Objectives and competences
This expert degree is a postgraduate course aimed at graduates, students, and professionals in the field of political science and social sciences. In this degree you learn to work with the R environment to manage, represent and analyze data and with RStudio and RMarkdown to produce reports and documents. All the examples refer to relevant sociopolitical data: elections, public policies, social networks, socio-demographics or parliamentary activity, among others.
Basic information
| Type | Postgraduate courses |
|---|---|
| Certificate | Expert diploma |
| Coordinating faculty | Facultat de Dret |
| Branch of knowledge |
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| Mode of delivery | Face-to-face |
| Credits | 15 |
| Length of course | 1 academic year |
| Language(s) of instruction | Catalan |
| Enrolment fee | First year: 1.430,00 € An increase of 10% is applied to the price, up to a maximum of € 70, as administration fee |
| In-company placement(s) | No |
| Start of teaching period | 13/09/2025 |
| End of teaching period | 06/09/2026 |
| pol.dades@ub.edu | |
| Webpage | https://www.ub.edu/analista-de-dades |
| Managment | Falcó Gimeno, Albert |
| Open pre-enrolment | Yes |
| Lead to doctoral studies | No |
| Admission for applicants not holding a degree qualification | Sí, amb crèdits pendents (10% o menys) |
Objectives and competences
Objectives
- To develop a data analysis project, based on examples and projects associated, as far as possible, with the concerns and needs of each person. Projects could focus on electoral data, social network data, sociodemographic data, or data on parliamentary activity, among others.
Access and admission
Applicant profile and access requirements
Recommended applicant profile
Graduates in political science, sociology, economy and others social sciences.Access requirements and conditions
The course is also open to students with no prior university education, who will acquire the same knowledge and skills and receive a specific qualification for their learner group. Information on the access requirements and other conditions can be obtained from the course directors.Pre-enrolment
Calendar
19/06/2025 30/07/2025Contact us
Classes
| Address | Facultat de Dret Diagonal 684 08034 - Barcelona Espanya |
|---|---|
| Email address | pol.dades@ub.edu |
| Webpage | https://www.ub.edu/analista-de-dades |
| Telephone | 934020963 |
| Observations | Friday, from 4.00 to 8.00 p.m. (students must bring a laptop to the course sessions). |
Further information
| Address | Albert Falcó‐Gimeno Diagonal 684 08034 - Barcelona |
|---|---|
| Email address | pol.dades@ub.edu |
| Webpage | https://www.ub.edu/analista-de-dades |
| Telephone | 934020963 |
| Observations | prior to pre-enrolment, candidates must apply for admission on the course website: www.ub.edu//analista-de-dades (successful candidates will receive a link with the pre-enrolment form). For more information, see www.ub.edu/analista-de-dades. |