Naturopathy and complementary medicine, Bachelor of Science

Admission requirements

Admission to the degree programme in Naturopathy and Complementary Healing Methods is granted to those who meet one of the following requirements:

• General university entrance qualification (Allgemeine Hochschulreife)
• Advanced technical college entrance qualification (Fachhochschulreife)
• Passed master craftsman examination
• Completion of an advanced vocational training course of at least 400 teaching hours, a technical college, or a vocational or administrative academy *
• Final examination in a state-recognised vocational training occupation followed by at least 2 years of professional activity related to the degree programme and passing a separate university entrance examination *

* in accordance with the Regulation on the Admission of Vocationally Qualified Persons to Universities in the State of Hesse

Further information on specific qualifications is gladly provided upon request. Applicants who do not meet the mentioned requirements can initially attend the programme as guest auditors. For foreign qualifications, equivalence must be proven for admission.

Your questions, further information on admission requirements, as well as detailed advice on specific qualifications, will be gladly provided by the advisors of the DIPLOMA University Study Service upon request.

Details

More and more people use naturopathic healing methods alongside conventional medicine and consult a naturopath or rely on alternative advice from experienced pharmacies. The reasons for this are varied. On the one hand, there is already a shortage of skilled workers in medicine; especially in rural areas, there is a massive lack of doctors. On the other hand, the willingness of the population to apply traditional and natural therapy approaches is also increasing. Not least because more and more people are affected by chronic illnesses or psychological problems. The fact that life expectancy is rising also contributes to people seeking alternative paths to health.

The (online) distance learning course “Naturopathy and Complementary Healing Methods” (B.Sc.) offers you a first academic degree and thus excellent career opportunities for entry into the growing market of alternative and holistic therapeutic methods. The degree programme combines conventional medical with naturopathic fundamentals and includes scientific-methodological content with clinical studies, so that you can, for example, also work as a study assistant conducting scientifically validated studies in the naturopathic and conventional medical fields.

You will gain deep insights into the content-related, subject-methodological and applied-practical areas of naturopathic healing methods. You will acquire academic knowledge in essential basic subjects such as medicine, statistics and methodological competencies. Application-related knowledge of diagnosis occupies a large part of the curriculum.

During your studies, you can also choose your personal, professionally oriented focus to further deepen your skills.

The study specialisations in the bachelor’s degree course in Naturopathy and Complementary Healing Methods are:
• Homeopathy
• Traditional Chinese Medicine
• European Naturopathic Procedures

Course progression
At DIPLOMA University, you have the option to study the bachelor’s degree course in Naturopathy and Complementary Healing Methods either as an online course or as a distance learning course on site.

The (online) distance learning course at DIPLOMA University is designed according to the “blended learning” principle. That means you work through the study content with the help of study booklets and attend seminars. These usually take place on 12 to 14 Saturdays per semester – in individual cases also on weekdays in the evening. In the online course, these take place as live online seminars. You can also take your exams online or at an examination centre of your choice. In the distance learning course on site, you complete your real presence seminars and exams at your chosen study centre – in Prichsenstadt/Würzburg.

Please note: Block seminars in presence are planned, during which you, for example, learn practical application and therapy possibilities. We inform you in good time about time and place so that you can plan the partly multi-day events very well.

Costs & registration
The (online) distance learning course at DIPLOMA University starts every year in the summer semester (April) and winter semester (October). Starting the course – after individual assessment – is also possible at any other time.

You can choose one of four financing models. For example, the instalment model 3, with €167.00 per month and a term of 72 months. Details on the instalment models and all further information about the degree course can be found on the degree course page Naturopathy and Complementary Healing Methods.