Social Work and Participation

Admission requirements are a successfully completed degree in social work or other university degrees with a curricular affinity to social work, with an overall grade of at least 2.5 and a credit total of at least 210 ECTS credits. All applicants who meet the admission requirements for this master's program are admitted.

Successfully completed degree in social work or other college degree that has curricular proximity to social work.

Applicants whose Bachelor's degree comprises 180 ECTS must complete the missing ECTS at the latest by the time they register for the Master's thesis. The missing 30 ECTS can be provided as follows:

A. Through the recognition of competences acquired outside the university. Such competences are in particular the attendance of courses and further education on social work at other universities or further education institutions, as well as internships in relevant fields of social work. Internships can be credited up to a total of 15 ECTS (corresponds to nine weeks of full-time internship plus written internship report). The relevant regulations of the Praxisamt of the faculty apply, which will be happy to advise you on this.

B. Through the recognition of competencies acquired within the university. Modules taken in the Bachelor's program in Social Work at the HRW are considered as such. Students are advised in this regard by the Dean of Studies.