Social Work dual, part-time & full-time studies in Germany: A comparison of all degree programmes from Hamburg to Munich

Dual study in Social Work: training and study with a double degree

A dual degree programme combines vocational training with a course of study. In the field of social work, you acquire your state recognition as a social worker in the course of your studies and then your Bachelor of Arts in social work.

Social Work dual studies are currently offered by several private universities, such as the IU International University of Applied Sciences and the SRH University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The study programme at IU is particularly interesting because the tuition fees are covered by the training partner. The IU offers the programme at numerous locations throughout Germany: in Augsburg, Berlin, Bielefeld, Braunschweig, Bremen, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Essen, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Karlsruhe, Cologne, Leipzig, Lübeck, Mainz, Mannheim, Munich, Münster, Nuremberg, Peine, Stuttgart and Ulm. The university helps to find a suitable practice partner.

The theoretical part takes place in the form of lectures every 2 weeks. The curriculum is structured as follows:

• 1st semester: Professional development, social economy and social economics, scientific work & communication, introduction to social work, practice reflection I
• 2nd semester: Pedagogy, Public Law, Psychology, Methods and Instruments of Social Work I, Practice Reflection II
• 3rd semester: sociology, social policy, methods and instruments of social work II, social law, practice reflection III
• 4th semester: Medicine for Non-Medical Professionals I, Target Group Work and Case Management, Quality Management in Social Work, Qualitative Research Methods, Practice Reflection IV
• 5th semester: Public & Nonprofit Management, Statistics, Supervision, Intervision, Coaching, Social History, Philosophy, Ethics, Practice Reflection V
• 6th semester: Project Management, Quantitative Research Methods, Practice Reflection VI, Consolidation
• 7th semester: Consolidation, Integration and Migration, Practical Social Economy, Bachelor's thesis

In addition to the IU, the SRH University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Akkon University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, for example, currently offer a dual Bachelor's degree programme in Social Work. In addition, the University of Applied Sciences Clara Hoffbauer Potsdam offers 2 Bachelor's degrees in social work & education.

All dual courses of study in social work or social pedagogy at a glance:

Study Social Work part-time or online: Distance learning and part-time courses

Distance learning and online studies as well as part-time study programmes are in vogue because they enable working people to continue their education on the job at an academic level. While lectures and seminars take place in the evenings in part-time programmes, distance learning students study exclusively at their desks at home. Even examinations nowadays take place mainly at home in distance learning, for example in the B.A. Social Work at the IU International University of Applied Sciences.

Two pages from a studymag for the B.A. Social Work at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences.

The distance learning programme B.A. Social Work at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences is particularly affordable. The university offers different time models between 6 semesters of full-time study and 12 semesters of part-time study. In full-time studies, the course of study is as follows:

• 1st semester: Past, present and future of social work, sociological foundations of social work, economics and law, scientific work and scientific theory
• 2nd semester: Competence in action and methods in dealing with clients, variety and diversity of social work, law II, child and youth welfare
• 3rd semester: Research methods in social work, deviance and social control, law III, social work in health care
• 4th semester: Competence in action and methods in an organisational context, Individual behaviour and experience, Current theoretical discourses in social work, Social work with old and/or disabled people
• 5th semester: Professional field internship
• 6th semester: Social exclusion and participation in reflection related to the field of work, culture, aesthetics and media in social work (compulsory elective subject), education, training and learning (compulsory elective subject), Bachelor's examination

In the 5th semester of the full-time programme, you will complete an internship of 100 days. The internship is a prerequisite for your subsequent recognition as a state-certified social worker or state-certified social pedagogue.

Here is an overview of a number of other Bachelor's distance learning programmes in Social Work at a glance:

An overview of all distance learning courses in social work at state universities and at private universities can be found here: Distance learning part-time social work: 20 courses compared.

Social Management: study social work & business studies at the same time

Social Management degree programmes are particularly suitable for trained social educators or social workers who would like to work as managing directors or team leaders. Courses in Social Management are offered, for example, by the private Northern Business School as well as by the private Dresden University of Applied Sciences.

In addition, the IU International University of Applied Sciences, for example, offers a Bachelor's degree distance learning programme in Social Management. In the full-time variant, the study programme is structured as follows:

• 1st semester: Scientific work, business administration, sociology, social economy, law (either according to German or Austrian law)
• 2nd semester: Psychology, Marketing, Cost and Performance Accounting, Practical Social Economy, Statistics, Economics and Markets
• 3rd semester: Human Resources, Social History, Philosophy, Ethics, Finance and Investment, Social Law, Public and Nonprofit Management, Intercultural Management
• 4th semester: Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Social Policy, Public Law, Fundraising, Personal Skills, Project Management
• 5th semester: Business Ethics, Current Issues in Social Management, 2 specialisations of free choice
• 6th semester: Business Management, Financing and Controlling in the Social Economy, 1 specialisation of free choice, Bachelor thesis

Here are the most important courses in Social Management at private universities at a glance:

You can find a comprehensive overview of all degree programmes in Social Management here: Study Social Management privately: All degree programmes in comparison.

Social Work from Berlin to Munich: Which study city for is the best?

Particularly large offer of Bachelor's degree programmes in Social Work: the capital Berlin.

Social Work, Social Pedagogy and Social Management are offered as both Bachelor's and Master's programmes by private universities in almost all major cities in Germany.

In particular, universities such as the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences as well as the IU International University of Applied Sciences are represented in numerous cities from Hamburg to Munich with their attendance study programmes, part-time study programmes as well as dual study programmes.

Here is an overview of the best cities to study social work: