PhD Social Work at University of Texas at Austin

Programme overview

This degree prepares students to be social work scientists and to pursue careers as academicians and researchers. Students pursuing this degree design their own areas of study based on their academic and research interests. The degree offers an interdisciplinary curriculum with emphasis on advanced research methods and statistics.

Faculty: School of Social Work | Duration: 90 semester credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Austin, TX, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 90 semester credit hours. Completion of a written comprehensive examination that tests the student’s knowledge of theory, research design and methodology in an area of concentration relevant to social work.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate admission (applies to the programme): Applicants to this program must have a master’s degree from an accredited school of social work or a master's degree in a related discipline, a GPA of 3.0 or above in upper-division undergraduate courses, a graduate GPA of 3.0 or above, and completion of an undergraduate or graduate introductory statistics course with a minimum grade of B. International applicants from countries with a primary language other than English are to provide scores for TOEFL (minimum of 100, 25 in each section preferred). All applicants must show capacity for advanced academic work and potential for scholarship, demonstrate excellent and writing and analytic skills, and show evidence of research interests and capabilities

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate application fees: $65 for U.S. graduate applicants and $90 for international graduate applicants. Each graduate program sets its own application deadline.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/admissions/apply

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