In the bachelor's degree programme in Social Work Dual-Digital, you study flexibly from home, theoretically at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and practically in the work areas of our practice and transfer partners. The research focus is the digitalisation of social work. In the study tracks "Social Services of Public and Independent Providers" or "Youth Welfare-School-Community", the practical work takes place two days a week.
Social Work Dual-Digital (BA)
Profile:
Social Space – Education, Participation, Community
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Type:
full-time
blended learning
dual study programme
Course language:
German
Standard study period:
6 semesters, incl. 300 practical hours per semester
Start of study:
Winter semester
Application deadline:
15/06 – 15/07 (free of admission)
Admission requirements:
General university entrance qualification/ university of applied sciences entrance qualification/ equivalent recognised prior vocational training, education contract with a cooperating practice/ transfer partner
Credits:
Module Manuals & Regulations
180 ECTS
Profile
Experience, reflect, change – studying social work dual-digitally
The dual-digital bachelor's degree programme in Social Work is structured in the weekly model "3 days teaching and 2 days practice". Parallel to the basic studies, you will continuously gain experience in your practical placement two days a week and deepen your knowledge in one of the two study tracks "Youth Services-School-Community" or "Social Services of Public and Independent Organisations". You will receive a monthly financial allowance.
You will be accompanied in your professional development by fixed contact persons from the university and the practice centre. Teaching in this degree programme takes place both in presence and digitally. A central instrument is the development of a Mahara ePortfolio to accompany your studies. In addition, the programme promotes digital competences in the context of social work – in the course of studies and for practice on site.
Is this degree programme right for me?
As a student of the bachelor's degree programme Social Work Dual-Digital, you will have the opportunity to gain practical experience right from the start. This allows you to apply the theories you have learned immediately. Learning at different locations requires a high degree of self-organisation. Thanks to the blended learning study concept, the programme also offers you a great deal of flexibility for your individual course of study. You can find out more about this under study contents.
A central component of the degree programme is to promote digitalisation in the field of social work. This includes, for example, the introduction of online counselling, but also the digitalisation of administrative processes. If you are scientifically interested and research projects represent a professional perspective for you, then the dual-digital social work degree programme is the right choice.
You bring these qualities with you
- Interest in questions about the digitalisation of our society and openness towards digital technologies
- Supporting people in self-help
- Strong communication and empathy skills
- Ability to endure tensions
- Balance between closeness and distance
- Ability to work in a team
- Self-organisation (study and practice)
- Interest in law/business administration/organisation
- Open-mindedness for academic/research learning and work
We offer
- Committed professors and colleagues, modern technology and small groups in a collaborative atmosphere.
- An interesting course of study covering a wide range of subjects, including sociology, law, psychology, management, education, politics, philosophy, medicine and more.
- A wide range of specialisation options.
- State recognition as a social worker/social pedagogue.
- A subsequent Master's degree and later the opportunity to pursue a doctorate in one of our research projects.
- A green campus with the Casino cultural centre.
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Contact
The staff members at the Student Counselling Services provide information to prospective students, first-year students, parents, teachers and students on all general questions about studying. For specific questions and concerns about the Bachelor's degree programme in Social Work Dual-Digital, please contact the subject counsellig service. For programme-specific questions, the programme-specific student advisory is the right place to go.
Programme-specific student advisory
The programme-specific student advisory is provided by the team of the Social Work Dual-Digital degree programme.
