Master of Social Work

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Programme Aims
1. Equip non-social work degree holders with required professional social work knowledge, innovative technologies, and digital practice skills, enabling them to address the increasingly complicated socio-economic changes in the community.
2. Develop students’ sense of social responsibility and integrity in upholding the core values and ethics of the social work profession.
3. Enhance global and regional outlook and develop students’ management competencies to contribute to the sustainable development of society through the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work practice.
4. Enable students to draw on their prior academic training to contribute to and apply interdisciplinary practices and research to serve people from diverse backgrounds and create social impact.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
1. Apply and elaborate advanced social work knowledge and skills as well as digital practice with informed professional judgment and ethical adherence to address and handle complex case situations and social issues.
2. Develop and defend professional identity in executing the roles and responsibilities of a social worker with integrity and accountability, exercising professional values and ethics in all practices.
3. Appraise leadership, management knowledge, and skills in problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution, leading to the well-being of service users and the advancement of social justice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.
4. Design interdisciplinary research-based practice and make use of practice-based research to produce measurable impact and positive changes at individual and community levels.
5. Analyze, criticize, and interpret complex social issues and policies that affect different sectors of society at local, regional, and global levels.

09/01/2026

HKSYU North Point Campus

HKD 319,000

Please visit the following website: https://gs.hksyu.edu/en/Prospective-Students/Application

https://youtu.be/Ju9cPc8UqeM

28067307

msw@hksyu.edu

pgadmit@hksyu.edu

28068044

Room 303, High Block, Research Complex, 6 Wai Tsui Crescent, North Point, Hong Kong

Programme Language: English