Alumnus named among Houston Business Journal’s Most Admired CEOs
Carl E. Josehart, AB ’84, MSW ’87, has been named a 2026 Most Admired CEO honoree by the Houston Business…
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Social Work is a Verb
Build the skills to take action and shape what comes next.
#2 Best School of Social Work
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Fully-Funded Practicums with Living Stipends for All MSW Students
The Brown School is the first in the nation to ensure every MSW student receives financial support for required practicum credits and living expenses.
Degree Programs
Master of Social Work
Work with people and communities on issues like mental health, community development, social justice and child well-being.
Master of Social Policy
The next generation of global leaders must understand the substance of social issues as well as how to design, manage and evaluate social policy.
PhD in Social Work
The Brown School’s PhD program trains students to address social work challenges and become agents of change.
Trusted Training for Social Work Professionals
Workshops
Sharpen your skills with expert-led workshops each week, featuring timely topics and licensure credits, in person or online.
On-Demand Lectures
On-demand videos from Brown School faculty and local professionals let you earn continuing education credits in social work.
Intensives
Advance your career through immersive Intensives, online or in person, designed to build lasting skills in leadership, evidence-based interventions, data, communication, and policy.
Advanced Learning Certificates
Earn an Advanced Learning Certificate through a blend of live and self-paced courses in clinical interventions, leadership, and data evaluation that are designed to move your career forward.
Helping reshape mental health care for those who needs it most.
WashU researchers are using cutting-edge brain imaging to show how it works and already training the therapists who’ll deliver the therapy.
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Zou to represent International Consortium for Social Development at United Nations
Li Zou, international director at the WashU Brown School’s Center for Social Development, has been appointed to represent the International…
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Doctoral student awarded grant to launch volleyball leadership program for Afghan refugee girls
Saria Bechara, a social work doctoral student at the WashU Brown School, has received grant funding to launch a community-based…
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