Speech therapy, Bachelor of Science

Admission requirements

With your dual B.Sc. in speech therapy, you will work, for example, in speech therapy practices, in rehabilitation and day clinics, in day care centres or in schools.

In order to be able to take up a university course at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, applicants must provide evidence of the qualification required for the course (university entrance qualification). This is proven by:

• The general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur), which entitles the holder to study at all higher education institutions and in all federal states
• or the subject-specific higher education entrance qualification, this entitles the holder to study in the corresponding subject and in the federal states shown on the certificate,
• or the Fachhochschulreife, this entitles the holder to study at a university of applied sciences or in a graded course of study at a university in the federal states shown on the certificate.

Alternatively, you can also be admitted without an Abitur or Fachhochschulreife. The following is required for studying without an Abitur:

• You have passed a master's examination.
• Or you have a qualification in accordance with the Ordinance on the Access of Vocationally Qualified Persons to Universities in the State of Hesse, i.e. either a qualification from a vocational advancement training of at least 400 hours, the qualification from a technical school or a vocational or administrative academy, or a passed final examination in a state-recognised training occupation followed by at least three years of professional activity and passing a separate university access examination.
• For foreign qualifications, the equivalence must be proven for admission.

Study applicants who have acquired a subject-linked higher education entrance qualification or a higher technical college entrance qualification, but whose certificate does not list the state of Hesse, please contact us on the free info hotline 0800/3400400 or arrange a callback - we will be happy to help you and look forward to your call!

Study contents and specialisations

In the dual Bachelor's degree programme in speech therapy at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, students learn the interdisciplinary basics of speech therapy in the fields of medicine, linguistics, phonetics, psychology and education. Further contents are the logopaedic core areas of speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders as well as the basics of scientific work.

The logopaedic core areas are taught in theory and practice, with particular emphasis on the reflected theory-practice relationship and the evidence-based knowledge transfer. Particular emphasis is placed on the connection to international standards of logopaedic practice.

The curriculum includes the following modules:

• 1st semester: Basics of scientific work, knowledge management & professionalisation, assessment & diagnostics
• 2nd semester: health & education, treatment & action planning, diagnostic strategies
• 3rd semester: Scientific methodological competence in professional practice, justifying treatment, diagnostic strategies & target planning
• 4th semester: Concepts for prevention & health promotion, treatment & documentation, evidence-based practice in speech therapy, indication-specific therapy & documentation
• 5th semester: Empirical work, counselling & educational offers, effect analyses & therapy control
• 6th semester: Counselling and coordination processes, process evaluation & effectiveness testing
• 7th semester: Elective 1 out of 3: (quality management, self-management in the context of health, project management in the context of research), research colloquium, final examination

From the very beginning, observation phases and practice learning periods are integrated into the study programme, so that students get to know the therapeutic work in a logopaedic practice already from the first semester. The observation periods accompanying the studies take place in particular in our academic teaching practices in Idstein and Hamburg.

In the context of interdisciplinary courses or elective areas included in the compulsory area, students learn together with students from other therapeutic degree programmes such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and/or osteopathy. This prepares students for the interdisciplinarity that is also required in the profession.

In the elective area, students can participate in courses in the overall area of the university, especially in the Department of Health & Social Affairs, or initiate individual projects closely related to speech therapy.

With the internationally recognised Bachelor of Science degree, graduates of the Speech Therapy (B.Sc.) programme at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences also receive full authorisation to provide remedies in the field of speech therapy, so that they can be employed like state-certified speech therapists in Germany and set up their own practice (decision of the GKV-Spitzenverband in accordance with § 124 Para. 4 SGB V).

Study in Berlin

Berlin: In Berlin, the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences operates a campus for the Department of Business & Media at Jägerstraße 32, i.e. in Berlin-Mitte directly at the Gendarmenmarkt. Another campus for the Department of Fashion & Design is located in Prenzlauer Berg. As the federal capital and political centre, Berlin is also an exciting university city - there are around 170,000 students in Berlin.

Similar study programmes at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences

• B.Sc. Osteopathy, campus study: With this bachelor's degree programme, you will systematically train in the exciting subject of osteopathy. Topics of study include anatomy, physiology, biology, perception, scientific work, clinical reasoning, psychology and interviewing. The 6th semester is a practical semester in which students apply their acquired knowledge in the professional field.
• B.Sc. Physiotherapy, campus study: With this degree programme, they acquire basic and in-depth knowledge in medical, natural and social sciences and other scientific fields. In several internships, the acquired skills are applied on patients.