Social Workpart time degree programmes for professionals, dual system, including practical semester
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 7 semesters
- Location
- Köln
- Deadlines
- March 2026 (Germans and inhabitants)
- March 2026 (EU)
- March 2026 (Non-EU)
Overview and admission
Study Type
undergraduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Social Work
Focus
Principles, Methods and Institutions of Social Work, Principles of Psychology, Educational Psychology and Diagnostics, Group work and Personality Development, Transitions and Professional Integration, Diversity, Inclusion and Interculturalism, Legal Foundations, Social Change, Social Innovation and Digitisation, Child Protection, Youth Welfare and Crisis Prevention, Management and Leadership, Scientific Work
Annotation
Join us in our quest for self-determined life paths Do you want to help people who are at risk of social exclusion? Then you deserve the best possible education and support. You will receive both in our Social Work degree programme – either as a career-integrated option or as a degree programme with vocational and academic elements – and thanks to our online/in-person study model, you can study flexibly and from anywhere. With us, you will learn, among other things, how to develop professional measures and methods for a self-determined life, how to take on creative tasks in organisations and administrations, and how to create concepts for dealing with social inequality and the challenges of digital life. You will complete your studies as a "state-recognised social worker" or "state-recognised social educator" with a wide range of career prospects, for example in adult work, family assistance, resocialisation and integration assistance.
Admission requirements
For the career-integrated option, you must complete at least 800 practical hours in the field of social work during the degree course in order to be awarded state recognition as a social educator / social worker upon graduation.
Lecture period
- 01.03.2023 - 31.08.2023
- 01.10.2026 - 31.03.2027
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2026)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.10.2025 - 31.03.2026
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.10.2025 - 31.03.2026
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.10.2025 - 31.03.2026
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.10.2025 - 31.03.2026
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.03.2026 - 30.09.2026
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.03.2026 - 30.09.2026
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.03.2026 - 30.09.2026
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.03.2026 - 30.09.2026
Tuition fees
Fee model I: EUR 410 per month (Duration: 42 months) Fee model II: EUR 330 per month (Duration: 54 months) Fee model III: one-off (total fee: EUR 16,700)
Languages of instruction
Main language
German