Social Policy and Social Work, Department
Fachbereich 1 - Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaften
Fachhochschule Potsdam
Fachbereich 1 - Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaften
Kiepenheuerallee 5
D-14469 Potsdam
Telephone: +49 331 580-1100
https://www.fh-potsdam.de
FH Potsdam
Department on the internet
Kiepenheuerallee 5
D-14469 Potsdam
Telephone: +49 331 580-1100
https://www.fh-potsdam.de
FH Potsdam
Department on the internet
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
1,110
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
200
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
11/16 points
International orientation
- Outgoing students
1.0%
Job market- and career-orientation
- Percentage of teaching by practitioners
30.0%
- Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's
10.0%
- Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
no data
- Master theses in cooperation with work environment
no data
Research
- Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)
8
- Third party funds per professor
59,080 €
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
- Career and practical orientation
- Learning and working spaces
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Digital learning
- Rooms
- Library
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
202
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
Interdisciplinary teaching with other faculties; Living labs with local industry partners; Project workshops with local industry partners; Career-integrated continuing education with a university certificate: Day care management, debt counselling, Family Group Conference, systemic constellations; Mediation and conflict management, social justice and diversity training, fan and spectator management; Highly industry related; small groups; Strong research focus; International focus; Blended learning; Compatibility of work/family; Teacher coaching in the online teaching area; individual support; Teaching Research Projects.
Special features regarding the international orientation
"Global Seminars" in English; International track; Exchange opportunities with partner universities anchored in the curriculum; Promotion of work placements abroad; Modules that address social work in an international context and intercultural competence.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Thomas More Kempen University of Applied Sciences, Geel, Belgien; Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS), Helsinki, Finnland; Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Niederlande; Hogskulen pa Vestlandet, Bergen, Norwegen; University of Warszaw, Warschau, Polen; Hochschule Luzern, Luzern, Schweiz; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spanien; Maltepe University, Istanbul, Türkei; The University of Westminster, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Special features regarding the equipment
Modern campus and new, well-equipped premises; CIP clusters with computer workstations; Copying allotment for students; Observation labs; Research daycare (in development); In-house family centre as project sponsor; Work placement database; Video/audio recorders/laptops and software for research projects; Whiteboards in all rooms; Equipment for printing posters.
Further information on research activities
Information on access restrictions
Website of the Student Council
online-application
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Acronyms
(S) = Students' judgements
(F) = Facts
(P) = Professors' judgements
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Last Update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education