University of Minnesota School of Social Work

The mission of the University of Minnesota School of Social Work is threefold: 1) to educate ethical, competent social work practitioners and scholars in direct practice, community practice, teaching, theory development, policy development and evaluation; 2) to promote scholarship and research to exapnd social work knowledge; 3) to provide professional outreach locally, nationally and globally. As the oldest public school of social work in the United States, the University of Minnesota School of Social Work promotes this mission through a tradition of scholarship, leadership and committment to the public good, social justice, and the empowerment of opressed peoples.