- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Frankfurt am Main
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer Semester only
Area of study
- Health Pedagogy
- Nursing Pedagogy
Target group
The MA degree course Vocational Education for Nursing and Healthcare Professions is aimed at professionally qualified people in the healthcare professions who already have a certificate of academic degree (at least Bachelor's level), especially in Nursing Education, Medical Education or Vocational Education for Nursing and Healthcare Professions:
Nurses (healthcare and nursing, healthcare and paediatric nursing, geriatric care and nursing, care for people with special educational needs and obstetric care), speech therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, emergency and rescue paramedics, graduates with degrees in Nursing Sciences, Health Sciences and Medicine or similar who are aiming for professional and personal advancement in the fields of (vocational) education.
Annotation
The study programme in Vocational Education for Care and Healthcare Professions (MA) qualifies you to work at healthcare schools. For the state of Hesse, graduates of the degree course who also have a nursing profession meet the state requirements for working as a teacher at a nursing school. The degree course does not qualify graduates for the traineeship for the second state examination in teacher training and thus for a career at a state vocational school.
Admission requirements
Admission requirements:
- A first certificate of academic degree in Nursing Education, Vocational Education for Nursing and/or Healthcare Professions, Medical Education with a grade of at least 2.5
-completed vocational training in a nursing profession or a patient-related healthcare profession and professional practical experience in the respective profession of at least 1 year with an average weekly working time of at least half the full-time equivalent.
- Proof of 30 ECTS points from the field of nursing care and public health
You can also be admitted if you have a first certificate of academic degree with a grade of 2.5 or better in a Nursing or Health Sciences degree course and over 30 ECTS credits in the subjects of Education, Didactics and Subject-specific Didactics and if you meet the requirements for vocational training and professional practice.
Further information is provided on website of the course.
Lecture period
- 12.10.2026 - 29.01.2027
- 05.04.2027 - 07.09.2027
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2027)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Expired
An application for the summer semester 2026 is expected to be possible from the beginning of December 2025.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Expired
Prospective students with foreign degrees should consult the pages of the International Admission:
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Prospective students with foreign degrees should consult the pages of the International Admission:
Tuition fees
Tuition fees
Languages of instruction
Main language
German