Care - Advanced Practice Nursingfull time
- Degree
- Master of Science
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Frankfurt am Main
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
Nursing Science
Target group
Prospective students with a certificate of academic degree in a nursing-related subject or another degree course and nursing or midwifery training.
Annotation
The degree course in Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing (MSc) qualifies graduates to become clinical nursing experts, in research-based, value-based and living-environment-oriented nursing care on the basis of the current state of science and practice in the healthcare sector (evidence-based nursing practice).
The degree course offers you the opportunity to expand, deepen and specialise your nursing practice at an academic level. It will prepare you to manage and design life-world-oriented nursing processes, nursing needs development, care processes and decision-making processes in the healthcare sector, such as highly complex diseases or the care of special patient groups. As an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), you will work as a highly qualified nurse in various nursing care situations – such as with acute, psychiatric and chronic diseases, in clinical and outpatient care up to long-term care. Through your advanced skills, you will be able to take a holistic, patient-centred approach to caring for people in complex, unstable and unpredictable care situations.
Furthermore, as an APN, you will be able to conduct scientific research, pass on your knowledge to colleagues and thus contribute to the further development of the nursing profession.
The 4-semester Master’s degree programme effectively combines practice and science. A practice-oriented, flexible and target group-oriented curriculum enables intensive learning and allows students to balance their studies with their careers.
The degree course offers you the opportunity to expand, deepen and specialise your nursing practice at an academic level. It will prepare you to manage and design life-world-oriented nursing processes, nursing needs development, care processes and decision-making processes in the healthcare sector, such as highly complex diseases or the care of special patient groups. As an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), you will work as a highly qualified nurse in various nursing care situations – such as with acute, psychiatric and chronic diseases, in clinical and outpatient care up to long-term care. Through your advanced skills, you will be able to take a holistic, patient-centred approach to caring for people in complex, unstable and unpredictable care situations.
Furthermore, as an APN, you will be able to conduct scientific research, pass on your knowledge to colleagues and thus contribute to the further development of the nursing profession.
The 4-semester Master’s degree programme effectively combines practice and science. A practice-oriented, flexible and target group-oriented curriculum enables intensive learning and allows students to balance their studies with their careers.
Admission modus
Without admission restriction
Admission requirements
Admission requirements:
-a completed university degree of at least six semesters or worth at least 180 ECTS credit points in Nursing, Nursing Sciences, Nursing Education, Nursing Management or comparable or related degree courses.
-vocational training according to the Nursing Reform Act (Pflegeberufereformgesetz - PflBG) or a comparable vocational qualification. Proof of a professional licence in a state-recognised nursing profession must be submitted.
Further information can be found on the website of the degree course:
https://www.frankfurt-university.de/de/studium/master-studiengange/pflege-advanced-practice-nursing-msc/fuer-studieninteressierte/
-a completed university degree of at least six semesters or worth at least 180 ECTS credit points in Nursing, Nursing Sciences, Nursing Education, Nursing Management or comparable or related degree courses.
-vocational training according to the Nursing Reform Act (Pflegeberufereformgesetz - PflBG) or a comparable vocational qualification. Proof of a professional licence in a state-recognised nursing profession must be submitted.
Further information can be found on the website of the degree course:
https://www.frankfurt-university.de/de/studium/master-studiengange/pflege-advanced-practice-nursing-msc/fuer-studieninteressierte/
Lecture period
- Winter semester 2027/2028: 11.10.2027 - 28.01.2028
- Summer semester 2027: 05.04.2027 - 09.07.2027 (Universitywide lecture period)
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2027/2028)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Until 15.09.2027
An application for the winter semester 2026/2027 is expected to be possible from the beginning of June 2026.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Until 15.07.2027
Prospective students with foreign degrees should consult the pages of the International Admission: https://www.frankfurt-university.de/de/studium/internationale-zulassung/
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Until 15.07.2027
Prospective students with foreign degrees should consult the pages of the International Admission: https://www.frankfurt-university.de/de/studium/internationale-zulassung/
Languages of instruction
Main language
German