Aim of the study programme Nursing Science is the constitutional improvement of the nursing practice. Graduates shall transmit new, science based know-how and therefore inherit an important role in the theory/practice transfer.

This programme is primarily designed according to qualification requirements from the practice. Nursing jobs are in a broad professionalisation process and therefore more and more forms of academic education are required. Because of the increasing competition the pressure for innovation is rising. Nursing experts are educated for introducing, accompanying and evaluating practice concepts in all areas of action and thus they are skilled for innovation-, process- and project management.

The study programme Nursing Science is targeted to all employees working in the nursing sector. Because of the broad scale of activities, this programme is especially interesting as the distinctions between single areas as hospitals, elderly care or children’s care are overcome.

Nursing experts can work in any area of action where it is taken care of people. They will arrange for the conceptional advancement of the nursing practice and thus could also be described as change agents. Tasks also include project- and process management. According to this job profile positions in the following areas may be possible:

Quality improvement

In-service training

Introduction of new care concepts and methods

Nursing consulting

Nursing research

These areas of action can be found in the following institutions:

Hospitals

Institutions for elderly care

Institutions for outpatient care

Industrial Unions

Nursing departments on regional or national level

Health care organisations

Health insurance companies

European and international organisations in the health sector

According to the job character graduates work on project or staff positions of the nursing management often combined with parts of leading functions.

Admission requirements are the university entrance qualification and additionally a three-year-apprenticeship in the care sector.

Nursing Science is a six semester full time study programme. Graduates will be awarded the academic degree Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).