After completing the Master’s Degree Programme in Public Choice a student is expected to be able to:

- identify, evaluate, analyze and contribute to the international academic literature
- learn and use quantitative methods from political science, economics and sociology and apply them to social science issues
- to address issues that involve strategic behavior ranging from institution design, policy design and implementation and decision making by using quantitative tools
- understand social sciences from a comparative (North America and Europe) and multidisciplinary perspective

The program aims to prepare the students for postgraduate studies, independent research work as well as to develop internationally competitive qualifications for European and international institutions and organizations and for professional activity at various tasks in the society, ranging from policy positions to business positions.

The Masters’ program is a quantitative social science program. A student will learn quantitative methods and applies them to social science issues. The program involves an interdisciplinary approach to social science issues across time and space with a focus on comparisons between North America and Europe.
There is a need of cooperation between North America and Europe. The programme aims to respond to the need for competitiveness in quantitative research in the field of social sciences in Finland, European institutions and international organisations.