The Carlos III-Juan March Institute of Social Sciences (IC3JM) is a mixed public/private Institute of the Carlos III University that is financed by the Juan March Foundation and the University itself. It continues with the activities, programs and research personnel of the former Center for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences of the Juan March Institute.
The IC3JM promotes basic research and postgraduate teaching in the Social Sciences, with a special focus on comparative politics, political economy, political sociology and economic history. It has a strong international profile and organizes various activities such as seminars, methodological courses and congresses. The IC3JM offers three Master’s degrees: a Master in Social Sciences, a Master in Political and Electoral Analysis, and a Master’s degree in Computational Social Science.
More information about IC3JM can be found on our website or on Bluesky.
New member of the IC3JM
Gabriel Negretto (Professor of Political Science and Director of the PhD Programme of the Political Science Institute of the Catholic University of Santiago de Chile), joins the IC3JM as María...
Visiting Professors at the IC3JM
Alberto Díaz-Cayeros (Stanford University) and Beatriz Magaloni (Stanford University) are visiting the IC3JM during the fall semester 2023/24; and Harris Mylonas (Professor of Political Science at George Washington University) is visiting the IC3JM during the academic year 2023/24.
The new editions of the IC3JM’s university Master’s courses begin.
September saw the start of the eighth edition of the two-year Master’s in Social Sciences; the sixth edition of the one-year Master's in Political and Electoral Analysis; and the second edition of...
Scholarships for the Master’s degree in Social Sciences
Carlos III University offers five full two-year scholarships for the Master’s in Social Sciences. Four of these scholarships are financed by the Department of Social Sciences and one, the Juan March...
Fulbright Scholarship for the Master’s degree in Social Sciences
The IC3JM and the Carlos III University have signed an agreement with the Fulbright Commission to award a full scholarship for the Master in Social Sciences. More information about the call for...
Sixth graduating class of the Master’s degree in Social Sciences at prestigious universities
Most graduates of the first six graduating classes of the Master’s in Social Sciences have opted to continue with doctoral or specialised studies. Some of them have entered the Doctorate in Social...