Emergency Paramedic, B.Sc.
Are you passionate about emergency medical services and committed to providing the best possible acute medical care to people in distress? Expand your expertise and practical experience as a qualified emergency medical technician (EMT) with a Bachelor's degree in Outpatient Acute and Emergency Care. Enhance your skills with scientifically grounded knowledge in advanced areas such as preventative emergency medical services, working with frequent users, and health literacy. Gain additional diagnostic and therapeutic skills to optimally prepare for the increasing demands on emergency medical services in the future.
Because especially in rural areas and during times of shortages of emergency and general practitioners, as a specialist in outpatient acute and emergency care, you play a crucial role in modern healthcare in Germany.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 7 semesters, 210 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €82 per semester |
| Campus | Campus Deggendorf |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The Bachelor's degree program in Outpatient Acute and Emergency Care comprises seven semesters. With appropriate organization, concurrent professional work is possible. In addition to the university degree, applicants must have completed training as a state-certified emergency medical technician (EMT) or a comparable vocational qualification. Knowledge already acquired during vocational training can be easily recognized. The regulations governing admission requirements and the study and examination regulations apply.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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With your Bachelor of Science degree in Outpatient Acute and Emergency Care, you will make a significant contribution to relieving the burden on conventional emergency medical services, creating new resources within the framework of preventive emergency care, and helping to fill the gaps in comprehensive emergency care coverage.
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Advanced knowledge of emergency and acute medical diagnostics and the treatment of specific conditions will enable you to make independent decisions and act in selected emergency and acute medical situations, as well as in prevention, by utilizing the network and structures within the healthcare system. You will also gain sound pharmacological knowledge as a prerequisite for potential specialist medical licensure. Furthermore, the interdisciplinary skills in communication, medicine, and nursing acquired during your studies will qualify you to assume a leadership position in an emergency vehicle and at the scene of an emergency, advising, structuring, and supporting the respective team.
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €82 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | Training as a state-certified emergency medical technician or comparable qualifications. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application directly to the university until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.