Information for Prospective Students

The master’s degree program in Charity Studies and Values-based Management prepares you to take on leadership roles in health-care and social-welfare institutions, especially with religiously affiliated service providers and in non-profit organizations. The lecturers will equip you with the skills you need for these roles - such as ethical decision-making and conduct, leadership, organizational development, providing skilled advice, and personal development. Many graduates also work in public administration, education, and medium-sized companies.

• The course is available on a full-time or part-time basis
• No tuition fees
• Possibility to continue to doctoral studies
• Face-to-face classes are usually offered on Friday afternoons and on Saturdays. The other classes take place in blended-learning format, via Zoom or in hybrid format.
• Small learning groups with short communication paths
• Develop of personal, social, and communication competence

• leadership positions in non-profit organizations (welfare associations, Caritas, Diakonie or other social institutions)
• positions in business or management
• working in adult education, consulting, or coaching
• leadership roles in organizations of all kinds

• Admission requirements: Bachelor’s degree, state examination (Staatsexamen), Diplom
• Duration: four semesters (two years). The standard period of study can be extended to up to six semesters (three years).
• 120 credits must be earned
• Courses take place during the regular lecture period
• The program begins in the winter semester
• Enrolment is open from the start of May to 30 September
• Modules are assessed in the semester in which they are taken (e.g., through term papers, written or oral examinations and presentations)
• The master’s thesis is written in the second half of the study period
• Teaching is delivered through lectures, seminars, practical exercises, and excursions
• Individual supervision

• Module plan and general overview
• Timetable for winter semester 2022–23 [German content]

• Study and examination regulation [German content]
• Programme structure – 4 semesters [German content]
• Programme structure – 6 semesters [German content]
• Module catalogue
• Leaflet on writing your thesis/dissertation [German content]
• Registration for the master thesis
• Detailed information on the programme [German content]
• Infosheet from the Academic Advice Service [German content]

Programme advisers:

Ms Zsofia Schnelbach

+49 851 509 2124<br/> zsofia.schnelbach@uni-passau.de<br/> Room KT88a

Ms Margit Birndorfer

+49 851 509 2126<br/> Margit.Birndorfer@uni-passau.de<br/> Room KT88a

If you have questions regarding enrolment, contact the Student Registration Office (registry@uni-passau.de)

Questions regarding examinations: Gerlinde Lang