Social Services Management
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The foundation course (semesters 1 to 3) teaches the fundamental principles of business administration, law, methodology, and the connections with social sciences and social economics.

The advanced course (semesters 4 to 7) is divided into three theoretical semesters and a practical one. In the fourth semester, you will focus on the various tasks involved in social management. Cross-sectional specialist topics such as financing, human resource management, organisational theory, quality management and applied social research are interlinked with typical areas of expertise (e.g. interculturality, evaluation, coaching, and participation and welfare law).

The two final semesters of study reinforce applications and link your knowledge with your experience in projects and in the field.

To channel your knowledge in the direction of your choice, you will select two subjects to major in – currently from:

• Social Economy
• Human Resource Management
• Sustainable Social Management
• International Social Management
• International Social Services Management (major abroad)

To incorporate an element abroad, we offer you the chance to study relevant subject matter at a partner university. The practical semester and/or the major abroad in the semesters 6 and 7 are particularly suitable for this.

To round off your degree, you then write your bachelor’s thesis. Upon successfully completing this degree programme, our university of applied sciences will award you the academic title of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) .

You can find an overview of all modules, topics and specialisations under Downloads > “Modul matrix”.

NEW! Starting Winter Semester 2025/26: Dual* / cooperative studies in 2+3 days format!

This new option of splitting the week (2+3 days format) is the perfect match for combining theory with practical work. During the lecturing period, you will spend two days per week studying with us at university, and then working full-time during lecture-free periods and the practical semester.
You will receive a consistent level of pay throughout your entire degree programme!

Further info about dual / cooperative studies

*The dual / cooperative format is currently undergoing the accreditation process.

The increasingly high demand for social services, the need for concepts in the social sector and the search for innovative, networked and sustainable working methods in social organisations and facilities all call for organisational talent, economic thinking and social skills, which you will be taught on this degree programme in Social Management – so you can expect a wide range of diverse job opportunities after graduating. With the relevant experience, the bachelor’s degree in Social Management offers you very good prospects for assuming extensive organisational responsibility.

As a social manager, you can expect to work for charitable organisations and foundations, public employers, local authorities, social insurance providers, private social enterprises or social start-ups, among others.

The areas of responsibility are diverse – from human resources, project or quality management, controlling, fundraising and marketing to networking and association work – with the prospect of working at management level.

Application process:

We have pooled all the information and details that you might need about applying and the admission requirements on your behalf.

Applications for Winter Semester 2024 open on 29 April 2024!

About you:

Are you interested in legal, social and economic affairs, and do you see your professional future in the highly relevant social sector? Is work that emphasises values important to you, and would you like to use your understanding of economics and ability to think strategically for the common good? Perhaps you have already completed a voluntary pre-study internship in a social organisation or institution? If so, you’re on absolutely the right track to study social management!

Our Faculty of Social and Health Sciences actively practises the principles of openness, tolerance and acceptance. We would like to provide international education to everyone involved in Kempten University of Applied Sciences. In order to achieve this goal, we support measures to promote international projects and interaction between different cultures on a university-wide and cross-faculty level.

Students on the Social Management degree programme have the opportunity to spend a semester abroad studying their choice of major. Modules at foreign universities can usually be credited for module blocks 6 and 7, and the practical semester internship can easily be completed abroad. In addition, students have the opportunity to major in International Social Services Management during semester 6 or 7, the components of which are aligned with the modules offered by the foreign university.

Would you like to learn more about our international outlook and your opportunities to study abroad? Then take a look around our website and access further information on our dedicated portal.