Welcome to a career that will empower, engage, and promote wellbeing and creativity! Study social services in a supportive and diverse degree programme in English that will support and develop your personal and professional growth.
All applicants for the Degree Programme in Social Services are required to have basic Finnish skills (level B1) and English skills (level B2).
Why study social services?
• Diverse, engaging and rewarding career possibilities.
• A career that supports client empowerment and promotes wellbeing and creativity.
• High employment possibilities.
Why study in English and in a diverse group?
• The social services field increasingly requires multicultural competences and multidisciplinary cooperation.
• Diverse ideas and backgrounds create a dynamic, creative and engaging learning environment.
• The learning environment facilitates both personal and professional development.
The Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Social Services will provide you with the skills and tools to work with clients from diverse backgrounds.
In addition, the experiences of working in a multicultural learning environment will give you an advantage in the job market after your graduation. If you are interested in working with clients, empowering them and promoting their welfare throughout their different life stages, then studies in Social Services are just for you.
Studying is practically oriented including projects with diverse clients and organisations. Throughout your studies, you develop your own study path that is supported by your tutor teachers. So, through experience and participation in different courses, internships, and projects, you can find the client group or area that interests you professionally. The studies are organised at our Tikkurila campus close to the Helsinki metropolitan area that provides a huge range of internship and work possibilities. The campus is located next to the Tikkurila Railway station and can be easily reached by public transport.
Studying in the Social Services Programme
The studies are conducted through daytime teaching, which includes face-to-face instruction on campus, different group works and a chance to work closely with working life partners during the practice periods. You can also include online courses to your studies and select studies flexibly from our Laurea’s other campuses.
During your studies, you will get to work with students from other degree programmes as well as exchange students from around the world. In addition, studying in English and experience of working in diverse and multidisciplinary groups provide competences that are highly valued in the job market. And, of course, if your first language is other than Finnish, your Finnish language acquisition will be supported and facilitated throughout your studies to ensure you have the required competences for the Finnish jobs market.
Further studies
After completing your bachelor’s degree, it is also possible to apply for a master’s programme either at Laurea or other higher education institutions to continue your studies. Your study path can continue all the way to a doctoral degree if you want.
Laurea offers one Master’s Degree Programme in English suitable for graduates of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Social Services.
Internationalisation is fully integrated and facilitated in the Social Services programme. The degree programme consists of students from diverse backgrounds, and some courses can also integrate students from other degree programmes within Laurea. Laurea also has many exchange students yearly from around the world, who also take part in the same courses and groups. In addition, some of the projects during studies may be conducted with international organizations. It is also possible to conduct studies or internship abroad, and to facilitate this Laurea has an extensive network of international partners.
Depending on your background and need, social services studies also include Finnish language courses, and practice during projects and studies. Language courses are working life-oriented, and you will learn language through everyday activities. Other working life-orientated languages can also be studied such as Swedish, French, Spanish and German
Programme structure and language re¬quire-ments
Studies consist of core competence and complementary competence studies totalling 210 ECTS. You can target your interest and develop competences you see as important by means of selecting complementary competence studies, participating in various projects, and choosing your internships and planning your thesis subject. You gain credits by completing study units and projects. Credits can also be gained through recognition of prior learning or competence demonstrations.
The special feature in this degree programme is that practical training is a significant part of studies: 45 ECTS. This includes three internships each with at least 10 weeks of full-time work . The first internship focuses on working with clients, the second on methods and the third on research and development of work.
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