Study programmes at the Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences

The wide spectrum of study programmes on offer is divided into five profiles:

The profile Business and Management comprises four Bachelor's programmes at present (Business and Management, Business Administration, Business Information Management and Business Psychology) and the Master's programmes Business Management and Controlling and Finance.

In the profile International Programmes the bilingual full-time Master's programme International Business and Management is offered as well as the Bachelor's programmes International Business and Management, which is taught both in English and German, and International Event Management Shanghai. Furthermore, it is possible to achieve an M.B.A. degree in the part-time Integrated Management Programme (taught in English) as well as the part-time International Supply Chain Management (an inter-university programme together with Fachhochschule Münster and the Dutch Saxion Hogeschool Enschede).

At present four full-time Bachelor's programmes belong to the profile Health – Business Management in the Health Sector, Midwifery, Nursing Science and also Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Physiotherapy. In addition, there is the part-time programme Nursing and Health Care Management. At Master's level the part-time M.B.A. in Health Care Management is on offer at present as well as Management for the Health Service.

The profile Public Management and Social Work offers four study programmes – Early Childhood Education, Public Administration, Public Management and Social Work – at Bachelor's level. At Master's level these are complemented by Management in Non-Profit Organisations and the part-time M.B.A. in Higher Education and Science Management.

The profile Business Law offers one Bachelor's programme (Business Law) and two Master's programmes: Business Law and the part-time Auditing, Finance and Taxation.

Trendsetting and Modern Education

The structure of our study programmes and their contents are constantly being aligned with modern requirements. By means of a permanent internal evaluation process, we ensure that the quality of the education is high. The good achievements of our graduates in the job market back up this statement. Lectures at University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück are generally held in small study groups. Students' everyday life is dominated by lectures, seminars and workshop-like lectures with possibilities for participation. Thus, the contact between students and lecturers is very close.

Practical Orientation is Indispensable for us

We see ourselves as a university which stands out because of a special relationship to practice. Practical placement semesters are part of nearly every programme. Generally speaking, lecturers have several years of professional experience in outstanding positions and bring this experience into the academic environment. By means of research projects and common projects with organisations within the framework of practical placement semesters and dissertations, we keep in close contact with companies. Guest lectures of professionals complement this practice orientation.

Openness and Internationalism

The international orientation of University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück has been its trademark for many years now. Bilingual study programmes, study semesters and practical placement semesters abroad for our students, and an increasing number of students from abroad who come to Osnabrück are part of everyday life at University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück.

Are you interested in more information about our offers? If so, please inform yourself on our website or contact us by mail or telephone. We are happy to give advice and help.

If you have already found a suitable study programme and you wish to discover new knowledge in an exciting atmosphere and develop your personality further, we look forward to your application.

Mission statement of the Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences

• People from different nations and cultures study or teach in the Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences. They believe in the fundamental humanistic values of respect for human dignity, freedom, justice, joint social responsibility and tolerance.

• The Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences recognises the principle of a "sustained development" as a fundamental part of responsible action. Its members stand for the basic values and principles mentioned above in research and teaching.

• In our faculty, experienced experts present modern, academically qualified and practice-oriented education and further education.

• We are a service provider for lifelong learning and continuously improve ourselves as a learning workshop where students, lecturers, partners in companies and employees learn from and with each other.

• We constantly adjust our study programmes to offer possibilities for the development of personality and thus help our graduates to have better chances in society and in the job market.

• The objective of academic education is to enable students to be more self-dependent, responsible and to think critically.

• We advocate the meritocracy principle, constantly evaluate our study programmes and also educate ourselves further. We are open to benchmark tests and benchmarking partnerships.

• As part of a university with a broad subject spectrum ranging from technology to art, we integrate these interdisciplinary possibilities into our study programmes.

• We are at home in the Osnabrueck region and make a noticeable contribution to its further development.

• We see globalisation as an opportunity and look after and consolidate our national and international co-operations in teaching and research. Furthermore, we carry out applied research to keep our education at the same level as the sciences.

• We stand up for the values of democracy, ecology and social justice and thus we deal fairly with ourselves, with others  and with the environment.

• We wish to make our contribution to keeping the joy of learning alive.

This mission statement was passed unanimously by the Faculty Committee of the Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences on 3rd March 2004.