QUALIFY AS A REGISTERED SOCIAL WORKER
This programme enables you to earn a professionally recognised qualification as a social worker. The multidisciplinary course draws from diverse areas to create a solid foundation of knowledge in this important field. Test your theories through insightful fieldwork placements in Hong Kong or overseas.
Broad-based learning
Learn across diverse industries from social welfare and policy to law and psychology.
Hands-on learning
Test your knowledge through supervised fieldwork placements in Hong Kong or overseas.
What You’ll Study
The four-year curriculum covers a wide variety of core areas, including social welfare and social policy, specialised social work theory and practice, human behaviour and the social environment, research, law, sociology, and psychology.
Integrate different theoretical approaches through practice laboratory courses and problem-based learning; and apply social work service skills in real life practice during fieldwork placements.
Exciting Opportunities
Participate in two insightful fieldwork placements with local or overseas agencies under professional supervision.
Professional Recognition
The programme is recognised by the Hong Kong Social Workers Registration Board. Following graduation, you will be eligible to register as a social worker to pursue a career in the field.
Career Prospects
You may choose to launch your career as an assistant social work officer at the Hong Kong Social Welfare Department. Alternatively, you can pursue work in human services, public relations, the police, or education. Graduates have also gone on to secure employment with other government associations and not-for-profit organisations both in Hong Kong and further abroad.
Expected August 2024
More details
Start date
Expected September 2023
The University of Hong Kong
MG 14, Ground Floor, Main Building,
The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam,
Southern, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island
Competitive Admission Standards:
You must achieve at least one of the following English Language Requirements to be considered for admission to HKU.
International Baccalaureate Diploma
GCSE / GCEO
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English / Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English
SAT Reasoning Test: Sub-scores of 550 in both Critical Reading and Writing in the same attempt of the SAT Reasoning Test (prior to March 2016); or Test scores of 31 in Writing and Language and 30 in Reading in the same attempt of the Redesigned SAT Reasoning Test;
IELTS: An overall band of 6.5 in IELTS Academic Module;
A score of 93 in the TOEFL internet-based test, or an overall score of 70 in the revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
