Social work stands for responsibility. It is consistently committed to the individual well-being and social participation of people. As a human rights profession, it strengthens self-determination and self-efficacy, promotes the health integrity of disadvantaged people, ensures social cohesion in the community and fights against poverty and for social justice.

Social work needs well-trained professionals who are able to respond professionally to the challenges and crises of our time. Up-to-date specialist knowledge, first-class methodological skills, reflection skills and a respectful, strength-oriented attitude are the indispensable key qualifications for future social workers.

This Bachelor of Arts in Social Work offers students a modern and stimulating learning environment designed by proven academics and practitioners. The lecturers provide well-founded specialist knowledge about the help that is suitable for the most diverse forms of disadvantage in the numerous fields of social work.

As a social work student, you will be able to analyze problems, conflicts and crises with confidence and reflection and develop viable solutions. You will learn the right support methods and know which helpful prevention approaches exist in the social and health care system. After graduating, you will have matured as a person, be well equipped to enter one of the exciting fields of practice and work with other professionals to help people at risk and society.

Quick overview: 

• Start of program: October 1 (winter semester)

• Tuition fees: 450 euros/month

• Language of instruction: English

• Practical experience: Research internship

Study:

Flexible studying? Yes, this is what distinguishes MSB. With the modern concept of blended learning, a sensible mixture of face-to-face study, virtual teaching and self-study, you can study both on the Berlin campus and at your own personal place of learning. Because our quality standard course in social work must have both. Without attendance, students cannot be professionally supervised and content cannot be taught in a methodically diverse way. Social interaction and exchange in groups as well as self-awareness exercises must be experienced and reflected in presence on the campus. This is the only way to learn how to work with people and for people. The social must be taught socially in the natural social space.

Nevertheless, according to today's teaching standards, quality also means integrating virtual teaching formats into the course in a didactically meaningful way. At MSB, you will study according to a reliable, clearly structured timetable with flexible proportions of classroom teaching, online teaching and guided self-study. Each teaching format is interrelated and follows a common thread with comprehensible learning objectives. At MSB, virtual learning means developing your own learning style under guidance and training as a learning strategy in order to reach a goal-oriented conclusion.

Compatibility of work and study?  Yes, that is also guaranteed. For a good theory-practice transfer, we encourage you to work in a social institution during your studies. Despite studying full-time, you only have to study three days a week. In addition, you are only on campus once a month during the so-called attendance week. The remaining three weeks are spent studying virtually at your favorite place of learning. In short: you have the best opportunities to work alongside your studies and to choose your learning places individually.

Career Opportunities: 

The Social Work (B.A.) degree program gives you the opportunity to go straight into practice or continue your studies. Or both. Because the MSB Master's degree program allow you to combine studies and work, just like the Bachelor's degree program.If you initially only want to go into practice, as a state-recognized social worker you can choose from any field of practice. You can get started in all areas of social work with independent, church or public organizations. Whether you work with children, young people and families or the elderly - the choice is yours, because you are needed everywhere. People with specific problems such as social-emotional impairments or disabilities, mental illness, addiction or delinquent behavior also need your help.

If you want more right away, a subsequent Master's degree will qualify you for leadership and management positions in practice as well as for an academic career with the possibility of a doctoral study program.

After completing the Bachelor's degree in Social Work, you can choose either the Master's degree in Social Work (M.A.) or the Master's degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (M.Sc.). In both degree programs, you have the opportunity to complete the integrated and certified further training in systemic counseling or systemic coaching.