Social and Health Services Management
Master of Arts (M. A.)

This master’s programme is designed for you to complete in three semesters of full-time study including your thesis, but you can spread this to six semesters part-time to accommodate family commitments.

This programme builds upon knowledge in the fields of health and social care and teaches application-focused knowledge in law and business administration.

In the area of law, we examine aspects of commercial and corporate law, employment law und contract and procurement law. The business administration element of the programme focuses on accounting, controlling, funding, human resources and management.

The content of this programme reflects the current ethical, social, international and scientific challenges facing the social and health sector. You round off your studies with a practical project, which immerses you in future areas of work and establishes contacts with employers, a research workshop and your master’s thesis in the third semester.

The university awards students who successfully complete the programme the academic title Master of Arts (M.A.).

Professional environment

The social and health sector is experiencing growing demand for qualified specialists and managers with knowledge of business administration and law. Demographic change, medical advances and complex issues present major challenges to management in these fields.

Career prospects

The requirements profile for specialists and managers is exacting and calls for the kind of intensive training provided on this master’s degree programme. You will be involved in a wide range of duties, such as managing public, charitable facilities or in the private health sector. You might seek to perform networking activities at health and care insurance funds, for local authorities or associations, or work in consulting or politics. A master’s degree opens the door to responsible positions in management and leadership or senior civil service and qualifies you to embark upon doctoral studies.

To access this course, candidates must have already gained a first professional entry-level degree with at least 210 Credit Points from a higher education institution, or a degree of equivalent value. Should your degree only equate to 180 Credit Points, you will qualify for admission providing you can demonstrate that you have also been practically occupied in social or health care for at least 20 weeks (full-time) since acquiring your degree. You must have earned an average grade of at least 2.5 (or equivalent) for your first, professional entry-level university degree in a non-economic discipline within the field of social and health care. To count as “non-economic”, a degree programme must have included no more than 30 Credit Points from modules focusing on business administration, economics or management – for example, ergotherapy, nutritional sciences, educational sciences, geriatric therapy, rehabilitation and care, gerontology, gerontological nursing and therapy, health sciences, human medicine, teaching, nursing, care sciences, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, social work, social education and sports sciences. If you have a degree in a comparable subject not cited here, or are unsure whether your degree counts as “non-economic”, you can request that the recognition of your degree programme will be checked by the examination board of the Faculty of Social and Health Studies.

Please submit your application, including your first degree certificate, by the stated deadline.

All the latest information and details about how to apply and the admission requirements can be found under applications & enrolments.

We ascribe to the values of openness, tolerance and acceptance. Our aim is to teach everyone involved at Kempten University of Applied Sciences about education in an international context. As part of this, we support university-wide, inter-faculty measures to promote international projects and cross-cultural interaction.

Kempten University of Applied Sciences nurtures relations with many partner universities all over the world, and we warmly encourage periods of study and internships abroad. Academic achievements from studies abroad can be counted towards this degree programme if the skills in question are considered equivalent, which is generally feasible for module sections 2 and 3 of the degree programme in Social and Health Services Management. The practical semester can easily be spent abroad.

Are you interested in learning more about options for you to study abroad? Then explore the opportunities for studying abroad.

• Module Handbook Social and Health Services Management PO Version 01 and 02 for students commencing Summer Semester 2021 ( 633 KB / pdf)