1. Masters Programmes in Public
Health and Social Services
Moldova State University
Maria & Oleg Bulgaru,
Sociology and Social
Work Faculty

2. MSU: short description
 The Moldova State University is founded in 1946.
It is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher
education in the country
 There are 13 faculties with over 19,000 students
 The intellectual potential of MSU consists of over 1100 teachers,
including 120 habilitat doctors, 521 doctors, 87 professors,
334 associate professors, 8 academicians, 19 correspondent members
of ASM
 The education is structured according to the requirements of the
Bologna Process (Moldova is joined at this in 2005) into three levels:
- Bachelor studies (3 years, 180 credits)
- Master studies (2 years, 120 credits)
- Doctoral studies (3 years)

3. The Sociology and Social Work Faculty
 It is one of the youngest faculties, founded in 2001
 The Social Work specialty has been opened in 1998
 The teaching staff of the faculty consists of
40 teachers, including 2 habilitat doctors and
10 doctors
 The total number of the students is 786
 At the Social Work specialty are studying:
- at bachelor studies - 598 students
- at master studies - 85 students

4. Master’s specializations/programs
 Management of Social Services
(22 students)
 Methodology of Social Research
(25 students)
 Study of Childhood and Children’s rights
(24 students)

5. The master curricula structure
 direct contact hours - 655 (220 hours
-lectures and 435 - seminars)
 individually work hours - 1745
 practice - 300 hours (10 credits)
 master's thesis elaboration - 900 hours
1 credit = 30 hours
the total number of credits - 120

6. Doctoral studies
 History, Theory and Methodology of
Sociology
 Social Structure, Social Institutions and
Processes

7. The faculty collaboration
 The central and local public administration
 Government and non-government institutions that provide
social services
 Educational institutions from:
- Romania (“AI.I.Cuza” University of Iasi, Babes-Bolyai University
of Cluj-Napoca, University of Bucharest)
- France (Academy of Grenoble)
- Italy (University of Aquila, Catolique University Sacro Core of
Milan)
- Great Bretagne (East University of Norwich, Caledonian
University of Glasgow)
- Germany (Free University of Berlin, University of Applied
Sciences of Merseburg, European Institute of Social Work)

8. Projects at faculty
The Faculty has implemented and
implements several projects financed by
Tempus, INTAS, AUF, UNICEF and others
international organizations which, of course,
facilitate the students and teachers integration
in Europe

9. Current implemented projects
 “Professionalization of education in social work”
(2008-2011) – TEMPUS project
 "Moldavian Migrants in the Russian Federation"
(2009-2011) is a bilateral international project, funded by the
Governments of Moldova and the Russian Federation
 "Support to the National Plan of action for working with
children left without parental care as a consequence of
migration" (2010-2012) – is funded by the Czech Agency for
Development of the Czech Foreign Ministry, the International
Organization for Migration in Moldova, United Nations Fund for
Population in Moldova.

10. TEMPUS Project
“Professionalisation of education in social work”
(2009 – 2011)
The main objectives of the Project are:
 the reformation of the educational programs
in accordance with recommendations of the
Bologna Process;
 the creation of three new specializations in
the field of Social Work in accordance with
the requirements of labor market.

11. Some major importance specializations for our society
development have been established as a result of a national
sociological research.Three of them have been opened in the
academic year 2010/2011:
- at the bachelor level:
a) Social Assistance of Family and Child in Risk
Situation
b) Social Assistance of Elderly People.
- at the master level:
c) Management of Social Services.

12. Other specialties,
needed to be developed
 Social assistance of people in conflict with
the law
 Social assistance of youngsters
 Social assistance of addicted people
 Social assistance of victims of violence
 Social assistance of HIV / AIDS infected
people
 and others.