Requirements for enrollment

For example, with a degree in social management, you can work in organizational development, human resources, or as a team and project manager in social and communal or non-profit organizations.

Entering online studies in personnel management at the Fresenius University is uncomplicated: With a general university entrance qualification (A-levels), the general higher education entrance qualification or the subject-specific higher education entrance qualification, you can enroll immediately and at any time.

Access without a school-leaving qualification is also possible, for example if you have passed a master craftsman's examination or a comparable professional advancement examination, such as the state-certified technician or the state-certified business economist. If you can demonstrate at least a two-year completed specific vocational training and subsequent at least two-year specific vocational experience, you can also enter the study program via a university entrance examination.

By the way: If you have already completed a course of study, you can save costs and time by having prior achievements recognized. In addition to academic achievements, achievements acquired outside of a university can also be credited.

Study Contents, Modules and Specialisations

In the distance learning programme in Human Resource Management, we systematically teach you the interdisciplinary foundations of social management in a mix of business basics and the fundamentals of social work. This prepares you optimally for leadership positions in the social economy.

• 1st Semester: Public Administration Civil Law, Introductory Project for Self-Organized Learning, Scientific Work and Theory of Science, Past, Present and Future of Social Work, Introduction to Business Administration
• 2nd Semester: Trade, Company, and Labour Law, Project Management, Descriptive and Inductive Statistics, Child and Youth Welfare in Social Work, Human Resource Management, Organization and Operational Planning, Financing and Investment
• 3rd Semester: Social Policy, Social Law, Intercultural Competence, Social Work with Elderly and/or Disabled People, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Corporate Governance, Public Relations
• 4th Semester: Social Sciences Basics of Social Work, Accounting and Cost Accounting, Accounting of Social Institutions, Operational Controlling and Finance, Strategic and International Management, Organizational Diagnosis and Development, Methods and Concepts of Organizational Consulting, Basics of Coaching, Applied Organizational Psychology
• 5th Semester: Personnel Marketing and Recruiting Personnel Diagnostics, Personnel Development, Applied Personnel Psychology, Health Economics, Prevention and Care Management, Nursing and Rehabilitation Management, Managed Care
• 6th Semester: Bachelor's Thesis

You can see: In addition to the basic business and legal knowledge, throughout your distance learning programme at Fresenius University, you will acquire detailed knowledge about the most important topics in social work. Specialisations: Quantitative Management in Social Institutions, Organizational Management in Social Institutions, Personnel Psychology, Health and Social Affairs

The university also relies on a unique interdisciplinary coaching team consisting of professors, lecturers, and study coaches. Your personal study coach is your contact person for all matters concerning your studies. Whether by phone, email, or via the messenger in the studynet - your study coach advises and actively supports you on your path to a successful degree.

Whether at home or on the go, on desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone - your campus is always with you. Our studynet learning platform is at the same time an auditorium, seminar room, campus, and cafeteria. "Social Learning" is the key phrase: a holistic learning experience that consistently focuses on dialogue in addition to the use of a variety of different media formats.