Department of Social Work

The department of social work is an education- and research unit with 85 employees and over a 1000 students. In the department we have a bachelor program in social work and several courses on bachelor- and master level. We also have a PhD-program. Our research is mainly in social work and our research holds a unique quality of both width and depth.

Find our researchers, professors, doctoral students and administrative staff in our staff directory.

Umeå Center for Disability Research

Research network that focuses on the relationship between disabled people and their environment

The vast majority of our courses and our Bachelor Program are taught in Swedish, but some of our courses are taught in English. The majority of our students attend our Bachelor Program in social work.

You can find information about courses, programs, research, international cooperation and other important issues on our website. If you cannot find the information that you are searching for, or if you want to know more about something, please contact the relevant contact person at the department.

Contact us

Research: Lars Evertsson

PhD-program: Petra Ahnlund

Nordic Master Programme in Social Work and Welfare: Petra Ahnlund

Student Administration: Maria Berg

International contact person for students: Christin Johansson

Director of studies, elementary level: Marie-Louise Snellman

Director of studies, advanced level: Petra Ahnlund