Department of Social Work

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Department of Social Work, Jagannath University.  It is an honor, privilege and excitement to serve as a Chair of the Department of Social Work. Social Work is an enabling and empowering Profession. It seeks to improve the quality of life either at an individual, group, or community levels by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching. The main purpose of this department is to provide trained social workers equipped with the Social Work knowledge and skills to assist Government and private agencies in the development and execution of social welfare programs.

 

The department has a group of top notch, highly trained, motivated, committed and dedicated faculty members who are constantly trying to improve the academic excellence and finding out the best practice model to address the emerging social problems. Meeting the challenges of world’s complex psycho-social problem we are constantly changing and updating our curricula, maintaining and exchanging views with the academia throughout the globe. We have a Social Work Association and a Debating Club through which our students actively engage in different co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. We encourage and prepare our students to participate in various forms of sports competition.

We have an active Alumni Association which makes liason with the department in various ways and also contributes to the development for the department.

The department has introduced two co-curricular scholarships, two extra-curicular scholarships and two merit scholarships for its Masters level students since 2022. It arranges various programs including workshops and seminars on different occasions.  

 

On behalf of the Department of Social Work, I extend my best wishes to all. 

 

Professor Dr. Mostafa Hasan

Chairman 

Department of Social Work 

Jagannath University, Dhaka