The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has recently launched its new Master of Social Work in Mental Health programme, which has been designed in response to the “urgent demand for mental health professionals” in Macau, the private tertiary education institution said in a statement yesterday.
With applications for the 2025/2026 academic year open until August 29, the Catholic university said that the two-year programme, which adopts an evidence-based approach, is the city’s first master’s degree programme specifically dedicated to mental health. It aims to “nurture professionals who have the practical and research capabilities needed to contribute to the development of mental health services” in the Greater Bay Area (GBA).
The curriculum, according to the statement, focuses on global and regional issues, mainly within Macau and elsewhere in the 11-city GBA, with the aim of “consolidating the professional learning skills and scientific research abilities of those who are currently working in Macau and its neighbouring social service systems”.
Moreover, graduates will be trained to conduct research towards professional problems and social phenomena, the statement noted.
The course programme’s language of instruction is English or Chinese.
The statement said that one can find more details and information by visiting USJ’s website on https://www.usj.edu.mo/en/admissions/
This handout photo downloaded from the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) website last night shows its Ilha Verde campus.
