{"id":27970,"date":"2026-09-03T16:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/emk\/?page_id=27970"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:16:01","slug":"integrated-social-services-management-msc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/emk\/en\/education\/integrated-social-services-management-msc\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrated Social Services Management (MSc)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Training Objectives<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The aim of the Master&#8217;s program is to train professionals who contribute to the <strong>development of integrated services<\/strong> and to meeting national and international trends and expectations in the fields of <strong>social services and management<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our aim is to provide students with an <strong>innovative, open, and values-based learning environment<\/strong> where, alongside theoretical knowledge, they acquire <strong>practical, applicable knowledge<\/strong> and develop a process- and systems-oriented approach. The program prepares students for effective and innovative service provision and provides practice-oriented knowledge of current sector-specific and management concepts and techniques, while fostering a modern management mindset.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;text-align: left\">Our lecturers bring extensive professional experience, a practical approach, academic expertise, and active professional networks, providing a strong foundation for our objectives to support the <strong>professionalization of social services<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We believe that, at the Faculty of Health and Public Services of Semmelweis University, in close cooperation with leading experts and stakeholders in health and social policy, we can achieve lasting positive impacts in the sector, in the interests of people who require services, service users, and clients.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Training Information<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fontos_div\">\n<div class=\"w-100\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Name of the Master&#8217;s program:<\/strong> <em><strong>Integrated Social Services Management<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"w-100\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Mode of study:<\/strong> Part-time, correspondence program<\/div>\n<div class=\"w-100\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Qualification awarded:<\/strong> <em><strong>Certified Social Services Manager<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"w-100\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Duration:<\/strong> Four semesters (120 credits)<\/div>\n<div class=\"w-100\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Teaching schedule:<\/strong> Classes are delivered in subject-specific blocks on pre-scheduled teaching days, from <strong>9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"w-100\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Funding:<\/strong> The program is available both with a state-funded scholarship and on a self-funded basis.<\/div>\n<div class=\"w-100\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Tuition fee for self-funded students:<\/strong> HUF 395,000 per semester<\/div>\n<div><strong>Language: The program is delivered exclusively in Hungarian.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"w-100\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Classes are held primarily at the <strong>Ferenc t\u00e9r Campus<\/strong> (1094 Budapest, Ferenc t\u00e9r 15), as well as at the <strong>Andr\u00e1s Pet\u0151 Faculty<\/strong> (PAK, 1125 Budapest, K\u00fatv\u00f6lgyi \u00fat 8) and the <strong>Health Services Management Training Centre<\/strong> (1125 Budapest, K\u00fatv\u00f6lgyi \u00fat 2).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Program Description<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In recent years, there has been a lack of new knowledge to support innovation in the social services sector. The scientific foundations of the social service system have not yet been fully established; the academic background is one-sided in some areas; and there is a lack of active academic forums in this field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;text-align: left\">The number of graduates obtaining degrees in the social services field has declined to one-tenth over the past decade, while growing societal demand for professionally managed social services, together with increasingly complex requirements, calls for up-to-date,\u00a0<strong>high-level professional, leadership, and management knowledge<\/strong> among managers working in the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;text-align: left\">In response to these challenges, we have\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;text-align: left\">revised and further developed the curriculum of our postgraduate specialization program in social services management<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;text-align: left\"> to establish our Master&#8217;s program in Social Services Management.<\/span> This development reflects the growing importance of resilience and the recognition that the future quality of services will depend even more on well-prepared professionals and leaders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;text-align: left\">The curriculum and teaching methodology of the\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;text-align: left\">Master&#8217;s program in Integrated Social Services Management<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;text-align: left\"> prepare students to contribute through their work to the development of services and to meet national and international trends and expectations in the fields of social services and management.<\/span>\u00a0Alongside theoretical knowledge, students acquire <strong>practical, applicable knowledge<\/strong> and develop a <strong>process- and systems-oriented approach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Upon completion of the program, students will be able to<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>\n<p>align the activities and services of a social service organization with the needs of service users;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>actively establish cooperation with professionals and stakeholders from related fields within the social services sector and develop joint solutions;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>recognize and leverage synergies within the social services sector;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>assess future operational opportunities for individual services within the framework of a sector-wide vision for the future;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>formulate service-level strategies and visions and plan, manage and oversee their systematic implementation;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>analyze their own institutional environment, identify critical points, development objectives, and required actions within organizational operations, as well as identify and analyze critical processes within their institution and formulate proposals for their optimization;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>analyze facts in detail and identify fundamental relationships based on theories and methods related to economic processes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Target Group<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The program is intended for applicants who hold at least a <strong>Bachelor&#8217;s degree in one of the following fields: humanities, social sciences, law and public administration, economics, or medical and health sciences<\/strong>, and who are, above all, committed to the fundamental values and objectives of the social services profession.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fontos_div w-100\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Program Director: <\/strong><em>Dr Szilvia \u00c1d\u00e1m<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Program Coordinator: <\/strong><em>Vikt\u00f3ria Horkai<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>1094 Budapest, Ferenc t\u00e9r 15.<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:horkai.viktoria@emk.semmelweis.hu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">horkai.viktoria@emk.semmelweis.hu<\/a><br \/>\nPhone: +36 20 6632-033<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Training Objectives The aim of the Master&#8217;s program is to train professionals who contribute to the development of integrated services and to meeting national and international trends and expectations in the fields of social services and management. 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