Vision

According to the RUPP mission and goals, the Master of Arts in Social Work aims to educate future decision makers, planners, researchers, scholars in social welfare with an emphasis on building social work knowledge, practices skills, and research skills, in order to help students play a pivotal role in social work profession and in developing Cambodian social welfare system. This Master’s program has a set of the following educational objectives.

Student's professional development
The Master of Arts in Social Work (MASW) program focuses on student's professional development of practical skills. It also helps students to integrate theories and practice skills by strengthening student's educational and research capabilities.

Special emphasis on in-depth education
The MASW program puts special emphasis on in-depth education and research for the development of professional capabilities. Students are to select either a clinical track or a policy track.

Strengthening student's international leadership
The MASW program promotes to educate international leaders by strengthening student's international leadership. It facilitates development and dissemination of Cambodian culture specific models of social work as well as the development of international leaders by having ongoing interactions with internationally well-known universities and organizations.

Basic Resources and Facilities
Students in the MASW program have access to all of RUPP’s libraries, including the well-resourced Hun Sen Library and the library in Campus II. In addition, students have access to the facilities offered by the Cambodia Development Resources Institute (CDRI) and the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC). Several computers, with access to the Internet and social work journal databases, are also available for the Master’s program students to use on campus.