University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Bachelor's degree in social workLinz, Austria
DEGREE TYPE
BA
DURATION
6 semesters
LANGUAGES
German
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 363 / per semester *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* plus the ÖH contribution for students from EU and EEA countries | for students from third countries: €726.72 per semester
Key Summary
Introduction
Learn how to help
Professional social work promotes social change, social development and social cohesion as well as the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice, human rights, social responsibility and respect for diversity are fundamental to social work. On the basis of social work methods and theories and a wide range of scientific principles, social work helps to overcome the challenges of life.
The Bachelor's degree program in "Social Work" offers interdisciplinary training for experts who advise, accompany and support people and plan and organize assistance processes. The course ensures practice-oriented vocational training and has the general training goal: "Learn how to help!"
In addition, the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences also runs a course in "Academic Social Pedagogical Specialist Supervisor" with 165 ECTS as a vocational training based on the Upper Austria Social Professions Act as part of its Center of Lifelong Learning (COL3). This course is aimed at people with and without a high school diploma. Its graduates have a high level of permeability to a Bachelor's degree in Social Work and those with a university entrance qualification have the opportunity to then take the Master's degree in Social Work at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences.
Important facts
- Organisational form: Full-time and part-time
- Academic degree: Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (BA)
- Admission procedure: entrance test, interview
- Costs: Information on tuition fees and ÖH contribution
- Duration of study: 6 semesters
- Language: German
- ECTS: 180
Admissions
Curriculum
curriculum
Scientific and research competence
- Scientific work
- Empirical Social Research
- Data analysis
- Research workshop
- International Perspectives in Social Work Research
- bachelor thesis
Develop professional identity
- Introduction to the study of social work
- History of social work
- ethics
- Social work theories
- Social work policy practice
Related sciences
- Law
- psychiatry
- psychology
- sociology
- pedagogy
- Economic foundations of social work
- Social and economic policy
Professional competence
- Introduction to social work methods
- Methods deepening
- Digital competence
- Reflect and integrate practice
Fields of action in social work
- Family social work
- Social work in relationships of difference
- Securing livelihoods
- Social work in healthcare
- Social work with older people
- Social work with people with disabilities
- Social work and justice
- Social pedagogical work
Social and self-competence
- Social skills training
- Gender in social work
- Project workshop and presentation
Elective subjects
- Current subject areas
subjects
- Develop professional skills in dealing with people
- Professional theoretical foundations – developing professional identity
- Develop in-depth knowledge of methodological approaches
- Perceive social problems in a differentiated manner
- Develop solution strategies
- Getting to know the related sciences of social work
- Historical, theoretical and ethical foundations of social work
- Legal and organizational framework of social work
- Quality assurance instruments
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Sozialarbeiter*innen bieten bei individuellen, familiären, ökonomischen oder kommunalen Problemen Hilfe und Unterstützung. Sie arbeiten mit Familien und Jugendlichen, im Justizbereich, in der Klinischen Sozialarbeit, mit alten oder beeinträchtigten Menschen, in der Bildung oder mit wohnungslosen oder geflüchteten Menschen.
Gut zu wissen
Der Austausch von Studierenden und Lehrenden sowie die Teilnahme an Summer Schools und Exkursionen erfolgt mit über 40 internationalen Partnerhochschulen. Zusätzlich ist das Netzwerk „SocNet 98“ mit seinen 15 Mitgliedern als wichtiges Netzwerk mit regel- mäßigen Treffen von Lehrenden und Studierenden in Europa hervorzuheben. Viele Studierende wählen für ihr Berufspraktikum einen Einsatz im Ausland.