The blank">George Warren Brown School of Social Work, sometimes referred to as the Brown School, is one of the world's leading schools for the training of social workers, ranking 2nd (US News)and 9th (Gourman Report). As one of the academic units of _Washington University, the Brown School was founded in 1925 as the department of social work, and became an endowed school in 1945. With one of the few social work post doctoral fellowships in the nation, and partnerships with the Open Society Institute, and the headquarters of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, the Brown School is an international research center. The Brown School offers a two year MSW as well as the PhD.