COURSES SOCIAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Social Work

BSc · University of Edinburgh · 4 years

Social Work

University of Edinburgh

AI IMPACT

MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£40,000

SATISFACTION76%

CONTINUATION85%

PROFESSIONAL JOBS90%

DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 15% of the work its graduates go into (Low).

Entry tariff of real entrants

UCAS points the actual intake arrived with: "people like this got in", not a cut-off.

<480% of entrants

48-630% of entrants

64-790% of entrants

80-950% of entrants

96-11110% of entrants

112-1270% of entrants

128-14310% of entrants

144-15910% of entrants

160-17520% of entrants

176-19120% of entrants

192-20720% of entrants

208-2230% of entrants

224-2390% of entrants

240+10% of entrants

Student satisfaction

Overall satisfaction is 76% (National Student Survey). Continuation past year one: 85%.

What you actually study

YEAR 1

Introduction to Social Theory · Research Methods in Social Science · Global Political Economy · Comparative Politics

YEAR 2

Advanced Social Theory · Research Methods II · Public Policy Analysis

YEAR 3

Specialism: Gender / Race / Class / Migration · Dissertation Workshop

YEAR 4

Dissertation

MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).