Specializations

There are no specializations, but students can tailor their learning path to their interests as they have a choice to take seven out of the eleven courses of the electives: Health Policy, Pension Policy, Employment Policy, Family Policy, Social Assistance, Welfare Services and Administrative Systems, Education Policy, Child Protection, Child Well-being, Social Gerontology, Disability Policy, Housing Policy.

Strength of programme

The programme has been running successfully in Hungarian for over thirty years and has always been among the most popular at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Its founder was Zsuzsa Ferge, Professor Emerita, a full Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and former President of the Union of the Social Professionals Organizations.
The programme’s popularity is due to the curriculum’s continuous development and incorporation of student feedback into the education organization.
The ideal social policy expert has multidisciplinary knowledge and skills. They should be familiar with many policy fields in and outside social policy itself; they should understand human nature and behaviour and the rules and constraints of the surrounding economic and political world. Practising the profession requires thematic and analytical knowledge as well as presentation skills. Social policy analysis and planning are value-driven activities centred on a commitment to the values of equality and solidarity between people and unconditional respect for human dignity.

Career opportunities

Graduates can find employment in central government and its background research institutions, independent research centers, local authorities, public administration offices, international organisations, service providers, in the for- and non-profit sectors, and in the field of human resource management, as well as in higher education and research.

Job examples:

• Research fellow in public and private social research institutes
• Manager / head of department in regional / municipal office for social welfare
• Head of various social care institutions
• Project manager in social development agencies
• Policy advisor for MPs, MEPs