Upon completing the programme, students will be able to:

- understand the European dimension of social policy and welfare
- engage in an open and critical examination in the fields of social policy and welfare
- use and accomplish research in the fields of social policy and welfare in the countries representing different welfare models.
- meet the different professional demands in the fields of social policy, welfare, social and welfare statistics, social security systems, labour policy, poverty, gender etc.
- discuss relevant current literature, approach new scholarship, and critically present in public
- develop, complete and defend scientific papers