*Translated: Health Education. Language: German.
In your Health Education studies, you will learn to train future professionals to provide competent care for people in need of treatment.
Are you eager to pass on your experience and knowledge of caring for people in need of therapeutic treatment to others? Do you want to actively shape educational programmes in the health sector? Then the Health Education programme at the IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU) is just right for you. Here you will receive the necessary pedagogical and didactic basics to be able to train and further train yourself.
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Your studies in Health Education are opening a whole new range of opportunities for you and your career. Be ready to make an impact and to work in an industry as diverse as your learned skills.
As a health educator, you are responsible for the organisation and implementation of advanced and ongoing training courses for future specialists. You work in schools or healthcare institutions. You can also work for health insurance companies and associations.
As an academic research assistant, you will work in the fields of research and teaching. This includes administrative duties and organising programmes and exams. With a master’s degree, you also have the opportunity to acquire an advanced scientific qualification in the form of a doctor.
If you decide to pursue a professional career as a health consultant, you will advise people in need of therapeutic treatment. You take care of patients and their relatives in rehab facilities or healthcare institutions. You can also work in adult education centres in the field of health promotion.
You can complete your Health Education studies flexibly by distance learning. Here you can find out how your studies at IU work and what your advantages are in the distance learning study model.
You study completely on your own terms. Get the perfect blend of innovative study tools, interactive study formats via video chat (live or on demand) and personal support.
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As a university, IU deliberately does not have an NC. Here you simply study what you feel most like and what ideally suits your talents. Regardless of your grade point average. Studying without an NC is a matter of course for us, so that you will always get the place you want.
You can study the Health Education bachelor’s degree through the distance learning programme completely on your own terms and with 100% flexibility. Thanks to the virtual learning format with interactive online courses, your IU studies can be completed entirely independent of time and place.
The Bachelor's degree programme in Health Education is aimed exclusively at people who have already completed training in the health sector. In addition to the entrance qualification in the form of an Abitur or Fachabitur, interested persons without an Abitur also have the opportunity to enter our Bachelor's programme. You can study Health Education without an Abitur if you have completed a qualified vocational training in the field of health care and have at least three years of professional experience. The following completed vocational training in the field of health care applies for admission:
Occupational therapist
Speech therapist
Physiotherapist
Dietician
Medical-Technical Assistant
Podiatrist
Emergency Paramedic
The Health Education Bachelor’s programme lasts for 36, 48 or 72 months, depending on which time model you choose. If you need more time and semesters for your studies, this is absolutely no problem.
If you want to study Health Education, you can educate people about health promotion and prevention and develop individual health concepts in your future. Your work will take place in institutions such as hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, health insurance companies, kindergartens, schools, fitness and wellness facilities or even in hotels or clubs. Your work as a health educator consists of advising, informing, training, coaching and accompanying your clients in Health Education and disease prevention. As a constantly growing sector, you can count on good career prospects in the health sector.
Our free student advisory service has all the answers for you! We take the time to advise you individually and without obligation.
A degree brings with it various advantages that can help you in the course of your career. You develop soft skills and abilities such as scientific work, which are important for your professional development and which you could not acquire in an apprenticeship. You can only reach certain positions and thus salary levels with an academic degree. Lifelong learning is also becoming increasingly important for our society and a Bachelor's or a Master's degree simply ensures you better career and promotion opportunities and a successful future.
In addition to pedagogical know-how, you can acquire subject didactic knowledge. You will also learn management basics and central methodological skills and strengthen your social skills.
Our Bachelor's degree programme in Health Education includes two practice-oriented projects that are also part of the curriculum. In this way, you will be optimally prepared for your future tasks in the health sector. In the course of your studies, you can choose your individual focus and further deepen your knowledge in the areas of education, counselling, psychology and labour law.
The only prerequisite for Health Education: you need to have completed training in a health profession. Then you can take your Health Education studies to the next level. For example, as a health educator, research assistant or health advisor in schools. You will gain all the competences for quality assurance and personnel development to teach in schools and educational institutions for health professions. There are many career paths in the health sector to pass on your acquired knowledge to people.
