The Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis

Applications for the 57th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis will open in early 2024! Please keep checking back for details of our new programme!

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Thanks to everyone for making the 56th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis a success. We look forward to seeing you next year!

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ESS provides not only world leading social science research methods training, but also opportunity to socialise with your fellow participants from all around the world.

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Testimonials

Participating in the Quantitative Text Analysis course of the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis was truly a memorable and eye-opening experience for me as an undergraduate student. It not only provided me an invaluable opportunity to acquire knowledge in processing and visualizing data with some up-to-date models and packages in supervised and […]

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Fast facts about ESS

  • Students
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  • Through the years..
  • Essex Campus
600

Avg. Students per year

78

Different Countries Since 2012

14

Different disciplines

1,500

Credits earned in 2019

8

Disciplines

47

Different courses taught

20

Different countries

40

Different institutions

17,000+

Participants since 1967

1,450

Courses Taught

78

Different Countries Sending Participants

30

Master's Degrees granted since 2013

200

Acres of beautiful parkland

60 mins

From London and Stansted Airport

2 miles

From Colchester's centre – England's oldest recorded town

24 hours

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