*Translated: Social Work. Language: German.
Social work represents the best possible preparation for ensuring social justice and equal opportunities for children, young people and adults in all life situations.
In the Social Work study programme at the IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU), you will learn specific concepts, methods and instruments that you can apply in practice after graduation. In addition to the academic basics, we also strengthen your intercultural and business skills. Furthermore, transdisciplinary basics and practice-relevant methods are on the curriculum, which will pay off in your daily work in social institutions after completing your degree in Social Work.
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Your studies in Social Work 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.
Use the skills you learn during your studies to support children and young people in their development and reduce disadvantages. In the child daycare, youth work or youth social work as well as in educational support from independent or public organizations (e.g. youth welfare office) you can actively support child protection and create positive living conditions for families.
Actively shape social coexistence in neighborhoods and communities. Together with the residents, you will change social structures and work politically to improve living and housing conditions in deprived areas. Through projects with adults, children or senior citizens, you will strengthen social and democratic values and promote harmonious coexistence in the community.
Support adults in special circumstances such as housing shortages, unemployment, poverty or over-indebtedness. You can also become active in the prison system. Your knowledge of social policy and social law will enable you to represent clients and draw attention to grievances. You will work together with those affected and service providers to promote positive social change.
You can study your Bachelor of Social Work in various forms. This depends entirely on how your individual everyday life looks like and what prerequisites you have when you begin your studies. Here you find a good overview about the benefits of the different forms of study and which model will support you best on your personal path.
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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Good news: The IU is dispensing completely with a numerus clausus (NC). You don't have to go through an exhausting selection process or get credit for waiting semesters, because none of our degree programmes have a NC. We prefer to talk to you personally and together we can find out where your talents and strengths are. And most importantly, the goals you are pursuing with your studies.
You can study the Social Work 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.
You can pursue the Social Work bachelor’s degree in the dual study programme at the following study locations: Aachen, Augsburg, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bonn, Braunschweig, Bremen, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Köln, Leipzig, Mainz, Mannheim, München, Münster, Nürnberg, Stuttgart or at the Virtual Campus, which makes your dual study programme possible anywhere in Germany.
Yes, we also make that possible at the IU. In addition to the entrance qualification in form of an Abitur or Fachabitur, prospective students without an Abitur also have the opportunity to enter our bachelor’s programme. You can study Social Work without an Abitur if you are a state-certified technician/business economist, have a master craftsman's certificate or have at least two years of vocational training and at least three years of professional experience.
The bachelor’s degree in Social Work through the distance learning programme lasts 36, 48, or 72 months, depending on which time model you choose.
The dual study programme usually takes 7 semesters. If you need more time and semesters for your studies, that’s absolutely no problem.
It is advantageous to have soft skills such as empathy, team spirit, patience, the ability to reflect, the ability to deal with conflict and decisiveness if you want to study social work. You have excellent analytical skills, a great interest in psychological and educational topics as well as psychological resilience and stability. You should be able to adapt quickly to new situations and think critically. As your Social Work university, the IU equips you with sufficient specialist knowledge that you can optimally use later in your professional life. This will help you with legal issues, for example, or give you knowledge about where you can mobilise which resources.
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A university degree can open various doors for you and creates more opportunities for growth and freedom in your future. You can have more career opportunities than you would have without, and you will move up the career ladder much faster because you will be taught certain key skills that will be incredibly helpful in your specific field. Furthermore, some companies prefer academics for higher positions. Under the aspect of lifelong learning, you mainly invest in yourself and in your professional competences in the future. Plus: studying can be fun - in particular when education (like at the IU) is provided the way you want it to be.
In the Social Work degree study programme, you can specialise in specific fields of social work with elective specialisations that are taught in different courses. These include, among others, Social Management, Digital Skills, leadership functions in social institutions, Social Economy and Social Economics or Social Inequality and Diversity. At the same time as your academic degree, you will receive the title "State-recognised social worker" or "State-recognised social pedagogue" if you have successfully completed the Social Work Practice Project (internship).
Through the combination of profession-specific and transdisciplinary scientific knowledge and the practice-oriented approach, you will receive a degree that will enable you to act in a solution-oriented manner in everyday practice and to be able to make decisions in the interest of all parties involved. With your bachelor’s degree, various doors are open to you, whether in social work institutions, in the public sector, in an outpatient context or with companies or social organisations. And the best thing about it: your job is absolutely crisis-proof.
