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University Partners Abroad

The U-M School of School Work has developed strategic partnerships with higher education institutions around the world. The Office of Global Activities continually works to strengthen these partnerships through various activities including faculty and research collaborations. Below is information about our current institutional partners. Anyone interested in developing connections or collaborative projects with an SSW institutional partner should email [email protected].

The University of Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong

The Department of Social Work & Social Administration, established in 1967, is the first social work education institution in Hong Kong to train social service personnel to enhance the wellbeing of the community and to promote social justice.

Location:
Hong Kong

Language of Instruction:
English

Research Focus:
Social policy; social administration; clinical, counseling and medical psychology; criminology; law; health and behavioral health

The University of Hong Kong Faculty

Madras Christian College

Madras Christian College

The Madras Christian College is a liberal arts and sciences college in Madras, India. The Department of Social Work offers a Masters Degree in Social Work to students who wish to make a change.

Location:
Chennai, India

Language of Instruction:
English

Research Focus:
Psychiatric Social Work; gender issues; disasters and social work; community development; land and social capital.

Madras Christian College Faculty

National University of Singapore

National University of Singapore

Social Work as a subject in the University first started in 1952, when it offered the first professional social work qualification in Singapore, the two-year Diploma in Social Studies. Since then, the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, has evolved with the changing times, circumstances and requirements of the country into its present form.

Location:
Singapore

Language of Instruction:
English

Research Focus:
Families, children and youth; immigrant advocacy; criminal and juvenile justice; community development; aging; Social Welfare Policy; School of Social Work; community-based practices; gender issues.

National University of Singapore Faculty

OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University

Oslo and Akershus University College

OsloMet is an urban university with a diverse academic profile and a clear international orientation. The Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy offers a unique range of professional programmes that qualify students for professions that will contribute to future welfare and value creation. The Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy offers a unique range of professional programmes that qualify students for professions that will contribute to future welfare and value creation.

Location:
Oslo, Norway

Language of Instruction:
Norwegian with some degrees and courses taught in English

Research Focus:
Comparative Social Welfare Theory and International Social Welfare and Health Policy; social inequalities in health, poverty and European social policy; child welfare; children and families; child welfare; integration policy; qualitative research; gender issues; program evaluation.

OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is a prestigious national and public university located in Santiago, Chile. The School's postgraduate degree is part of an understanding of Social Work as a Social Science discipline that not only instills its own members but also offers conceptual contributions to other knowledge on social intervention issues.

Location:
Santiago, Chile

Language of Instruction:
Spanish

Research Focus:
Children, family and youth; education and social work; migrations and interculturality; management; aging; social policies for aging population; social interventions; evidence-based social work interventions; culture and family; evaluation; social systems; social organizations; restorative justice; health and social disparities.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Faculty

The University of KwaZulu-Natal

The University of Zambia

The University of KwaZulu-Natal is truly a South African University of Choice that is academically excellent, innovative in research, entrepreneurial, and critically engaged with society. Through core values and a culture of - respect, excellence, accountability, client centeredness, honesty and trust - the School of Applied Human Sciences is globally recognised for excellence in public service, research, teaching, community engagement, and internationalisation.

Location:
Durban, South Africa

Language of Instruction:
English

Research Focus:
Social cohesion; African Health (saving lives); African cities of the future; Big Data and Informatics

The University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne

The Social Work Department, in the Melbourne School of Health Sciences, is a vibrant learning community which seeks to influence professional practice through high quality educational experiences for our students, the conduct of practice-based research and engagement.

Location:
Melbourne, Australia

Language of Instruction:
English

Research Focus:
Clinical and professional research in health, mental health and child and family practice.

The University of Melbourne Faculty

The University of Zambia

The University of Zambia

The Department of Social Work and Sociology is one of the oldest departments in the University and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is as old as the University of Zambia itself. It was established as the Department of Social Development Studies, offering three fields of study namely Demography, Social Work and Sociology.

Location:
Lusaka, Zambia

Language of Instruction:
English

Research Focus:
Areas of social policy, social protection, human rights, disability, child protection and welfare, social planning and administration, case management, project management, criminology, refugees, migration and development, disaster management, participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation, programme evaluation, social research, social entrepreneurship and social innovation management, leadership and management, among others.

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