Social Work

The University of Essex

Qualification

Degree

Length

3 yrs

UK fees / yr

£9,535

Study

Full-time

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About this course

Take your first steps towards professional registration as a Social Worker with our BA Social Work course. We ranked 1st for social work in the UK! (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026) The BA Social Work is a three-year undergraduate degree designed to prepare you for a professional career in social work.

Social work focuses on supporting individuals, families and communities to improve wellbeing, promote social justice and protect the most vulnerable in society. On this course, you’ll develop the knowledge, skills and professional values required for contemporary social work practice, combining academic study with practice-based learning in a range of social work settings. As a student of BA Social Work at Essex you experience a lively, informal environment with many possibilities to pursue your own interests whilst being part of a multidisciplinary school.

We provide you with an active and stimulating environment for your studies and the chance to really make a difference within an essential profession in today's society.

Could you get in?

The grades students arrived with

64-79 pts10%

96-111 pts15%

112-127 pts15%

128-143 pts35%

160-175 pts25%

How they qualified

70% got in with alevel. The rest came in a mix of ways:

alevel70%

degree10%

access5%