Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences

Currently, Japan is facing issues such as a declining birthrate and an aging population, uneven distribution of the population, and widening income disparity, as the population declines. It is necessary to build a social system that suits such situations, and it is necessary to improve social welfare, including reviewing the social security system.

In recent years, the importance of social workers and mental health workers, who are professionals in social welfare, has increased. These specialists are called social workers, and are aimed at children, the elderly, people with disabilities, etc. in various places such as welfare facilities, business establishments, medical institutions, social welfare councils, government agencies, prisons, and conservation observation stations. I am active.

In the Department of Social Welfare of our university, we are focusing on training social workers who have practical skills. Focusing on the person in need of support and the environment surrounding the person, you can learn a wide range of topics, from assistance to individuals to working on measures, based on knowledge in the micro and macro fields. The pass rate of the national examination is also maintained at the top class, and many of the graduates are active in the fields of social welfare, medical care, and administration. We have a graduate school, so you can improve your specialty and deepen your research after graduation.

Let's learn together with the aim of becoming a social worker who can challenge social problems and contribute to solving them.

首都体育学院is the only higher physical education college in Beijing. In 1960, it was transformed into Beijing Normal University of Physical Education. In 1962, it was merged into Beijing Normal University. In 1979, the Beijing Normal University of Physical Education was restored. In 2000, it was renamed the首都体育学院. In 2020, according to the classified development plan of Beijing's public universities, our school was identified as a "high-level characteristic university".

The school has 8 teaching units, including the School of Physical Education and Training, the School of Sports Science and Health, the School of Martial Arts and Performance, the School of Management and Communication, the School of Leisure and Social Sports, the School of Continuing Education, the School of International Education, and the School of Marxism, as well as sports labor. Two directly affiliated research institutions, including the Intelligent Research Institute and the Sports-Medical Fusion Innovation Center. Physical education, sports training, physical training, sports human science, sports rehabilitation, social sports guidance and management, leisure sports, sports tourism, martial arts and traditional national sports, dance performance, journalism, public service management, sports economy and management 14 undergraduate majors including e-sports sports and management. Among them, 5 majors are national first-class majors, 2 majors are national characteristic majors, and 4 majors are Beijing first-rate majors. The school has 2 national teaching teams, 2 national quality courses, 1 national quality resource sharing course, 2 national first-class courses, 20 national planning textbooks, and 1 national off-campus practice education base for college students.