Master's programme Music Therapy for Empowerment and Inclusion

Diploma: Master of Arts (M. A.)

Entrance Requirements: 240 ECTS (credit possible), 1 year of professional experience; if applicable, aptitude test, if no degree in music practice subject

Language of Instruction: German

Duration: 3 semesters (start: winter semester)

FHWS location: Würzburg

Diploma Supplement: yes

Tuition fees: € 2,820 per semester plus student union contribution

The continuing, part-time master's degree program qualifies students for the application and further development of music therapy for people with participation needs and to become specialists in the education and training of their formal and informal care and assistance personnel in the use of music. Affected individuals and their environments are the focus.

Course of Study

The three semesters of the part-time program are divided into eight modules. Interventions and methods are learned in four modules over the three semesters and applied directly with clients. Three modules provide relevant psychological-medical, sociological, economic knowledge as well as expertise in assistive technologies. The master's thesis at the end focuses on applied, interdisciplinary research.

Career Perspectives

Occupational fields are professional and leadership positions in institutions, services and start-ups on music therapy for empowerment and inclusion, but also areas and activities that teach music therapy based techniques for formal and informal care.

The implementation of the Federal Participation Act and National Dementia Strategy are important.

Additional Information

Prerequisite is an existing Bachelor's degree with at least 240 ECTS points, however, the acquisition of missing ECTS is possible through the successful completion of a FHWS certificate course and/or through credit for work experience or further ECTS credit.

An eligibility procedure is required if no degree in music is available.

Contact persons

Prof. Dr. Thomas Wosch
E-mail: thomas.wosch[at]fhws.de

Marina Wetterich
E-Mail: smei.cw[at]fhws.de
Tel +49 (0)931 3511-6302

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Faculty of Applied Social Sciences

Master’s programme Behavioral Counseling

Diploma: Master of Arts (M.A.)

Entrance Requirements: General admission requirements; min. one year professional experience in related field (see below)

Language of Instruction: German

Duration: 5 semesters while working (start: winter semester)

FHWS location: Würzburg

Diploma Supplement: yes

Tuition fees: € 1,750

Behavioral Counseling, an extra-occupational programme for advanced training, teaches and expands knowledge and skills to pursue and develop demanding counselling activities in mental health and educational facilities; beside taking a behavioural approach, it is also using behavioural methods. All skills taught are closely connected to the students’ daily practice: At first they are trained within the protected teaching environment, then transferred to actual practice under controlled conditions and finally, during the practical semester, implemented into the daily routine. Evaluation and supervision are of particular importance. Behavioural orientation is a forward-looking approach in mental health and educational practice; it takes into account intervention-related and socio-political developments, e.g. demands for basing findings on evidence and for professional quality management; moreover, it can be implemented into all mental health and educational counselling situations.

Programme Structure

The programme takes five semesters and is a combination of self study, contact periods (every two to three weeks mainly on Fridays and Saturdays) and practical periods. During the first semester, students gain deeper knowledge regarding normative aspects, methodical research and media science. During the second and third semester, students acquire skills in behaviour-oriented counselling of individuals and groups (preparing behavioural analyses; planning, carrying out and evaluating behaviour-oriented interventions). The fourth semester (practical semester) is used to perform supervised behavioural counselling in institutions/facilities. Students will now put their previously acquired skills and expertise into practice. The Master’s thesis will be written during the fifth semester.

Career Perspectives

After completing the programme, graduates will be enabled to take over responsible positions in all areas of mental health and educational counselling. This includes, among others, work with children/youth (e.g. child guidance), counselling within schools, clinical social work (e.g. psychiatric clinics), work with disabled persons or in geriatric institutions, with migrants (e.g. integration support), or counselling for special occasions (e.g. marriage counselling).

Additional Information

On the following websites you can find out more about general and programme specific admission requirements:

Contact persons

Prof. Dr. Franz J. Schermer

Phone +49 931 3511-6305
E-Mail smvb.cw[at]fhws.de

Consultation hours by arrangement

For more information, please visit the pages of the FHWS Campus for Professional Development.

Master’s programme Nursing Management

Diploma: Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Entrance Requirements: General admission requirements; min. one year professional experience in related field (see below)

Language of Instruction: German

Duration: 4 semesters (start: winter semester)

FHWS location: Würzburg, Bad Kissingen

Diploma Supplement: yes

Tuition fees: € 3,000 per semester

This programme teaches the necessary competence to successfully cope with management tasks in the health business. Accordingly, business subjects take up a large part of the programme. Furthermore, theoretical basics as well as practical issues are taken into consideration. So some courses are taught by professionals from the Health Region Bäderland Bayerische Rhön. Therefore, a specialised health business academy Akademie für Gesundheitswirtschaft, which belongs to the innovation centre Röhn-Saale Gründer- und Innovationszentrum (RSG) in Bad Kissingen, helps with organisational issues. The programme’s target group are workers in health services who would like to improve their qualification while being on the job. This includes physicians, pharmacists, but also business administrators, healthcare manager, physical therapists, social education workers, and members of other academic professions in the social and healthcare sector. For physicians, there is the possibility of earning CME-Points.

Programme Structure

The programme takes four semesters of studying while working. A master’s thesis is written during the 4th semester. Every two or three weeks there is face-to-face teaching on Fridays and Saturdays. Depending on the module, there are written and/or oral exams, or graded presentations including a term paper. Bavarian school holidays are taken into account when face-to-face teaching dates are arranged.

Career Perspectives

The programme addresses workers in healthcare and in the health business who - while working - would like to earn an academic degree in the field of management to qualify themselves for the handling of appropriate and responsible tasks. The MBA, accordingly, qualifies for professional development in healthcare. Job prospects are offered, for example, by healthcare facilities and organisations like hospitals, surgeries, insurances, consulting firms, and associations. The MBA-programme, however, is also a suitable preparation when starting a business.

Additional Information

Please note, that enrolment is only possible in winter semesters of uneven years (2017,2019,2021 etc.).

On the following websites you can find out more about general and programme specific admission requirements:

Contact persons

Prof. Dr. Dieter Kulke
Münzstraße 12
97070 Würzburg

Phone +49 931 3511-8838 oder -6304
E-Mail dieter.kulke[at]fhws.de

Consultation by arrangement.

For more information, please visit the pages of the FHWS Campus for Professional Development.