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Social work
Bachelor

The general aim of the undergraduate Bachelor's degree programme in Social Work is to enable students to act independently and professionally in various practical fields of social work on the basis of scientific knowledge and well-founded methods of action.

Start Winter semester
Admission CriteriaUnrestricted admission
Application period -
Study format Full time
Study cost None (only semester fee)
Normal duration7 Semester
LanguageGerman
ECTS210

Prospects after graduation

With a Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Social Work, you will also be recognised by the state as a social pedagogue. This qualifies you to work in fields that are only open to you, e.g. in youth welfare offices.

The field of social work is very broad.

Possible fields of work are

  • Addiction counselling centres
  • Family counselling
  • Social work with the elderly (elderly care)
  • Social work with people with disabilities (assistance for the disabled, e.g. in curative day centres)
  • Child and youth welfare
    • Open child and youth work (e.g. educational and leisure activities)
    • Youth welfare offices (e.g. foster care, child protection & taking into care, school social work, socio-educational family support)
  • Community work / neighbourhood work
  • Welfare organisations
  • Street work
  • Probation service / prison
  • Corporate social work
  • Development aid

Possible Master's degree programmes

With a Bachelor's degree in one of the undergraduate degree programmes "Social Work"/ "Social Work Dual with in-depth practice" or "Social Work in Child and Youth Welfare"/ "Social Work in Child and Youth Welfare Dual with in-depth practice", you can study related Master's degree programmes in the field of social sciences, humanities and health sciences.

At the Faculty of Social Work, we offer the Master's degree programmes

  • Social Work: Clinical Social Work
  • Social Work: Shaping Diversity

In addition, numerous lecturers from the Faculty of Social Work are involved in the interdisciplinary Master's degree programme "Sustainability and Transformation".

learn more

Information video

In a short video we provide information about the "Master's degree programme in Social Work: Clinical Social Work".

Podcasts on fields of social work

Where can I work after graduating with a degree in social work? What does everyday working life look like? What exactly do you do with a degree in social work?

Our podcast series "Fields of work in social work" helps to answer these questions.

As part of a project workshop in the second semester, students conduct interviews with professionals and listen to their fields of work.

to the podcasts

Prof. Dr. Stefan Borrmann

Head of degree programme