About faculty

Faculty of Social Policy at Mykolas Romeris University provides education for future experts in the field of social services by offering coherent study programs of social sciences which, apart from professional knowledge, comprise other associated subject areas as well. Apart from acquiring knowledge in general theories, students develop their practical and methodological skills in Psychology, Social Work, Educology, Sociology and Law and competences in Political Sciences, Philosophy, Social Policy, Social Services, Demography and Economics.

The Faculty welcomes students at Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level, from all over Lithuania and foreign countries. Our students are attracted by the chance to study at a modern university, with outstanding academic achievement and innovation. Our University offers students the chance to study abroad. Each academic year about 1900 students are enrolled in the Faculty, of whom graduate students make up more than a third.

The Faculty cooperates with the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Ministry of Education, their subordinate bodies, Prisons Department under Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice, etc. Academic staff of the Faculty offers counselling on psychological, legal and social issues and carries out commissioned research. The Faculty takes part in international EU Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes (FP6, FP7),European Science Foundation, COST, Erasmus, Jean Monnet, Grundtvig, Tempus, NordFosk, Nordplus HE etc. programmes.

STUDY PROGRAMMES AND QUALIFICATION DEGREES

PROGRAMMES OF BACHELOR STUDIES

Psychology: Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, full-time 4 years
Social Work: Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, full-time studies, 4 years
Law and Penitentiary Activity: Bachelor’s degree in Law, full-time studies, 4 years

PROGRAMMES OF MASTER STUDIES

Social Psychology: Master’s degree in Psychology, full-time studies, 2 years
Business Psychology: Master’s degree in Psychology, full-time studies, 2 years
Law Psychology: Master’s degree in Psychology, full-time studies, 2 years
Social Work: Master’s degree in Social Work, full-time studies, 1.5 year
Protection of Children Rights: Master’s degree in Social Work, full-time studies, 1.5 year
Social Gerontology: Master’s degree in Social Work, full-time studies, 1.5 year
Law and Penitentiary Activity: Master’s degree in Law, full-time studies, 1.5 year
Restorative Justice and Mediation (a specialized study programme of Law and Penitentiary Activity): Master’s degree in Law, full-time studies, 1.5 year
Law Educology: Master’s degree in Educology, full-time studies, 1.5 year
Educology of Entrepreneurship: Master’s degree in Educology, full-time studies, 1.5 year
Welfare Sociology: Master’s degree in Sociology, full-time studies, 1.5 year
Sociology of Business (a specialized study programme of Welfare Sociology): Master’s degree in Sociology, full-time studies, 1.5 year
Comparative Social Policy and Welfare: Master’s degree in Sociology, full-time studies, 2 years
Social Policy and Administration (a specialized study programme of Public Administration): Master’s degree in Public Administration, full-time studies, 1.5 year

MASTER STUDIES FOR GRADUATES HOLDING PROFESSIONAL BACHELOR’S DEGREE OR AN EQUIVALENT QUALIFICATION

Social Work: Master’s degree in Social Work, a one-year compensatory study programme and 2 years study programme
Protection of Children Rights: Master’s degree in Social Work, a one-year compensatory study programme and 2 years study programme
Social Gerontology: Master’s degree in Social Work, a one-year compensatory study programme and 2 years study programme
Law Educology: Master’s degree in Educology, a one-year compensatory study programme and 2 years study programme
Educology of Entrepreneurship: Master’s degree in Educology, a one-year compensatory study programme and 2 years study programme

JOINT MASTER STUDIES

Comparative Social Policy and Welfare: Master’s degree in Sociology, 2 years study programme (provided in English)

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DOCTORAL STUDIES

Psychology: Ph.D. programme in Psychology, 4 years study programme
Law: Ph.D. programme in Law, 4 years study programme