Please send your e-mail to:
basa-d2@fh-potsdam.de
Head of the degree programme
Professor of Social Work Theories and Methods
Deputy Head of the degree programme
Degree programme management
Academic Staff
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Career Prospects
One degree – more than 100 jobs
In a dual degree programme, you have the opportunity to grow directly into a social organisation and shape your professional career. You can advise, accompany, coordinate, manage, represent and much more. Your career is possible in over 100 fields of work:
1 Adventure playgrounds 2 Adoption agencies 3 Employment agencies 4 Contact points for children who have experienced abuse 5 Work and employment initiatives 6 Outreach social work 7 Counselling centres for domestic violence 8 Counselling centres for prostitutes 9 Counselling centres for senior citizens 10 Career counselling 11 Vocational training centres 12 Vocational support 13 Employment and unemployment projects 14 Assisted living for people with disabilities 15 Company social work 16 Probation services 17 Educational work 18 Drug consumption rooms 19 Drug therapy facilities 20 Development aid 21 Assisted living for young people 22 Marriage and family counselling centre 23 Parenting schools 24 Experiential education 25 Educational assistance 26 Educational counselling centre 27 Family education centres 28 Family centres 29 Residential care 30 Girls' residential groups 31 Mother and child homes 32 Foster families 33 Social group work 34 Social-educational family assistance 35 Separation and divorce counselling 36 Women's education centre 37 Women's shelters 38 Early detection 39 Early intervention 40 Community psychiatry 41 Geriatric psychiatric clinic 42 Gender-specific work 43 Health counselling 44 Violence prevention 45 After-school care 46 Hospice 47 Intercultural youth work 48 Youth welfare office 49 Youth career assistance 50 Youth clubs 51 Youth leisure activities 52 Youth court assistance 53 Youth centres 54 Youth welfare planning 55 Youth cultural work 56 Youth care 57 Youth protection 58 Youth social work 59 Youth detention centre 60 Youth association work 61 Youth hostels 62 Prison system 63 Child protection centres 64 Daycare centres 65 Daycare social work 66 Contact points for homeless people 67 Hospital social work 68 Hospital social services 69 Health insurance social services 70 Nurseries 71 Mediation and conflict counselling 72 Methadone programmes 73 Mobile youth work 74 Multi-family therapy 75 Multicultural work 76 Mother's convalescent homes 77 Mother's centres 78 Emergency shelters for homeless people 79 Open elderly care 80 Open child and youth work 81 Prevention work 82 Psychiatric outpatient clinics 83 Psychosomatic counselling 84 Psychosocial services 85 Neighbourhood management 86 Queer counselling 87 Rehabilitation facilities 88 Pension insurance social services 89 Debt counselling centre 90 School social work, 91 Pregnancy conflict counselling 92 Self-help support and projects 93 Retirement homes 94 Day centres for the elderly 95 Residential homes for the elderly 96 Sex education 97 Social welfare office 98 Social planning 99 Social psychiatric counselling centres 100 Playmobile 101 Neighbourhood work 102 End-of-life care 103 Prison system 104 Street work 105 Addiction counselling centre 106 Addiction prevention 107 Addiction therapy 108 Day care facilities for people with disabilities 109 Day group 110 Day clinic 111 Day care 112 Emergency telephone number 113 Assistance for homeless people 114 Workshop for people with disabilities 115 Housing for refugees or during migration 116 Shared accommodation 117 Residential homes for people with disabilities 118 Residential homes for homeless people
This means, for example:
After completing your Bachelor's degree
... as our graduates, you will receive state recognition as a social worker, which is required for some fields of work.
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Study Content
Course of study
The Bachelor's degree programme in Social Work Dual-Digital lasts six semesters and has a modular structure. In addition to immediate professional experience, you will gain comprehensive insight into the broad field of society and social work. The semester model provides an overview of the modules and content.
Course of studies
The standard period of study for the full-time degree programme Social Work Dual-Digital is six semesters and concludes with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
The Bachelor's programme consists of foundational and in-depth modules as well as elective track modules. Through the "Integrated Professional Practice", a close interlocking of theory and practice is established in each semester. This includes continuous coaching at the University of Applied sciences Potsdam, mentoring in practice and the development of reflection skills and confidence in casuistry. The programme is completed with the writing of a Bachelor's thesis.
| Semester 1 – 2 | Basic studies, practical phase "Hospitation", research-based learning in the workshop |
| Semester 3 – 4 | Basic and advanced studies, practical phase "assistance", practice-relevant research in the real laboratory |
| Semester 5 – 6 | Basic and advanced studies, practical phase "transformation", individual action research project, bachelor thesis |
Study content
In the currently valid module handbooks and study and examination regulations of the Department of Social and Educational Sciences, you will find the module overview, a detailed description of the modules and study contents as well as the study plan for the degree programme Social Work Dual-Digital.
Teaching formats
In the Social Work Dual-Digital degree programme, we use the principle of blended learning to offer you the greatest possible flexibility during the highly practice-oriented studies. During the theory study days in presence or digitally, we work with different teaching formats so that the knowledge transfer fits the respective topic and the students' daily study routine is varied.
