Which Private Universities Offer Online BSc Speech and Language Therapy in Germany?

First, a quick heads-up: we're the team behind privathochschulen.net, an independent comparison portal – not the admissions office of any university. So treat the below as orientation, and confirm anything binding directly with the university.

The catch: there is no fully-online B.Sc. that trains you from scratch to become a speech therapist.

Speech therapy (in German: Logopädie / Sprachtherapie) is a regulated health profession in Germany. Becoming a practising therapist requires substantial hands-on clinical training with real patients, which simply can't be done 100% online. So the available programmes split into two very different groups:

1. If you're starting fresh (no prior speech-therapy training)
These programmes accept school leavers, but they are campus-based or dual (with mandatory in-person and clinical phases) – not online:

• Hochschule Fresenius – Akademische Sprachtherapie (B.Sc.), full-time in Idstein/Frankfurt: view programme
• SRH University – Logopädie (B.Sc.), training-integrated, requires a training contract with an SRH school: view programme

2. If you already hold a completed speech-therapy/logopedics qualification
Then a fully online (no on-site attendance) top-up Bachelor's does exist – but the completed vocational training is a hard entry requirement:

• IU Internationale Hochschule – Logopädie (B.Sc.), distance learning, no attendance requirement: view programme
• DIPLOMA Hochschule – Logopädie (B.Sc.), distance learning: view programme
• HFH – Therapie- und Pflegewissenschaften (B.Sc.), distance learning, broader therapy/nursing focus: view programme

Two important points for international applicants:

• Language: All of these programmes are taught and examined in German. Several universities ask for German proficiency at C1 level. An English test (IELTS/PTE) is generally not the relevant proof here – German is.
• Recognising your existing qualifications: If you have a foreign school-leaving certificate or a foreign speech-therapy qualification, neither we nor the universities can pre-assess equivalency. For that, the relevant body is uni-assist, and the university itself decides on the final recognition.

On the application process (in general terms): expect an online application with certified documents (school certificate, CV, and – for the campus programmes – a training contract), often followed by an admission interview. Most of these programmes are NC-free, but the exact steps differ per university, so check each one's page and confirm with them directly.

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One quick question that changes everything: do you already have a completed training/qualification as a speech therapist, or would you be starting from zero? Tell us, and we can point you to the programmes that actually fit your situation.