Mental Health, M.A.
Environment-oriented, socio-political, socio-legal, this is how the guidelines for the continuing education Master's Mental Health at the Munich University of Applied Sciences can be described. In this way, the course meets the increasing qualification requirements in the field of mental health.
The Master Mental Health combines theoretical and practical knowledge and is suitable for an extensive and diversified field of activity. This includes all areas from social pedagogues, health, social and nursing scientists to psychologists and social psychiatrists to advanced positions in various professions, e.g. in institutions of social psychiatry or comparable social institutions, in health insurance companies, associations or authorities as well as in education and research.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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| Duration | 5 semesters, 90 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Part-Time, Distance Study |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.06 |
| Tuition fee | €10,500 / total |
| Semester contribution | €97 per semester |
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
Mental illnesses show the relatively highest growth rates among chronic illnesses. The corresponding offers of help have increasingly been covered by social pedagogues in the past few decades. Against this background, experienced professionals should be qualified by this continuing education master in such a way that they
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCost of study
| Semester contribution | €97 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | Proof of at least 180 ECTS credit points and at least six theoretical semesters of study in social work or another course of study completed with an overall examination result of 2.5 or better, which is in a comprehensible connection with the objectives of this master’s course and its research and fields of activity (e.g. psychology, pedagogy, sociology, medicine, public health and nursing sciences) at a German university or an equivalent degree. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.06 |
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 15.06Send 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 15.06.2027 (244 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.