Since 2011, the School for Social Work and Social Policy has offered an MSW program for holders of degrees in other fields. The program awards its graduates the degree of Master of Social Work and training that permits them to register on the roll of social workers and to work as such.
Tuition
Tuition has three components:
Coordinator of supplementary program : Ms. Dareen Alawi
Program secretariat: room 319, tel: 02-5880452 extension 2, 02-5881845/8, e-mail: supmsw@savion.huji.ac.il
Office hours at the secretariat: Sunday-Thursday, 10:00-15:00.
Acceptance requirements for the advanced studies in direct therapy track
Acceptance requirements for the general-integrative track
Acceptance requirements for the management, organization and policy track
Acceptance requirements for all tracks: The candidate must show prior studies of at least 14 credits in the following three fields of the social sciences:
Click here for a list.
Exemption (“ptor”) in English
In accordance with the procedures of the Hebrew University, receiving an exemption at university level is a necessary condition of acceptance to the MSW program. An exemption in English must be presented by the end of September before the beginning of the intended academic year.
A candidate who is not a graduate of the Hebrew University shall present an exemption from his/her undergraduate studies at one of the institutions recognized for this by the Hebrew University (List of the institutions recognized for the exemption in English)
A candidate whose undergraduate studies were not at an institution in the above list must present an alternative exemption based on the psychometric exam, AMIR/AMIRM test, or English as a Foreign Language studies at the Hebrew University.
Registration for the 2018-19 academic year will begin in January 2018 and end on 30 April2018.
For further details on the registration process, see the Guide for Candidates
The candidacy of anyone who does not carry out these two stages will not be brought before the acceptance committee. Anyone paying registration fees and not uploading documents to EKMD will be rejected on the grounds of lack of documentation at the end of the registration period.
The program’s structure for those beginning study in the 2017-2018 academic year:
The program lasts three academic years, one year of supplementary studies and two years of the MSW program. Classes take place on one day a week and in concentrated courses during the semester break and at the end of the academic year. In additional, during the first two years of study, students are required to participate in practical training for two days a week (Mondays and Wednesdays). It is not possible to split the program between additional years.
Exemption and recognition of previous studies
For details of the program’s structure for those who began study in previous years, see the following lesson plans:
View the lesson plans for those beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year
Timetables from previous years: