Location: Istanbul / Level: Master / Duration: 2 Years / Language of Instruction: Turkish / Mode of Study: Full Time, On-Site / Tuition Fee: USD 3.870 per Year / Tuition Fee Per Term: USD 1.935 / Payment in Advance (5% Discount) : USD 3.677
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of people in need of social services due to urbanization and the increase in social problems accompanying it. Accordingly, the expansion of the social services area has significantly increased the need for social service/social work profession. Because of increasing demand for qualified and educated personnel in the field of social services, social service/study training in the field has begun to become widespread. Due to the increase in the number of social service schools in parallel to the field, the need for academic staff is also felt seriously.
The need for education and qualified social service professional staff at the undergraduate level is to be met by social service undergraduate programs, which are 25 in number in Turkey today. As of the end of 2012, the social services department have been established in a total of 45 universities, but due to the inadequate number of teaching staff, education did not start in 20 departments.
The need for increased staff is not limited to social workers/social worker professionals who will only work at the undergraduate level. The need for specialized personnel in the areas of social problems (social assistance, alternative childcare protection services, juvenile trafficked children, child neglect and abuse, domestic violence, etc.) will increase with graduate education. However, the graduate level of social work/study training program is currently being carried out at 7 universities. The number of academicians currently in the field of social services cannot meet the academic staff needs of the social services departments. Üsküdar University Social Work Master’s Program is considered to make an important contribution to meeting all these needs. Moreover, it is thought that the graduate program of social work is a candidate for successful academic studies since Üsküdar University, which is centrally located in a gigantic city such as Istanbul, has a serious advantage in terms of access to problem areas, research and business associations.