Public Health / Health Sciences, B.Sc.
The subject of public health / health sciences is a multi-discipline and in this sense uses the knowledge, insights and methods of different individual disciplines, such as social sciences, psychology, economics, medicine, epidemiology etc. Each of the disciplines involved has its own Subject-specific access to (health-related) problems, but in cooperation with the other subjects new perspectives arise that contribute to the interdisciplinary process of understanding in the subject of public health / health sciences. Public health (health sciences does not primarily focus on individual individuals (such as psychology or medicine), but focuses primarily on population groups or on the health system. It is about recording the distribution of health conditions and risks and resources in the population, the weight of different influencing factors and finally the elaboration of concrete contributions to the solution of health problems in the population Dedicated to problems of the population or individual population groups.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required English | B1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €425.40 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
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
Sections / contents / module descriptions
Majors The course has two main focuses that describe different fields of work and career opportunities in the health and social sectors. These are: - Health Economics & Health Management - Health promotion & prevention Anyone who chooses public health as a subject has two options to study this subject:
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Subsequent fields of scientific activity
Even if the Bachelor in Public Health / Health Sciences is still a relatively new training course and accordingly there is still no clearly defined professional profile, a number of fields of activity and occupational fields can be named for the two main areas of study.
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For Health Economics & Health Management:
Planning and management in the context of social and health services, nursing services and health insurance; Health Marketing; Health Consulting; Controlling; Disease Management; Quality assurance in the health sector; Health and social reporting etc.
For prevention & health promotion:
Health advice; Health education; Health promotion and prevention as well as development, implementation and evaluation of health projects and campaigns (e.g. for schools and kindergartens, youth, nursing or elderly facilities, companies, authorities, prisons, etc.); Case & care management; Rehabilition; Public relations etc.
Subsequent scientific fields of activity
Even if the Bachelor in Public Health / Health Sciences is still a relatively new training course and accordingly there is still no clearly defined professional profile, a number of fields of activity and occupational fields can be named for the two main areas of study.
For Health Economics & Health Management:
Planning and management in the context of social and health services, nursing services and health insurance; Health Marketing; Health Consulting; Controlling; Disease Management; Quality assurance in the health sector; Health and social reporting etc.
For prevention & health promotion
Health advice; Health education; Health promotion and prevention as well as development, implementation and evaluation of health projects and campaigns (e.g. for schools and kindergartens, youth, nursing or elderly facilities, companies, authorities, prisons, etc.); Case & care management; Rehabilition; Public relations etc.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Bremen), international students | €0 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €425.40 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
|---|---|
| Language | English B1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | 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.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 4Admission, 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.
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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.