Master of Medical Social Work (MMSW)

Manipal

Where your compassion meets clinical expertise

Step into one of healthcare's most meaningful roles. The Master of Medical Social Work (MMSW) at MAHE is a professionally oriented program built to meet the growing demand for skilled medical social workers in India's rapidly evolving healthcare sector. Grounded in a rights-based, equity-oriented, and person-centred approach, it prepares you to address the psychosocial, ethical, and systemic dimensions of health and illness. Through interdisciplinary learning and extensive clinical training, you'll build the competencies to work confidently within multidisciplinary healthcare teams, tackle the social determinants of health, advocate for patient rights, and deliver holistic, compassionate, evidence-informed care.

Program Highlights

NCAHP-Aligned: You'll earn a professional qualification oriented towards recognition under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, 2021.

Intensive Clinical Exposure: You'll complete 3,600 hours of hands-on clinical exposure through supervised placements at Manipal Hospitals and other partnering hospitals.

Global Mobility: Your competencies will be aligned with international standards — including the IASSW-IFSW and WFME Global Standards — opening doors to professional registration worldwide.

Research & Evidence-Based: You'll learn through a curriculum that weaves together interdisciplinary study, ethical reflection, intensive fieldwork, and research.

Clinical Exposure

Gain 3,600 hours of supervised clinical training through placements at Manipal Hospitals and other partnering hospitals — real experience, real impact.

Community Engagement

Take your learning beyond the classroom with intensive field engagement across clinical and community settings.

Research Scope

Ground your practice in evidence, through a curriculum that champions research and ethical reflection.

Clinical Exposure

Gain 3,600 hours of supervised clinical training through placements at Manipal Hospitals and other partnering hospitals — real experience, real impact.

Clinical Exposure

Gain 3,600 hours of supervised clinical training through placements at Manipal Hospitals and other partnering hospitals — real experience, real impact.

Program Highlights

NCAHP-Aligned: You'll earn a professional qualification oriented towards recognition under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, 2021.

Intensive Clinical Exposure: You'll complete 3,600 hours of hands-on clinical exposure through supervised placements at Manipal Hospitals and other partnering hospitals.

Global Mobility: Your competencies will be aligned with international standards — including the IASSW-IFSW and WFME Global Standards — opening doors to professional registration worldwide.

Research & Evidence-Based: You'll learn through a curriculum that weaves together interdisciplinary study, ethical reflection, intensive fieldwork, and research.

Clinical Exposure

Gain 3,600 hours of supervised clinical training through placements at Manipal Hospitals and other partnering hospitals — real experience, real impact.

Community Engagement

Take your learning beyond the classroom with intensive field engagement across clinical and community settings.

Research Scope

Ground your practice in evidence, through a curriculum that champions research and ethical reflection.

Clinical Exposure

Gain 3,600 hours of supervised clinical training through placements at Manipal Hospitals and other partnering hospitals — real experience, real impact.

Clinical Exposure

Gain 3,600 hours of supervised clinical training through placements at Manipal Hospitals and other partnering hospitals — real experience, real impact.

Program Details

Outcomes
Careers

Upon the completion of this program, you can:

Address the psychosocial, ethical, and systemic dimensions of health and illness with a person-centred approach.

Work confidently within multidisciplinary healthcare teams across clinical and community settings.

Tackle the social determinants of health and advocate effectively for patient rights.

Apply evidence-based interventions grounded in research and ethical reflection.

Take on leadership and socially responsive roles across the healthcare continuum.

Deliver holistic, compassionate, and evidence-informed care.

Curriculum and Fees

Year 1
Year 2

Curriculum details will be updated shortly

Program Duration

2 Years

Total Program fees

General:

INR 2,58,000

Total Program fees

NRI/Foreign:

Master of Medical Social Work (MMSW)

Where your compassion meets clinical expertise

Program Highlights

Upon the completion of this program, you can:

Industry and Academia Connect

2 Years

INR 2,58,000

USD 4,100

Program Highlights

Upon the completion of this program, you can:

2 Years

INR 2,58,000

USD 4,100