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Social Management DIPLOMA HS - Private University of Applied Sciences North Hesse

Degree
Master of Arts
Standard period of study (amount)
5 semesters
Location
Bad Sooden-Allendorf

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • Social Work
  • Social Pedagogy
  • Sociology, Social Science
  • Counselling

Focus

Social Management, Empirical Methods and Research Learning, Project Management and Controlling, Legal Principles of Social Economy, Organisation and Team Development, General Business Administration, Personnel and Quality Management, Socio-Economic Financing, Contract Management and Negotiation, Social Space Management, Socio-Economic Ethics

Target group

As a Social Manager, you will take on organisational and administrative tasks, such as Controlling, Human Resources, Quality Management, Cooperation Discussions with other organisations, Cost and Schedule Planning. You may also be responsible for the public image of your social institution. This includes social marketing and the promotion of social services (e.g. assisted living, outpatient nursing, advisory services), sponsorship and public relations.

Annotation

Online study with live online seminars. You can take your exams online or at an exam centre – you can choose each time you register for an exam.

Studies commence in April and October. After an individual assessment, it is also possible to start the programme at any other time.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

To be admitted to the distance learning programme in Social Management (M.A.), you must fulfil one of the following prerequisites:
- Completed Bachelor’s degree course Social Work (BA) or (Early) Childhood Pedagogy (BA) at the DIPLOMA University of Applied Sciences with the final grade of at least "satisfactory".
- Bachelor's academic degree/Diploma degree in a degree course in social services comprising 180 credits, which touches on social work and its peripheral areas and includes economics, for example: Social Education, Sociology, Health and Social Management, Social Economy, Economics with a social focus. The final grade must be at least "satisfactory".
- A foreign academic degree that is at least equivalent to the Bachelor's or university degree examination in the same or a related subject area with a standard period of study of at least six semesters (corresponding to 180 credits) with an academic degree of at least "satisfactory".

Lecture period

  • 01.04.2026 - 30.09.2026
  • 01.10.2026 - 31.03.2027

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2026/2027)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    Not applicable
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    Enquire at the university

Tuition fees

Tuition fees

197.00 EUR / Month

More information regarding tuition fees

Distance studies with live online seminars: choose one of four financing models. For example, the instalment model 3, with EUR 197.00 per month and a term of 60 months.
For further rate models, see the degree course page.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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