- Seminars
- Lectures
- Study groups
- E-learning formats
- Mahara-ePortfolio
- Research projects
- Coaching at the university of applied sciences
- Mentoring in the practice centre
Theory
- Fundamentals and fields of work in social work
- Legal foundations (administrative, family, child and youth welfare law, social law)
- Conversation and counselling
- Basics of psychology, sociology, education, cultural, health and political science, gender studies
- Organisation and social management
- Social research
Studio tracks
- Study track "Social services provided by public and independent institutions"
- Study Track "Youth Services-School-Community"
Coaching, casuistry and mentoring
- Individual orientation, development of confidence in action
- Methodological reflection (case-, system- and self-related)
- Qualified professionals
International
In consultation with your practice partner, short study visits to one of our partner universities or practical work experience abroad are possible.
We offer many English-language seminars and excursions abroad. In addition, you can get to know students from other universities from your desk via VirCamp's international digital course offerings and round off your international portfolio.
Module handbooks, study and examination regulations, and statutes
The currently valid module handbooks and study and examination regulations of the Department of Social and Educational Sciences contain an overview of the modules, a detailed description of the modules and course content, and the study plan for the Social Work Dual-Digital programme.
Practice Partners
The team & the practice partners
Pilot phase social work dual-digital with 10 practice organisations
The practice-integrated Bachelor's degree programme in Social Work Dual-Digital at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences can look back on an exciting first year. At the start of the winter semester 2022/23, the two programme directors Prof. Dr. Karsten Krauskopf and Prof. Dr. Armin Schachameier and their team welcomed six new practice organisations to the joint training network in addition to the four existing practice/transfer partners.
If you would like to become a practice/transfer partner, you can read information about the framework conditions at the bottom of the page. Below you will find the list of our recognised practice organisations.
Our practice and transfer partners
Please find our practice and transfer partners and their current vacancies on our German website.
Become a practice/transfer partner
You would like to become a practice/transfer partner for our Bachelor's degree programme in Social Work Dual-Digital? Organisations in the social economy as well as comparable institutions and facilities outside the social economy can be recognised as practice/transfer partners. Find out about our principles for recognition.
- Principles for recognition as a practice/transfer partner
- Application for recognition as a practice/transfer partner
The currently valid module handbook and the study and examination regulations for Social Work Dual-Digital can be found on the pages of the Department of Social and Educational Sciences.
Application & Contact
Dates & requirements for your application
The most important deadlines, dates and admission requirements for the Bachelor's degree programme in Social Work Dual-Digital are compiled here. You can find out which steps you need to take for a successful application in the next section.
Dates
- by the 15th of July: submit application for enrolment
- by 15th of July: apply for a higher semester to continue a degree programme you have started at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
- 6th of June 2026: Open Day at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Admissions requirements
- General university entrance qualification according to the Brandenburg University Act: General university entrance qualification or higher education entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences or previous vocational training recognised as equivalent.
- Completed education contract with a recognised practice or transfer partner
This is how you apply!
In the following, we explain which aspects you should consider from the conclusion of an education contract to matriculation (enrolment).
Further information
The following links provide you, and especially international applicants, with further information on the topics of application and enrolment at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
International applicants
You would like to apply for studies from the first or a higher semester and have acquired your school-leaving qualification and/or university degree abroad? Then you can have degrees and achievements acquired abroad recognised and study with us.
Application & Enrolment Procedure
The application and study service provides information and advice on general questions regarding the application process, admission and enrolment at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, application for a higher semester, but also on topics such as compensation for disadvantages, part-time studies, waiting semesters and hardship applications.
Contact & Services
The Student Counselling Services provides information and advice on general questions about studying as well as on topics such as choosing a degree programme, application, enrolment and study organisation. For programme-specific questions on module content, credit transfer, examinations or specialisations in the Social Work Dual-Digital degree programme, the programme-specific student advisory is the right place to go.
Programme-specific student advisory
The programme-specific student advisory is provided by the team of the degree programme Social Work Dual-Digital.
Please send your email to:
basa-d2@fh-potsdam.de
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