Sustainable Social Work: Child/hood and Family (MA)*

You can apply online for the winter semester from 15 May to 22 June at in the MyCampus university portal of the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. Please note that you must choose the German or English study track when applying.

Documents to be submitted

When applying online, the following documents must be submitted as PDF files in the application portal:

• Degree certificate(s) and Diploma Supplement, if applicable
• essay
• Curriculum vitae in tabular form
• Official language certificate German C1 for the German study track (if not directly proven by the university entrance qualification)
• Official proof of English B2 for the English study track
• Proof of professional experience, further education and training and own publications, if applicable

Notes on the essay

• In 2 to 3 pages, the essay should provide information on the subject-specific aptitude and motivation for the chosen degree programme as well as the intended professional activity.
• In addition to the motivation for the study programme, the previous professional biographical career and the professional self-image developed in the context of the competence objectives of the study programme should be presented in a differentiated manner.

Checklist

After completing your online application in the MyCampus university portal, you will receive a personalised checklist with the following information:

• A list of all supporting documents that you have uploaded as PDF files in accordance with the information you provided in your online application
• Information on the further course of the procedure

Selection procedure

Applicants who fulfil the admission requirements take part in the procedure for the allocation of study places. In the allocation procedure, the number of study places to be allocated is deducted in advance:

• Applications from applicants who were unable to accept an earlier admission due to service and all applicants who belong to the national squad of a national sports association of the German Olympic Sports Confederation,
• 50 % for foreign and stateless applicants,
• 3 % for applicants who are to be considered on the basis of hardship criteria.

The remaining study places are allocated 90% according to the result of a university selection procedure and 10% according to waiting time. The result of the university selection procedure is determined on the basis of the following criteria (weighting in brackets)

• Grade of the professionally qualifying university degree (80)
• Essay (20)

Admission

Following the university selection procedure, the allocation procedure is carried out. Applicants with a correspondingly high ranking will receive a temporary offer of admission in the MyCampus university portal, which they must actively accept.

After accepting the offer of admission, you will find your letter of admission in the MyCampus university portal. If you do not accept the offer of admission by the deadline, the ranking list will continue to be processed and the study place will be reallocated.

Have you accepted the offer of admission and received your letter of admission? Then you have the opportunity to submit an enrolment application for the coming winter semester in the MyCampus university portal of the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences.

Once you have submitted your online enrolment application, please submit the printed and signed application together with all required documents in paper form by the deadline. The date of the enrolment deadline is decisive for the submission of the documents, whereby the date of receipt at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is decisive.

Documents to be submitted

• University entrance qualification
• If applicable, further documents according to the enrolment application

Do you have any questions about the enrolment procedure at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam? We have compiled frequently asked questions and answers on enrolment and admission.