Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder and due to its particular characteristics it is accompanied by stereotypical attitudes and prejudice, resulting in discrimination which hinders recovery. The purpose of this research is to determine prejudices and examine attitudes of social work students towards people with schizophrenia and verify whether, and to which degree, it is possible to reduce the negative attitudes through education via the curriculum or through direct contact with persons suffering from the disorder. The research was conducted using an questionnaire LJBDS – Scale of attitudes toward schizophrenic patients given to 82 subjects, all of whom were final year social work students. The questionnaire was then once again applied to 90 subjects, after they had attended a Social Psychiatry education programme in the duration of three months and had been in contact with people suffering from schizophrenia. The research results have shown that the attitudes towards people with schizophrenia, before attending the education programme and having contact with people suffering from the disorder, were mostly not stereotypical nor discriminating and that there was a positive change in the students’ attitudes and knowledge following the intervention. The expectation that the myth of danger would be reduced, as well as the expectation that the willingness to socially interact with people with the disorder would change minimally were both confirmed. The results have shown that, in this research, the attitude towards people with schizophrenia was more positive when the student personally knew someone who suffers from the disorder. Thus, it can be concluded that the attitudes of social workers towards people with schizophrenia are largely positive and non-discriminating, as well as that the attitudes towards people with schizophrenia can be additionally improved through education and contact with persons suffering from the disorder.