Practice Development and Research in Social Workfull time
- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 3 semesters
- Location
- Leipzig
- Deadlines
- January 2026 (Germans and inhabitants)
- December 2025 (EU)
- December 2025 (Non-EU)
- Please enquire
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer Semester only
Area of study
- Social Work
- Social Economics
Focus
Empirical Social Work Research, Service Management, Principles of Law, Occupational and Organisational Psychology, management skills, Social Planning, Social Economy, Social Policy, Social Ecology, Personnel Planning/Personnel Development, Ethics, Human Rights, Social Rights, Practice Research and the Formation of Theories, Epistemology
Target group
Graduates in Social Work and related vocational fields
Annotation
The course is offered as a full-time course (standard period of study four semesters) and as a part-time course (standard period of study six semesters).
Admission requirements
Bachelor of Arts in Social Work or a university degree in a related subject with at least 210 ECTS. From 2024 to 2026, there are transitional regulations to allow admission with a Bachelor's degree in Social Work with only 180 ECTS points.
Lecture period
- 13.10.2025 - 06.02.2026
- 07.04.2026 - 17.07.2026
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2026)
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.11.2025 - 15.12.2025
https://www.uni-assist.de/ Application deadline for preparatory courses (German courses) is 15.12.2022
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.11.2025 - 15.12.2025
https://www.uni-assist.de/ Application deadline for preparatory courses (German courses) is 15.12.2022
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.12.2025 - 15.01.2026
Only the Master's degree courses in Library and Information Sciences, Print and Packaging Technology, Information and Communication Technology, Media Management and Museum Education | Education and Outreach in Museums start in the summer semester (April).
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Until 15.01.2026 (Universitywide deadline)
https://www.htwk-leipzig.de/studieren/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung/hoeheres-fachsemester-quereinstieg/
Languages of instruction
Main language
German