In the program, you will:

• Create an individual, fully interdisciplinary program of coursework and scholarship.
• Benefit from a small-by-design program that facilitates meaningful connections with peers and mentors.
• Participate in the intellectual exchanges and scholarly collaborations fostered by UB’s many research centers and institutes and community partnerships.
• Engage with our diverse, dedicated and growing faculty, with particular expertise in trauma, veterans’ issues, aging, social policy, and refugee and immigrant communities.
• Access diverse research opportunities, facilities and support through the Buffalo Center for Social Research.
• Receive stable, generous funding through assistantships and scholarship programs.

Our PhD program is designed for those with an MSW degree. If you do not have an MSW, we offer a dual-degree program leading to the MSW and the PhD in social welfare.