Department of Social Work

Hello, I'm Safiye Ayhan. I am 23 years old. I am a 4th year student at Anadolu University, Department of Social Services. Social Services Department is located in Anadolu University’ Yunus Emre Campus, Faculty of Health Sciences. It was established in 2012 and has been continuing active since 2012. The Department of Social Services aims to train qualified social workers in their fields. We first get to know social work by taking an Introduction to Social Work course in the Social Services Department. In the following years, we start to focus on social work on the basis of the individual, group and society, and we cover the areas where social services function together with professions in different fields. As an example, we can offer courses on migration and the disabled. At the same time, we have courses on human psychology and development, and we also receive training on these. After completing our 3rd year, we work in institutions in different fields in two terms of our 4th year. This can be considered as an internship practice we did under the name of Social Work Practice course. In the same way, we have to prepare a graduation project in the field of social services. After graduating from the Social Services Department, we can work in different fields in the public and private sectors. In particular, the institutions under the Ministry of Family and Social Policies, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Interior can be given as examples of the public sphere. Social Services is a profession that aims to affect people's lives in a positive way. I always wanted to be useful to people. That's why I chose the Social Services Department. After graduating from the Social Services Department, you can work in this field or pursue an academic career. By working in the field, I want to be more intertwined with people and observe people's lives more closely. For this reason, I want to be useful to people by first doing volunteer activities and then working in institutions. Especially Anadolu University's social and cultural activities may be one of your biggest reasons for coming here. You can watch very good movies in Cinema Anatolia and you can watch very good plays in Theater Anatolia. At the same time, you can have a very nice and enjoyable time both in the gyms and in the green areas of the campus. I wish success to the candidates who will take the exam. We expect you to come to Anadolu University.