Stockholm university

Social Work

Stockholm University, Dept. of Social Work is one of the largest Academies in Sweden offering Social Work Education on Bachelor and Master level.

Subject description

The BSc programme in Social Work covers a broad range of topics preparing the students for future careers in different fields of social work, such as in the social services, the health care and education system, rehabilitation, correctional services or the private sector. The BSc is taught in Swedish.

On the advanced level the department offers an MSc programme in Social work (taught in Swedish). We also offer a course taught in English every semester:

  • The Swedish Model: The Swedish Model: Challenges for social work  with Child and Family Welfare, 15 ECTS, Autumn 2019
  • The Swedish Model: Challenges for social work with social exclusion, 15 ECTS Spring 2020
  • The Swedish Model: Challenges for social work with elderly and disabled , 15 ECTS Autumn 2020
  • The Swedish Model: Challenges for social work with mental un-health, alcohol and drug-abuse, 15 ECTS, Spring 2021

The Department of Social Work also offers education in the form of individual courses, mainly at the advanced level (taught in Swedish).

For more information please visit the Department of Social Work

Courses and programmes

  • PhD studies

    The PhD-program at the Department of Social Work at Stockholm University is exclusively for Swedish speaking PhD student.

Degree

Research