Complementary Healing Methods in Pain Therapy distance studies
- Degree
- Master of Science
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Bad Sooden-Allendorf
- Deadlines
- Please enquire
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
- Health Science
- Nursing Science
Focus
Characteristics of Pain, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodology, Evidence-based medicine, Ethics, Law and Governance in Healthcare, Homeopathy in an evidence-based perspective, Integrative Pain Medicine & Complementary Pain Therapy & Specific Pain Therapy and Therapeutic Methods
Target group
If you are licensed to practice medicine and are already working as a therapist or doctor or are planning to do so, you can specialise in the highly sought-after field of holistic pain therapy. You will expand your therapeutic know-how and your scientific knowledge in complementary healing methods.
Students without a licence to practise medicine expand their holistic range of skills with the Master's degree. Specialists in pain therapy are in demand as therapists in rehabilitation facilities, among other places, as well as in clinical and non-clinical social counselling or as providers of preventive services. It is also possible to work as an instructor in self-help groups for pain patients or of adding non-pharmacological treatment alternatives to your psychosocial work in a professionally sound way.
Students without a licence to practise medicine expand their holistic range of skills with the Master's degree. Specialists in pain therapy are in demand as therapists in rehabilitation facilities, among other places, as well as in clinical and non-clinical social counselling or as providers of preventive services. It is also possible to work as an instructor in self-help groups for pain patients or of adding non-pharmacological treatment alternatives to your psychosocial work in a professionally sound way.
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.
Or distance learning on site, with seminars and examinations in Prichsenstadt.
Studies commence in April and October. After an individual assessment, it is also possible to start the programme at any other time.
Or distance learning on site, with seminars and examinations in Prichsenstadt.
Studies commence in April and October. After an individual assessment, it is also possible to start the programme at any other time.
Admission requirements
The following requirements must be met in order to be admitted to the Master's degree programme:
- First university degree in the field of health with at least 210 credit points and a final grade of at least "satisfactory"
- At least one year of professional experience
Applicants who do not have the required 210 ECTS have the opportunity to earn up to 30 credit points at the DIPLOMA University.
If the only certificates of academic degree that applicants have do not relate to the field of health, they will be required to complete additional courses outside of the Master's programme.
Applicants who do not have a certificate of academic degree may also be admitted to the Master's programme if they meet the following requirements:
- Completed vocational training
- At least 2 years of professional experience
- Successful completion of an aptitude test at Bachelor's level at the DIPLOMA University of Applied Sciences
- First university degree in the field of health with at least 210 credit points and a final grade of at least "satisfactory"
- At least one year of professional experience
Applicants who do not have the required 210 ECTS have the opportunity to earn up to 30 credit points at the DIPLOMA University.
If the only certificates of academic degree that applicants have do not relate to the field of health, they will be required to complete additional courses outside of the Master's programme.
Applicants who do not have a certificate of academic degree may also be admitted to the Master's programme if they meet the following requirements:
- Completed vocational training
- At least 2 years of professional experience
- Successful completion of an aptitude test at Bachelor's level at the DIPLOMA University of Applied Sciences
Lecture period
Winter semester 2026/2027: 01.10.2026 - 31.03.2027 (Universitywide lecture period)
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
Distance studies with live online seminars: choose one of four financing models. For example, the instalment model 3, with EUR 207.00 per month and a term of 48 months.
For further rate models, see the degree course page.
For further rate models, see the degree course page.
Languages of instruction
Main language
German