Educational Science with a focus on Digital Media or Adult/Continuing Education

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University Hagen Correspondence University
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 — 31.01.2026
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) distance studies; full time; part time
Location (main / branches campus) Hagen
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das Educational Sciences gehört zum Studienbereiche Pedagogy, Educational Sciences der Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Pedagogy, Educational Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Educational Sciences
Areas of Concentration Design and Development of New Media, (Educational Science) requirements for the use of new forms of teaching and learning, Fields of Application and Conditions of Implementation, (Practice-Related) Education Research, Teaching and Learning in the Knowledge Society

Field of study
- Target group The degree course prepares students for employment in public and private organisations and institutions in the area of basic research, conceptualisation and design, development, organisation, implementation and evaluation of multimedia, Internet-based education processes and media communication processes.
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution A computer with Internet access is required for the course.
  Basic knowledge of the English language, at least a relevant reading competence, is necessary for a successful course of study.
- 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 summer and winter semester
- a) Admission to the degree course requires the completion of an academic degree of at least 6 semesters (Bachelor's degree, Diploma degree, Magister degree, state examination) or a comparable foreign academic degree, which includes at least 60 ECTS in Educational Science/Education and of which 15 ECTS are attributed to empirical research methods.
  b) If a degree does not fully meet the requirements of (a), missing prior knowledge can be obtained in basic modules of the Bachelor's degree course in Educational Science as part of the academic studies of the open university in Hagen to the extent required in each case.
  The following basic modules are offered:
  - Module 1A Introduction to Educational Science
  - Module 1B Education and Society
  - Module 2A1 Empirical Educational Research – Quantitative Methods
  c) Applicants with an academic degree in Social Education are admitted.
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus, Diplom, Diplom (FH), Magister, Staatsexamen
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Minimum standard period of study: 6 semesters
  - Required ECTS credits: 180
  For this degree programme, you should have gained your first university qualification in one of the following subjects groups or areas of study:
  - Subject group: Humanities and Social Sciences, Teaching Degrees
  - Area of study: Pedagogy, Educational Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2026
- - Lecture period
  - 01.04.2026 — 30.09.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 01.10.2025 — 31.03.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee more information regarding tuition fees
- Annotation to the tuition fee The semester costs are EUR 234 to 289 for part-time studies and EUR 399 for full-time studies.
  They arise from the sum of the following components:
  
  Basic fee: EUR 60
  Document fees: EUR 11 per ECTS point
  Student body contribution: currently EUR 9
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office
- Street address Universitätsstraße 27, 58097 Hagen
- Phone 02331 987-2689
- international(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Contact Description FernUniversität in Hagen
- Contact person Studierendensekretariat
- Street address Universitätsstr. 47, 58097 Hagen
- Phone 02331 / 987 - 2444
- Fax 02331 / 987 - 19246
- master(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Zentrale
  Studienberatung/Service-
  Center
- Street address Universitätsstraße 11, 58084 Hagen
- Phone 02331 987-2444
- Fax 02331 987-19246
- info(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Anke Polinski
- Function Leiterin Zentrale Studienberatung/Service-Center
- Phone 02331 987-2444
- Fax 02331 987-1739
- info(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Internet page

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