Our College & Academic Programs

The GCSW is an international school of destination. The University of Houston is an exciting, creative, proactive environment in which intellectual curiosity is embraced, debate cherished, as we promote and work to create a just society for all people. As the only graduate college of social work in the fourth-largest city in the United States, the GCSW offers a range of academic courses, a diversity of field practice education sites, numerous community projects, and a number of cutting edge research centers. Our specialty areas in gerontology, children and families, mental health, political social work and health care are nationally recognized for their excellence and preparation for practice.

The GCSW's faculty includes a marvelous diverse group of scholars whose work is recognized world-wide. Their practice experiences and research expertise reinforces the GCSW’s long-standing commitment to peace and justice. And the GCSW’s is further distinguished as being the only school of social work in the world to have a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate on faculty.