Social Management, B.A.
The Bachelor degree course Social Management consists of a combination of basic business knowledge and socio-economic thinking and strategies. This combination enables you to form the interface between profitability and social action, and can balance the social development of an organization with its economic viability. It opens up a variety of opportunities for your future career.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) |
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| Duration | 7 semesters, 210 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €158.58 per semester |
| Practical semester | Yes, mandatory |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
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 goal of the degree course Social Management at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences is the merging of business and social thinking. Therefore, the focus of the study content is on the following topics:
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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The career prospects for graduates with social management skills are manifold.
Job creation opportunities open up at the organizational level of social work directly with providers such as the work of the elderly and the handicapped, the endangerment and addiction care, child and youth work and rehabilitation and rehabilitation. Not only with local agencies, but also in associations at state and federal level. In addition to these fields of work, the knowledge and skills of young social welders are also in demand in the health sector, within occupational (re) integration measures and organizations, both in integration services providers, in public authorities and in vocational training.
In the health sector, it is not just the hospitals, but also health insurance funds and associations that hold interesting, challenging tasks for graduates with this profile, which can be acquired in the degree course Social Management in Nordhausen.
Foundations and the so-called NGO's complete the range of professional perspectives described here. These are human rights and refugee organizations and other organizations established in Europe or internationally, for example with tasks on issues of Europe-wide standards in disability assistance, the integration of minorities or in disaster relief and rescue services. Here, the management skills and abilities in such fields are primarily those that are helpful in the organizations to meet the requirements of everyday business properly and professionally, to develop answers to questions, initiate and coordinate projects, gain information and prepare So to work specifically and much more. Key words here are planning, control, procurement, implementation and control.
The levels at which graduates of this degree course find employment opportunities in the above-mentioned work areas and organizations are equally the administration, assistance and staff functions, as well as project developers and staff, as well as coordination and networking.
With further life and work experience, other tasks will surely be open. In addition, the degree course and the professional qualification provide a solid and broad starting point for many professional development paths.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Thuringia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €158.58 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, 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 via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 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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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.