Social Sciences Study at FH Upper Austria

Reach higher by studying at the FH Upper Austria

Would you like to support underprivileged people or make the social and healthcare system more efficient?

At our FH Upper Austria campus in Linz we offer <link en study focus-of-studies applied-health-social-sciences>two Bachelor´s and two Master´s Programmes

Studying Applied Health & Social Sciences at FH Upper Austria campus in Linz

If you study at Austria´s largest and most research-oriented University of Applied Sciences, you don´t need to worry about your future. 

Bachelor

Public Management

The course qualifies students for management tasks in the field of public services. At the heart of the programme is sound know-how in law and business administration - important for effective and efficient planning of public services. Further topics: institutional particularities/logic of action of public administration and NPO sector as well as social skills.   mehr
  • Part-time
  • Social Sciences
  • Economics & Management

Human Services Management

Social managers are specialists for management tasks in the field of social and health services. The core of the course of study is the acquisition of sound business management skills with regard to the social economy. A further focus is on the economic, legal and social framework of social services.   mehr
  • Part-time
  • Social Sciences
  • Economics & Management

Social Work

Professional training in the counselling, guidance and support of people in distress is the focus of the social work programme. This research-based programme includes extensive internships/practica, which may be done abroad. After an introduction to 8 areas of social work, students have the opportunity to specialise starting in the third semester.   mehr
  • Full-time / Part-time
  • Social Sciences

Master

Healthcare-, Social- and Public Management

Graduates of this programme are qualified for complex management work in the public sector and in the field of social or health services. This course is based on the concept of Services of General Interest developed by the EU, and prepares graduates to assume management positions in government, nonprofit organisations, as well as in consultancies.   mehr
  • Part-time
  • Social Sciences
  • Economics & Management

Social Work

The Master’s programme in Social Work is designed for graduates of Universities of Applied Sciences and academies of social work. It is an in-depth, research-based graduate programme in Social Work with a focus on intercultural communication skills, which are essential in all fields of social work due to an increasingly non-homogenous population.   mehr
  • Part-time
  • Social Sciences

Certificate Programmes

 

Contact

For further questions please contact the particular programme administration or our 4 schools.

University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Central Administration
Roseggerstraße 15
4600 Wels/Austria
Phone: +43 5 0804 10
Email: info@fh-ooe.at