
- The American University of Business and Social Sciences, California
United Kingdom
The DSocSci is offered as a full-time or part-time qualification by:- Formerly offered by the University of Bristol, but abolished.
- The University of Leicester
- The Queen's University Belfast