Master of Social Work

  • Intake Capacity : 20
  • Duration: 2 years

The Master Degree programme is run by Centre for Child Protection of the Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice as per the UGC norms.

Master in Social Work (MSW) programme is an innovative learning package aimed at creating an overall awareness and opportunity to learners for higher studies in professional social work. Besides offering the core courses pertaining to social work curriculum, it includes themes in some of the emerging areas of social work such as Child rights, Child Protection, Working with Children, Legal Provisions and Child Protection, Introduction to Family Education, Gender & Intersectionalities, Introduction to Women’s Studies, Sexuality, Power and Violence, State, Women’s Rights and Legal Advocacy, Women, Work & Well Being and Women’s Movements and various laws available to deal with. After going through this Programme the learners will be able to deal with the issues related with women & children effectively. The curriculum focuses on the applied aspects of Social Work and specially focused on Women’s Studies and Child Protection & Rights. In preparing the course material, special care has been taken to address the present day context

  1. To meet the growing demand for professionally trained social workers across the country.
  2. To provide social work education and training based on indigenous knowledge and uniform curriculum across the country.
  3. To help the learner acquire professional skills and develop capacity in helping people to solve various social and economic problems.
  4. To provide learners with the core knowledge required for child protection and child rights.

Applicants who satisfy these criteria will eligible for an entrance test:

  1. In the process of admission, reservation will be implemented as per University norms.
  2. Graduate in any discipline with minimum 50% marks. (as per University norms).