Sri Lanka School Of Social Work
Sri Lanka School of Social Work is the oldest and the largest division at the NISD. It conducts Professional Degrees in Social Work It has got the highest number of post graduate level qualified Social Work academics in the country at present. At present the School of Social Work conducts three main academic programmes of the institute. They are; the two year Diploma programme in Social Work, the four year Bachelor's degree programme in Social Work and the two year Master of Social Work degree programme.
Sri Lanka School of Social Work is the predecessor of the National Institute of Social Development. It was established in 1952 under the name Institute of Social Work, as a non- governmental organization. It was named as the Ceylon School of Social Work in 1964 when it became a government institution. The School was renamed as the Sri Lanka School of Social Work in 1972. In order to offer under graduate and post graduate degrees in Social Work the School was brought under the National Institute of Social Development, an independent institute established on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission.