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6 Years
30 Jul 2020
Accreditation DGES
Initial registry R/A-Ef 260/2012 de 06-09-2012
Update registry R/A-Ef 260/2012/AL01 de 04-06-2015
Contacts
School of Sociology and Public Policy
Secretariat
Sedas Nunes Building (Building I), room 1E03
secretariado.espp @iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 015
9:30 - 18:00

Tuition fee EU nationals (2025/2026)

1.ndYear 1500.00 €
2.thYear 1250.00 €

Tuition fee non-EU nationals (2025/2026)

1.stYear 3400.00 €
1.ndYear 
2.rdYear 1850.00 €
2.thYear 
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Teaching Type

The preferred participants in the master's in Social Work are students who have concluded the 1st cycle of education (undergraduate), as well as professionals, technicians and decision-makers operating in the scope of social work, either at the levels of central, regional and local administration or in the third sector, in private organisations of social solidarity or non-governmental organisations.


Students who obtain approval in all the 60 credit units (ECTS) of this program's first year will be attributed the Second Cycle Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work.


Programme Structure for 2025/2026

1st Year
Human Rights and Social Work
6.0 ECTS
Methodos of Data Analysis
6.0 ECTS
Contemporary Social Inequalities
6.0 ECTS
Ethics and Social Work
6.0 ECTS
Foundations of Social Work in Contemporaneity
6.0 ECTS
Research Design
6.0 ECTS
Design, Management and Evaluation of Public Policy
6.0 ECTS
International Social Work
6.0 ECTS
Crime and Society
6.0 ECTS
2nd Year
Master Project in Social Work
48.0 ECTS
Master Dissertation in Social Work
48.0 ECTS
2nd Cycle Internship
6.0 ECTS

Recommended optative

Recommended optative

Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.

(1st year, 2nd semester)


2nd year, 1st semester)


Objectives

The objectives of the Master's in Social Work are for students:

• To deepen Social Work knowledge;

• To develop scientific and theoretical-methodological skills, so as to promote the pursuit of advanced studies in Social Work;

• To apply knowledge of Social Work in the understanding of the social problems and policies of the professional intervention and organisational/institutional contexts;

• To gain understanding of the methodologies of intervention with individuals, families, groups and communities;


• To provide the development of critical, analytical and reflective thinking on intervention, within the framework of research and knowledge production in Social Work.

Thesis / Final work

This curriculum culminates in the presentation of a dissertation or project oriented towards research and the enhancement of professional practices in the scope of Social Service.

Contacts
School of Sociology and Public Policy
Secretariat
Sedas Nunes Building (Building I), room 1E03
secretariado.espp @iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 015
9:30 - 18:00
Apply
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