speech therapy, Bachelor of Science

Admission requirements

The following requirements must be met to be admitted to the Speech Therapy degree programme:

• General university entrance qualification, advanced technical college entrance qualification, passed master craftsman examination, intermediate school leaving certificate (at least Realschulabschluss) and a qualified completion of at least a 3-year recognised vocational training with an average/final or overall grade of 2.5 or better (if these grades are not specified, the arithmetic mean of the individual subject grades applies) or (after individual assessment) in accordance with the Regulation on the Admission of Professionally Qualified Persons to Universities in the State of Hesse
• Proof of completed three-year vocational training in the field of speech therapy or proof of commencement of training as a state-certified speech therapist
• The work-study degree programme starts with the first semester, parallel to the speech therapy vocational training, which, after its successful completion, will be credited with a total of 90 ECTS. If the vocational training is not successfully completed, the degree programme cannot be continued. Prospective speech therapists from vocational schools for speech therapy can gain access to the work-study degree programme provided the university entrance qualifications are met
• Already qualified speech therapists also receive credit of 90 ECTS based on their completed training upon presentation of their final certificate and their licence to use the professional title “Logopädin”/“Logopäde”.

Further information on specific qualifications is gladly provided upon request. Applicants who do not meet the above requirements can initially participate in the programme as guest auditors if admission to the university entrance qualification examination (HZB) is granted.

Equivalence must be proven for the admission of foreign qualifications.

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

Details

The degree programme Speech Therapy with the Bachelor of Science qualification is aimed on the one hand at trained speech therapists who complete the programme as a five-semester advanced course. Those who are still in the vocational school training for speech therapy and have university entrance qualifications according to Hessian law can complete the programme alongside their training over eight semesters.

The Bachelor’s degree programme “Speech Therapy” (B.Sc.) is designed as an (online) distance learning course to expand and consolidate your skills. You will be able to reflect on your actions. The students acquire basic qualifications and can work in various professional speech therapy fields after graduation. For example, in hospitals, therapy centres, in professional development or, with an economic focus, in management positions or as self-employed practitioners in their own practice. The programme also promotes personal skills, such as the ability for independence and interaction, as well as communicative knowledge and technical skills.

During your studies, you can also choose your personal, career-oriented specialisation to further deepen your abilities.

Focus areas in the Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy are:
• Clinical and development-related orofacial disorders of motor skills and swallowing
• State of the art speech therapy interventions
• Psycholinguistic perspective on language processing
• Health education

Course progression
At DIPLOMA University, you have the option to study the Bachelor’s degree in Speech Therapy in one of two variants: as an online programme or as a distance learning programme on site.

The (online) distance learning course at DIPLOMA University is based on the “blended learning” principle. This means you work through the study content using course materials and attend seminars. These usually take place on 12 to 14 Saturdays per semester – in individual cases also on weekday evenings. In the online programme, these seminars take place as live online seminars. You can also take your exams online or at an examination centre of your choice. In the on-site distance learning programme, you complete your real attendance seminars and exams at your chosen study centre – in Hannover or Leipzig.

Please note: In some elective modules, attendance-based events are planned, for example because practical exercises are conducted. We will inform you in good time about the time and place so that you can plan the partly several-day events very well.

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

You can choose from one of four financing models. For example, the instalment model 3, with €147.00 per month and a duration of 60 months. For further instalment models and all other information about the degree programme, please visit the Speech Therapy degree programme page.