ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES Your Passion
MEETS PURPOSE Your Passion
SOCIAL WORK CAN TAKE MANY FORMS:
School Social Worker
Domestic Violence Court Advocate
Substance Use Disorder Counselor
Hospice Care Manager
Disability Services Advocate
Mental Health Provider
Refugee Caseworker
Veteran Support Director
Adoption Counselor
Policy Analyst
Campaign Manager
Social Impact Scientist
Aaron Wheeler, MSW alum
“The Administration and Policy Practice specialization helped me understand how to implement policy, not from the top down, but from the community up. I am applying those lessons in my work as the campaign manager for WA State Senator Tina Orwall.”
Alexa Meza, BASW alum
“I am working as a mental health case manager and CETA counselor. Supportive and understanding professors prepared me for life after graduation and expanded my compassion, worldview, and professionalism.”
UNIVERSITY of WASHINGTON SCHOOL of SOCIAL WORK?
Our students are innovative, purposeful and unwavering in their passion for social change. Ranking among the top schools of social work nationally, we are one of the most diverse schools at the University of Washington. We provide dedicated School of Social Work supports to our students, including writing center tutoring, mental health counseling and a wide range of student affinity groups
We are committed to cutting-edge research, teaching excellence and strengthening ties to the communities we serve. Through our community relationships spanning Washington state, we have practicum partnerships with over 600 field sites for our BASW and MSW students.
SHAPE YOUR FUTURE Find Your Path
TOP FACULTY
BASW PROGRAM
Are you passionate about social justice, serving your community and enacting change?
Join our Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare program to experience hands-on field education and become a focused and effective changemaker.
MSW PROGRAM
Our top-ranked MSW program prepares students for leadership and direct-practice positions in a host of professional settings.
We help graduates to establish their professional identity and gain a lifelong foundation for a career dedicated to social justice.
Shape Your Degree
Choose from part-time, full-time and online options
MSW HIGHLIGHTS
Field Education
More than 600 practicum sites provide supervised learning experiences to apply and refine social work knowledge, values and skills.
Traineeships
Gain training in high-demand fields such as child welfare, oncology and palliative care, Latinx/é community services, behavioral health and more.
Specializations
Choose Community-Centered Integrative Practice, Clinical Social Work, or Administration and Policy Practice.
PHD PROGRAM
Our PhD program offers interdisciplinary collaboration and mentorship at a worldrenowned research university from faculty at the cutting edge of their fields.
Juliann Li Verdugo, PhD student
“My classmates and mentors are the highlight of my PhD program. I’m grateful to learn from incredible mentors, community partners, faculty, and students who are advancing health equity.”
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Endless POSSIBILITIES AWAIT
CHANGES THE WORLD Your Passion
Our extraordinary, passionate students are rising to meet the moment during one of the most difficult times in recent history. As public servants dedicated to the well-being of the nation’s most vulnerable, we will not waver from our School’s mission of promoting social and economic justice and enhancing the quality of life for all.
We achieve this through our educational mission to train social workers whose actions are guided by compassion, knowledge and deep respect for human diversity and strengths. Through our service, we enhance the health and empowerment of disadvantaged communities and populations at local, national and international levels. Our graduates carry that mission beyond the campus and into their communities.
We are part of a greater community of social workers who engage with the most critical social issues of our times alongside other organizations, coalitions and communities for the protection of all populations subjected to marginalization, oppression and violence—and indeed, for the survival of our planet and all living beings who would thrive on it.
Michael Spencer Professor and Ballmer Endowed Dean in Social Work
Joshua House
BASW and MSW alum
“I am leading a clinical team supporting individuals in acute mental health, substance use, and housing crises. My education at UW opened doors, expanded my perspective and created opportunities that I never imagined.”
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