Aksaray University
Department of Social Work

Social work is a practice-based academic discipline that aims to foster social change in order to achieve social justice, focusing on local, regional, and global needs and issues. The undergraduate social work program aims to equip students with a foundation of theoretical and practice-based knowledge, skills, and values for working with individuals, families, groups, and communities. Graduates who successfully complete the program find employment in various public institutions and organizationsmost notably the Ministry of Family and Social Services, as well as the Ministries of Health, Justice, Youth and Sports, National Education, and Labor and Social Security, and local government bodiesas well as in non-governmental organizations. Additionally, they have the right to work in and operate private-sector facilities such as private nurseries, day-care centers, and nursing homes.