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ABOUT US
Welcome to our school. We are pleased to have
you visiting our website and to share some information
about our school with you.  The
School of Social Welfare is a vibrant institution located
in the historic capital district of New York State.
Our faculty, students, and alumni are distinguished
by their excellence and by the impacts they have in
many domains. Our faculty, for example, consistently
rank in the top five of all schools of social work for
their research and scholarship and are ranked second
in per capita productivity. Like our faculty, our students
and alumni are an impressive force as they pioneer new
services, teach and do research in communities across
the country and in many other nations.
Our School prepares students as 21st century practitioners and to become effective leaders. The research-rich context in which they learn and serve while studying here helps to equip them to be scholar-change agents.
Because our School is located in a historic region, students have opportunities to practice in leading agencies. Some of these agencies are over 150 years old and have served as the models for programs that are now the policies of the nation. Located just minutes away from policy leaders in state government, the school plays an increasingly pivotal role in its collaborative practices to foster policy relevant research, pilots that can serve as policy exemplars, and blueprints to advance new human services for the 21st century.
Collaborative practices and partnerships
are cornerstones of the school and its community building
work. Partners are far and wide. They include our neighbors
adjacent to the school -- such as an elementary school
challenged by poverty -- as well as more distant communities
-- such as a community in the region the with one of
the largest Latino populations in the state. Community
building projects include the distinctive work of many
faculty, students, alumni and agencies around gerontological
social work and aging friendly communities, improving
pathways to higher education for inner city youth and
families, family support agendas for the region, and
reprofessionalization campaigns in child welfare. Collaboration
also includes partnerships with Hallym University in
South Korea and multiple partners in South African,
South America, Western and Eastern European countries.
Our School has many special features. These
include our NIDA funded Child Welfare, Drug Abuse, and
Intergenerational Risk (CWDAIR) Research Center. Our
distinctiveness in aging centers around our Institute
of Gerontology, our Center for Excellence in Aging Services,
and our Internshipsin Aging Program. Other special features
include our Center for Human Services Research, the
Social Work Education Consortium addressing child welfare
and welfare workforce development and research, and
the T.E.C.H. Center devoted to helping develop the electronic
communication capacity of human service agencies.
The School has a proud legacy of fostering innovative educational programs. These include our baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral programs and our joint degree programs.
We hope you will browse our web site to learn
more about our faculty, students, alumni, and educational
programs and about many of the exciting initiatives
in the School of Social Welfare, University at Albany.
We welcome your inquiry about our School.
If you would like further information about graduate
admissions or forms by mail, please call 518.442.5322
or write: School of Social Welfare, RI-101, 135 Western
Ave. Albany, New York 12222
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