Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften at the HS Nordhausen

Studiengang Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen

HS Nordhausen

Weinberghof 4
99734 Nordhausen
Phone: +49 3631 429-502

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Basic information

Total number of students	730 *
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	20.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	10.0 %

Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education	0
Extent of interlinking

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

8/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	79.0 % *
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	53.8 % *

International orientation

Outgoing students

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Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	9/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	13.4 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	12.2 %
Share of professors with work experience	80.0 %

Research

Third party funds per professor

department in construction

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.5
Support in studies	2.6
Courses offered	2.6
Study organisation	2.6
Exams	2.7
Job market preparation	2.8
Support during practical semester	2.3
Support for stays abroad	2.3
Rooms	2.9
Library	2.8
IT-infrastructure	2.8
Overall study situation	2.7

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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About the subject

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Close relation to social work in healthcare; strong networking with institutions in the region and related practical orientation; thematic focus in the Bachelor: Inclusion, diversity, clinical social work; Thematic focus in the Master: Therapeutic Social Work.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Mandatory foreign language modules in the Bachelor's degree programmes; International Week anchored in the summer semester; strong networking with international universities through the teaching staff and through various projects.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Jyväskylän Yliopisto, Finnland; Tampereen Ammattikorkeakoulu, Finnland; Institute of Technology Tralee, Irland; Klaipėdos Universitetas, Litauen; Fachhochschule Kärnten, Österreich; Univerza v Ljubljani, Slovenien; Universidad de León, Spanien; University of Wyoming, USA.
Special features regarding the equipment
Online access to various databases, SPSS, MaxQDA test instruments (e.g. early learning) as well as technical equipment for carrying out your own research projects can be borrowed, technical equipment for electronic reading of questionnaires.
Special features regarding research and development
Research and teaching collaboration with the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a research collaboration with the United States and Australia; Integration of Master theses into current research projects (with connection to various external cooperation partners such as clinics, health care facilities, rehabilitation, social affairs); establishment of a teaching and research outpatient clinic, social space analysis, support for needs planning with local authorities.
Support for founders
The university has established a special office for start-up advice and support.
Information on access restrictions
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