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Social Policy and Social Work, Department

Fakultät Soziale Arbeit

Katholische Stiftungshochschule München

Fakultät Soziale Arbeit
Preysingstraße 95
D-81667 München
Telephone: +49 89 48092-1271
https://www.ksh-muenchen.de
KatSH München
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,200

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

180

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

56.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

34.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

7/14 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

80.3%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

89.9%

Research

Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)

1

Third party funds per professor

25,200 €

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
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Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Support during practical semester
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
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Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

221

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

The KSH provides a degree programme in the field of social work and provides a framework that allows students to reflect on their professional activities in the context of philosophical and theological values. KSH München forges a new path with its great range of courses on the subject of Social Work Ethics, as well as the additional theological qualification. The student body is actively involved in the design of the university and the range of courses and receives its own "political" time window. The compatibility of study and family is given special consideration in the course.

Special features regarding the international orientation

In Childhood Pedagogy degree course, various modules offer international exchange of experience through additional qualification programmes for students with international degrees. In the degree course in Social Work (BA), the large number of Erasmus students are to be mentioned (more than 10% incoming, approx. 25% outgoings). The International Social Work module offers not only English-taught courses, but also a broad spectrum of study trips in and outside of Europe.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Seinäjoki, Finnland; Stockholm University, Stockholm, Schweden; University College Copenhagen, Kopenhagen, Dänemark; Hogeschool Utrecht, Ütrecht, Niederlande; Leeds Becket University, Leeds, UK; Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spanien; Università di Verona, Verona, Italien; Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Budapest, Ungarn; Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slowenien; Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci; Olmütz, Tschechische Republik.

Special features regarding the equipment

Rental of various media to teachers and students, for example moderation material, notebooks, projectors, digital film cameras, TV-DVD-Video system, audio recorders, radio microphone, sound system, lighting system, forum game with game consoles. Common software for processing qualitative and quantitative empirical data (SPSS, Maxqda) is also accessible via the university. The range of social sciences electronic databases (SOLIT, Carelit, CINAHL, juris) and digital sources of information (approx. 9,000 e-books and e-journals) at the library has been expanded considerably in recent years.

Special features regarding research activities

Practice- and application-oriented teaching research projects, which are supervised by practical institutions as well as by teaching staff. Interdisciplinary Competence Centre for Ageing to improve the quality of life in (older) adulthood: Students have opportunities to participate in projects; Integration of research projects and findings in teaching; Interdisciplinary Competence Centre for Childhood Pedagogy, which deals with current, academic and socially relevant issues relating to children's life situations and developments and is integrated into the courses.

Support for founders

The KSH (Catholic University of Applied Sciences Munich) is a partner university of "Makers of Tomorrow", an online course launched by the Federal Chancellery to arouse interest in business start-ups and to give first insights into the start-up process.

Other special features

Structural combination of teaching and practice: Two teachers for courses with special practical and action relevance; Applies to both methodology lectures and practical seminars; Professors and experts from industry are employed here (USP). Area of specialisation: Can be chosen by students individually or as a group; Experts from industry also participate in teaching here (co-teaching). Structurally rooted and active student participation in the self-administration of the higher education institution.

Further information on research activities

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Last Update 2023: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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