Department of Welfare and Social Work

Objective and Main Tasks

The strategic development of the Department of Welfare and Social Work is aimed at providing high-quality social work education in the sector of social work, promotion of the prestige of a social worker's profession in society, research, development of international contacts and cooperation.

Main fields of activity

Fundamental studies to gain a professional bachelor's degree and a social worker's qualification
Master’s studies to gain a professional master's degree
Third-level doctoral studies, subdiscipline of social policy and social work organisation (study programme Sociology)
Postgraduate professional development studies

Lines of Research

Issues regarding the development of social work as a profession, academic discipline and a scientific discipline
Social protection and social inclusion: social work with different target groups of social work
Social policy, welfare and development of social services
Social work in the health care environment