The Doctor of Social Work or PhD in Social Work or PhD in Social Policy and Social Work is a higher academic degree for social workers who wish to further their careers. The PhD candidate gain experience at doctoral level in education, training in advanced practice, teaching, supervision, research and/or policy analysis and development. The curricula of the course differs from country to country and from university to university. It can be a professional degree where the PhD candidate is interested in being a more qualified social worker or a research degree (probably the most common) in which s/he is probably more interested in research settings in social work practice, education, research and development. The degree typically leads to academic teaching and research or to more leadership roles in practice and policy developments at a local or international level.
Some of the Universities that provide PhD programmes in social work
Australia
Canada
Estonia
Finland
Norway
UK
- University of Manchester
- University of York
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- University of Southampton
- University of Edinburgh
US
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
- University of Michigan
- Columbia University
- New York University
- Fordham University, the Jesuit University of New York
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Iowa
- Barry University
- University of Maryland
- University of Missouri
- University of South Carolina
- University of Illinois
- University of Texas
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