In 1982 it was affiliated to Hacettepe University as the School of Social Work. The objectives of the School of Social Work is to train social workers who have a good knowledge and understanding of the essential problems and characteristics of Turkiye as well as a beginning knowledge of social work methods and professional skills, with the ability to practice in a range of rural and urban, governmental and voluntary settings, and who can participate effectively in social policy and planning at various levels as well as with the ability to plan, organise, administer, practice, and undertake research in a variety of social welfare settings. At present 711 students study social work at BA level, there were 125 graduates in the academic year of 1998-99 and 26 MSc, and 8 PhD degrees were awarded in 1998. Fieldwork is conducted in different agencies or in community projects in Ankara and other cities and abroad with small groups of students under close supervision.
Applied research is carried out in the same manner and the students have full access to computers.
Careers Social workers have job opportunities as administrators, practitioners, planners in social work agencies such as children's homes, training institutions, old peoples' homes, rehabilitation centres, juvenile courts, reformatory schools, adult prisons, youth centres, family consultation and community centres. They also have opportunity to work as practitioners, researchers and organisers in medical and psychiatric settings, special educational institutions, in the fields of child and maternity health, family planning, public health, urban and rural community development programmes and projects as well as industrial relations, in State Planning Organisation, Ministries of Health, Education, Labour and Social Security, Family and Women Organisations, and in recent years Social Workers are employed in Metropolitan Municipalities. The School has MA and PhD programmes.