Overview

Social Work being an academic discipline and a practice based profession is concerned with meeting the basic and complex needs of individuals, families, groups and communities and enhance human wellbeing.

Key features

The Social Work program at Addis Ababa University aims to:

To produce students with basic knowledge and skills of various interventions for addressing problems of individuals, groups, organizations, communities and societies;
To enhance students’ critical thinking ability and their communication skills in the Social Work profession;
Equip students with necessary research methods, social work code of ethics and practices so that they can effectively employ it to mitigate societal problems;
Produce students who appreciate diversity and promote mutual respect.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Qualitative Research Methods

Quantitative Research Methods

Gender. Diversity and Social work

Social Welfare Services

Social Policy Practice

Migration, Refugee and social work practice

Health Social Work

Psychiatric Social Work

Organizational Management and Leadership

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-30 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Disciplines

Social Work

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Letter from the Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA) for the certification of your educational documents. (The office of HERQA is found in Addis Ababa on the road which is leading to Shiro Meda in front of the American Embassy).

Two copies of educational documents.

A letter from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia or from your embassy here in Ethiopia showing the reason for being here.

Application fee: for Undergraduate Program 40USD, for Graduate Program 150USD

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Tuition Fees

Living costs

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

650 - 1000 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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