Social Work, M.A.
The aim of the consecutive Master’s Social Work is to prepare professional practice in managerial functions of social work by conveying scientific content and methods with interdisciplinary references and a practical orientation.
The Master in Social Work is application-oriented, but also keeps the perspective of research open. In the course of study, students should acquire the ability to deepen or expand their social work skills through a broad, detailed and critical understanding of the latest knowledge, in order to better identify problems, needs and wishes of the addressees of social work and the best possible help to be able to provide.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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| Duration | 3 semesters, 90 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, summer semester until 15.12 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €118 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.
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Modules in the course
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Fields of activity and job profiles
The master’s degree is generalist, not narrowly specialized and is intended to qualify you for activities as a specialist or manager in all professional fields of social work. The Master in Social Work is primarily application-oriented, but also keeps the perspective of research and doctorate open.
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Further qualification options after the master’s degree
With the master’s degree, you can meet the formal requirements for a possible subsequent doctorate. This can be done either in a structured doctoral college or as an individual, cooperative doctorate (by a supervisor at a HAW and a university) within the framework of the agreements between universities and HAW in the Free State of Bavaria. Subsequent training as a child and adolescent psychotherapist is also possible.
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €118 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | Bachelor's or diploma degree in social work (or comparable) with 210 credit points (LP or ECTS) (7 semesters including practical semester). |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, summer semester until 15.12 |
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 15.12Send 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.
Questions about this programme
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.12.2026 (62 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.