BA in Social Work
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Social professionals are employed in a variety of multi-professional settings; and support individuals, families and communities that experience difficulties in their lives.
Head of program: Ms. Viktória BORDA
- Description of the program
- Application procedure
- Application requirements
- Examples of subjects during the studies
- For more information, please contact
Our study programs provide students with critical-reflective thinking skills necessary to understand the socio-cultural context of their work.
Bachelor of Social Work graduates are aware of the complexity and dynamics of social systems and human behavior. They are committed to values and ethics of Social Work and act according to the principles of social justice. Social workers promote the development of democratic social relations and social integration.
Major modules of the program:
Theory and Practice of Social Work, Social Policy, Sociology, Economics, Social Law and Administration, Psychology, Public Health, and Education. Students are required to spend the 7th semester on placement, depending on their personal interests and institutional possibilities.
For a successful application please follow the steps below:
- To apply, click on the Apply Now button, and start your application.
- Register on our application site, fill the application form, upload the necessary documents and submit your application!
- After you have submitted your application, you are going to receive information on the further steps.
- If we received your application fee, we are going to start the evaluation of your application.
Entrance Exam (personally or via Skype), topics:
- Introduction
- Prior experiences (e.g. volunteering, special learning and work experiences)
- What major challenges did you handle?
- Why are you interested in this programme? What do you know about social work?
- Expectations
- Future plans
Philip R. J. Harington & Liz Beddoe (2014): Civic practice: A new professional paradigm for social work. Journal of Social Work, Vol. 14, (2), 147–164.
http://jsw.sagepub.com/content/14/2/147.full.pdf+html
Ambrosino, Rosalie, Heffernan, J., Shuttlesworth, G. & Ambrosino, Robert (2005): Social work and social welfare. An introduction. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole–Thomson Learning.
General Entry Requirements
For the general entry and language requirements, please visit this page.
The applicant has to submit the following documents by uploading them to the online application portal of the University of Pécs:
- Certified and translated (if originals are not in English) copy of school transcripts and certificates showing satisfactory completion of senior high school
- We require an apostilled copy of degree certificates issued in the following countries: Afganistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Ghana, Pakistan. The admissions committee may also request additional legalization for documents issued in other countries
- CV in English
- Motivation letter (introduction plus field of interest, etc.) in 3000 to 3500 characters.
- Motivational video recording
- Copy of valid passport or national ID
- Medical certificate, (please fill the document and attach the serologic test results)
- vaccination card (showing that you are immunized against HEP B)
- HEP A/B/C test*
- HIV test*
- Chest X-ray: Please attach the chest’s X-ray result (not the film!) in English/Hungarian! (not older than 3 months)
- Transfer receipt of the EUR 140 application fee
- Acceptable online language exams:
- Duolingo online exam from score 115
- IELTS Indicator from score 6.0
- Oxford Online Placement Test: 70 points
- Official copy of the following language exam certificates:
- TOEFL (iBT internet-based): 72 points (www.ets.org/toefl)
- IELTS: Overall Band Score: 6.0 (www.ielts.org)
- Cambridge ESOL: B2 level (www.cambridgeenglish.org)
- TELC: B2 level (https://www.telc.net/en.html)
- ECL: B2 level (http://www.ecl-test.com/)
- Trinity Integrated Skills in English (ISE and ISE Digital): ISE II or 80 points
- Pearson PTE Academic: 59 points
- Oxford Test of English Advanced (OTEA): 111 points
- Michigan English Test: 53 points
- Entrance Exam (personally or via MS Teams)
*Please note: tests have to be taken within a year!
**Applicants are exempt from the language examination requirement if they meet the following criteria:
- If the applicant obtained their secondary education in one of the following countries: the USA, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, Australia, Canada (except French-language secondary schools), Singapore, or the Republic of South Africa
- If the applicant has an International Baccalaureate (IB) qualification: Individual IB certificates may be considered for language test exemption purposes only
- When applying, please include your grade 11 results, your first semester grade 12 results (Progress Report November) and official predicted grades from your school and ensure that the levels of all subjects are clearly indicated (HL, SL, A or B, etc.)
- If the applicant has Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel or OxfordAQA International Examinations: with (I)GCSE + A-levels* student is exempted from English test. Cambridge, Pearson and/or OxfordAQA International A-Levels with grades A-C provides extra admission points
- When applying, also upload the following: your IGCSE results; or if you did not take IGCSEs, instead provide your (pre-A level) secondary school diploma or transcript
Ms. Vanda BŐCZIN-SIRKECI
international coordinator
Phone: + 36 72 501 600/64127; +36 30 186 1686
E-mail: foreign.humanities@pte.hu
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