Social Work

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University Catholic University of Applied Sciences North-Rhine Westphalia
Degree Master

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission without admission restriction
Deadline for Beginning Students 01.12.2025 — 31.05.2026
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time
Location (main / branches campus) Aachen, Köln, Münster, Paderborn
Admission semester winter semester
Subject

Das Social Work gehört zum Studienbereiche Social Work, Curative Pedagogy der Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Social Work, Curative Pedagogy.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Social Work
Areas of Concentration Clinical Therapeutic Social Work (Aachen campus), Designing Inclusive Child and Youth Welfare in a Socio-Spatial Context (Münster campus), Education and Participation (Aachen campus), Health-related Social Work (Paderborn campus), Innovation Management in Social Work (Cologne campus)

Field of study
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution Depending on the university campus, the Master's degree course in Social Work focuses on different areas of study:
  
  Education and Participation (Aachen)
  Clinical therapeutic social work (Aachen)
  Innovation Management in Social Work (Cologne)
  Designing Inclusive Child and Youth Welfare in a Socio-Spatial Context (Münster)
  Health-related Social Work (Paderborn)
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
- Link to the Higher Education Institution ranking at CHE
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission without admission restriction
- Admission semester winter semester
- Completed studies (Dipl., B.A., M.A.) in social work/curative education or a similar field of study (or, in the case of current enrolment, proof of previous achievements), good overall grade point average and willingness to do academic work
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus, Diplom, Master
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Minimum grade: 2.00
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 22.09.2025 — 06.02.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    01.12.2025 — 31.05.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.12.2025 — 31.05.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 31.05.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 31.05.2026
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office
- Street address Wörthstraße 10, 50668 Köln
- international(at)katho-nrw.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Standorte Aachen, Köln, Münster und Paderborn
- Aachen: a.meyer@katho-nrw.de; Köln: masa-koeln@katho-nrw.de; Münster: master.muenster@katho-nrw.de; Paderborn: master.paderborn@katho-nrw.de
- Studienberatung
- Street address Leostr. 19, 33098 Paderborn
- studienbuero.paderborn(at)katho-nrw.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Studienberatung
- Frau Michaela Schrand
- Responsibility Paderborn (Sozialwesen)
- Phone 05251 1225-46
- m.schrand(at)katho-nrw.de
- Internet page
- Studienberatung
- Frau Inge Menzel
- Responsibility Paderborn (Theologie)
- Phone 05251 1225-21
- i.menzel(at)katho-nrw.de
- Internet page
- Studienberatung
- Street address Robert-Schuman-Str. 25, 52066 Aachen
- studienbuero.aachen(at)katho-nrw.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Anna Zeien
- Function Studienberatung
- Responsibility Aachen (Sozialwesen)
- Phone 0241 60003-8091
- a.zeien(at)katho-nrw.de
- Internet page
- Studienberatung
- Street address Piusallee 89, 48147 Münster
- studienbuero.muenster(at)katho-nrw.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Dr. Katrin Jaspers
- Function Studienberatung
- Responsibility Münster (Sozialwesen)
- Phone 0251 41767-103
- k.jaspers(at)katho-nrw.de
- Internet page

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