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Social Policy and Social Work, Department

Fachbereich Sozialwesen (Münster)

Katholische Hochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen

Fachbereich Sozialwesen (Münster)
Piusallee 89
D-48147 Münster
Telephone: +49 251 41767-0
https://katho-nrw.de/standorte/standort-muenster
KatHO NRW/Münster
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,120

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

80

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

2.0%

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

25.3%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

12.6%

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

33.2%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

48.9%

Research

Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)

4

Third party funds per professor

21,910 €

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Career and practical orientation
Learning and working spaces
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Courses offered
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Digital learning
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Library
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

58

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Independent, self-reflective, exploratory, research-, practice- and project-oriented learning; Personal contact between students and teaching staff; personal atmosphere conducive to learning, small learning groups, extensive range of support and advice, workshop formats for open work on jointly developed topics, katho-internal summer school on child protection, advice and support from foreign liaison office, extracurricular offers, one-week excursion in Germany and other European countries, summer school, lecturers from practice; Acquisition of - internat. - additional certificates.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Independent, self-reflective, exploratory and research-, practice- and project-oriented learning; Personal contact between students and teaching staff; personal atmosphere conducive to learning; small groups; Extensive support and advice; Digital tools; Extracurricular courses; Acquisition of additional certificate: Forest and Environmental Education.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Erasmus University Charter; DAAD -/ Promos programmes, Bachelor: 15-20 outgoings in the winter semester, the practical components of their studies abroad, funding for work placements in partner organisations and NGOs worldwide possible. Study visits during the BA are generally possible at any time, usually in the 4th and 6th semesters. In the Master's program, study stays at the end of the 3rd semester and beginning of the 4th semester are possible. Structural simplifications for international mobility have been put in place for these time periods. 36 credit point courses taught in English, approx. 15 incoming students per year with supervision

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Gordon Academic College Haifa, Israel; Christ University Bangalore, Indien; University College Cork, Irland; Charles University Prague, Tschechien; University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv; University College Copenhagen, Dänemark; Università di Roma LUMSA, Italien; Maltepe University, Türkei; Pontificia Universidad Católica Valparaiso, Chile.

Special features regarding the equipment

Web-based campus management system (HIS), central campus portal for students, teaching staff and non-teaching staff (ILIAS for study, teaching, non-teaching staff, teams, BigBlueButton and ELVI for video conferences and online or online-based teaching), portal for guests and alumni. Use of digital resources (blended learning/ e-learning) in studies and teaching, correspondingly very good room facilities, "networked library" (online research and ordering); (IT) service offices and blended learning teams providing advice and support, research software and infrastructure, accessibility.

Other special features

Assignments and working groups on diversity, inclusion and accessibility, studying with children/while caring for relatives, FIGEST; Best-Practice Club “Family and University”; "Welcome refugees” coordinator who assists students with refugee experience; (Individual) counselling services of the Equality and Inclusion Officer; Service centre for low-barrier documents; Concept for barrier-free teaching; Tactile guidance system and other structural measures for the visually and physically impaired, paper on diversity sensitivity, sustainability unit/strategy.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education