Demography is the study of human populations, their size, density and distribution. Discover how to gather and analyse demographic data and population change on our MSc Demography degree. You’ll explore historical and current population trends in developing and developed countries and the social and economic impact of demographic change.

Graduate with the quantitative analysis skills to support social policy-making across a range of sectors.

Understanding demographic change helps strategic decision-making across a range of sectors. From health and social care to local and national government and international organisations. It’s also an important way to inform market research.

On this UK master’s course in demography, you’ll look at issues such as population and reproductive health. You’ll cover demographic methods and approaches, and both qualitative and quantitative social science research methods.

You’ll learn:

• demography theory and methodologies 
• the skills to plan, carry out and share demography research, especially where statistical analysis methods are important 
• research methodologies, focusing on demographic methods, survey design and analysis 
• critical thinking in the context of population sciences. 
• how to prepare to become a demographer in areas like government, local authorities, and international health and policy

As a demography master’s graduate, you’ll be ideally placed to take on a role as a highly trained population scientist anywhere in the world.

You can choose roles in the public, private or third sectors including:

• social policymaking in health and social care
• market research
• local and national government
• international organisations