Bachelor's Degree in Social Work

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    Make your concern for others your career

    About the Bachelor’s degree

    The Bachelor's Degree in Social Work prepares you to contribute to social welfare and the construction of a fairer, more egalitarian society.

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    Ranked 1st in the UMultirank Ranking

    The Social Work area and its degree at the University of Deusto have achieved excellent recognition; Ranking U-Multirank and El Mundo Ranking. They are undoubtedly the result of daily work on continuous improvement.

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    Training based on social values

    The promotion of social justice needs professionals trained to provide quality responses to changing problems, with comprehensive training adapted to the current context. 

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    Make your concern for others YOUR CAREER

    The degree will train you to intervene, evaluate and diagnose the social needs of people and groups suffering from situations of poverty and exclusion . You will be able to mediate, defend and transform the social contexts in which these groups live and you will be the person responsible for guiding and supporting them through direct and individualised attention.

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    Learning by doing

    Our aim is for you to learn by doing and the University of Deusto's own learning model goes beyond theoretical classes. Through role-plays to work on intervention and accompaniment techniques, workshops and case studies, we will train you in social skills such as listening, understanding and mediation.

    • Campus:

      Bilbao Campus

      San Sebastian Campus

    • Programme name:

      Social Work

    • Duration/credits:

      4 years - 240 ECTS

    • Language

      Spanish - Basque

    • Number of places

      135 places available, undergraduate and double degree programmes, Bilbao Campus and San Sebastian Campus

    • Programme type

      On campus

    • Application process:

      Admission process closed

    • Faculty:

      Social and Human Sciences
    • Share:

    Arantxa Olazabal Ezcurdia

    Estudiar trabajo social es una elección valiente que te cambia la vida

    Arantxa Olazabal Ezcurdia
    Zoe Magaña Mnez. de la Hidalga

    The subjects I like the most are those that immerse you in many different realities and introduce you to diverse groups.

    Zoe Magaña Mnez. de la Hidalga
    Nicoleta Loidi Álvarez

    Throughout the degree you acquire a broader perspective that allows you to discover which groups you would like to work with.

    Nicoleta Loidi Álvarez
    Óscar Luis García

    I recommend this degree to people who are committed to their environment, altruistic and modest.

    Óscar Luis García
    Sara Sanz Social Work

    In this degree, vocation is crucial. Those who study it should be empathetic people, with an eagerness for social change and helping others.

    GraduateSara Sanz
    I chose this degree because it prepares you to help people. My experience during these years has taught me to look beyond my worries and understand what really matters in life.

    My experience on the degree has taught me to look beyond my worries and understand what really matters in life.

    Student Lucía Arrizabalaga

    Social Work

    7 reasons to choose us

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    research professors

    Academic staff of the Deusto Social Values research team.

     

    This group is recognised with the highest category (A) by the Basque Government.

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    CONTACT WITH PROFESSIONALS

    Social services professionals are part of the academic staff on the programme. We also hold visits to centres, talks and seminars to challenge students.

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    SPECIALIST PATHWAYS

    The range of subjects available will allow you to study the following fields in greater depth: 

     

    - Social Intervention.

    - Social Inclusion and Human Development.

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    100% OF OUR STUDENTS DO INTERNSHIPS

    We ensure the development of internships for all our students throughout their 4th year.

     

    In addition, internships are supervised both by the tutor at the host centre and the university tutor in order to maximise their experience.

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    BILINGUAL PROGRAMME

    The full range of courses available allows you to combine subjects in Spanish and Basque.  In addition, you will have the possibility of obtaining the C1 language profile recognition by the Basque Public Administrations (Decree 47/2012 of the Basque Government), fulfilling the established requirements.

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    INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME

    We offer you the opportunity to complete your training in various European or Latin American universities (Argentina, Puerto Rico, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela).

     

    The international experience can be held over one or two semesters.

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    INNOVATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM

    It allows for personalised individual attention, which will help you acquire the necessary competences and skills to successfully carry out support and assistance processes for individuals and groups.

    Improve people's livesThis programme will prepare you to…

    Intervene

    In social contexts in mediation, aid, education and advocacy tasks.

    Participate

    In the design and evaluation of social policies, services and initiatives.

    Advise

    On the resolution of social problems.

    Contribute

    To active citizenship and to ensure human and social rights.

    Work

    To prevent social problems.

    Help

    Individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities to achieve maximum autonomy.

    Grants and Student finance

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    Grants and Student finance

    If you are going to study at the University of Deusto, you can benefit from our grant aid. We will give you information about the eligibility criteria and the range of grants promoted by other organisations.

    GRANTS AND FUNDING

    Student finance

    Requirements Fulfilled

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    ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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    Degree competences

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