About Social Work in SRH Hochschule Heidelberg
Studied social work
Everyone has the right to participate in social life.
That is a principle of social work. The SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg has stood for this principle with its recognized network of practice and science since 1969.
Solidarity is lived, reflected and promoted academically. We train social workers taking into account their individual skills in a course in which personal contact and the individual count.
Contents, goals and course of study
A professional attitude: your equipment for practice and science.
The professional requirements for social work are so diverse that they cannot be mastered with theoretical knowledge alone. At SRH Heidelberg University you will therefore be supported in developing a professional attitude. When dealing with concrete practical examples, you not only acquire skills. They are critical of how social inequality arises and learn to position themselves on it. You expand your personal skills with specific intervention strategies and methods of political influence.
Our frame of reference is the newer social work science, foundations of law, psychology, pedagogy, sociology and social policy. In learning arrangements and practical simulations, you acquire key qualifications that you equip for various areas of practice or research. The teaching staff accompanies you with your own objectives and along your personal needs.
Objectives of the course:
They understand social and political processes that lead to the temporary loss of human power to act, social inequality, disadvantage or exclusion.
They understand how social groups or individual people deal with this reality and try to cope with it.
They reflect how theory, science, networking in practice, methods of social work and political strategies can contribute to changing the above-mentioned conditions.
Career, prospects
Future job social work
Social workers are one of the most sought-after professional groups in Germany. Our students enjoy a good reputation in practice. The majority of our graduates have a permanent position in work areas such as:
- Child and Youth Services,
- Health promotion and social assistance,
- Operating social work,
- Working with people with disabilities,
- Forensic social work and social psychiatry,
- Neighborhood and community work,
- Working with people with a history of migration or flight,
- Addiction help etc.
Academic qualification equivalents
- Higher Secondary Certificate / Standard 12.
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS : (academic) 6.5
- TOEFL : 80 ibt
Heidelberg University Highlights
| University Type |
Public |
| Establishment Year |
1386 |
| Total Enrollment |
31,908 |
| Total Funding Received (2018) |
764.9 million EUR |
| Number of Degree Programs (Winter 18/19) |
164 |
| Mode of Programs |
Full-time; Part-time |
| Total Appointed Professors |
458 |
| International Student Percentage |
18.6% |
| Female Student Percentage |
54.6% |
| Annual Estimated Cost of Attendance (international) |
14,500 EUR |
| Contact International Office |
+49 6221 54-5454 | studium@uni-heidelberg.de |
Heidelberg University verage Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
Heidelberg University charges its international students from non-EU/EEA countries a tuition fee of EUR 1,500 per semester since the winter semester 2017/18.
| Expense |
Annual Amount in EUR |
| Tuition Fee (non-EU/EEA) |
1,500 x 2= 3,000 |
| Semester Fee |
169.25 x 2= 338.50 |
| Health Insurance ( 90 EUR/mo) |
105 x 12= 1,260 |
| Living Expenses ( 735 EUR/mo) |
835 x 12= 10,020 |
| Total |
14,618.50 |
The table above shows the estimated cost of attendance for international students (non-EU/EEA) studying at Heidelberg University. In some special cases, candidates may apply for exemption from the tuition fee.
