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

The Master's Programme in Comparative Social Policy and Welfare will provide the graduates with competence in understanding theories of social policy and welfare as well as an ability to engage in an open and critical examination of these fields. They will also gain knowledge and understanding of comparative and interdisciplinary welfare and social policy research.

The programme is jointly organised by three European universities: University of Tampere (Finland), Johannes Kepler Universität (Linz, Austria) and Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania).