Orientation and Goals

At the start of the 21st century, German society is facing a multitude of far-reaching changes that will have a significant impact on the health and care system. In the current debates on inclusion (participation and involvement) in societal, social and educational policy processes, it is becoming clear that modern societies are increasingly shaped by processes of inclusion and exclusion. Particularly in the field of modern, interdisciplinary healthcare, international discussions are taking place on care structures in the context of nursing, education, rehabilitation and social justice. In this regard, Germany, too, faces the task of establishing inter- and transdisciplinary health services research through collaboration between medical professionals, health scientists, educators, rehabilitation specialists and social scientists.

Study Design and Contents

The degree programme takes 4 semesters (full-time study). It is possible to study this programme part time.

Teaching and Learning

Campus-based teaching: Lectures, seminars, exercises

Reasons for Studying

The Rehabilitation Education degree programme, leading to a Master of Arts (M.A.) qualification, aims to provide educators with a needs-based and forward-looking professional qualification for work in residential and outpatient settings, with a view to improving the support provided to people in situations of risk or with impairments or disabilities, as well as to those around them. Particular emphasis is placed on people with psychosocial, cognitive and/or neurological impairments and their participation. Students learn to describe and analyse complex problems, and to link theory- and research-based specialist knowledge with practice-oriented practical skills. The range of topics extends from inclusion and exclusion, health literacy, participation and dropout in educational and healthcare processes, through factors relating to health and illness in the rehabilitation process, counselling, communication and diagnostics, to digital transformation processes in the context of rehabilitation pedagogy.

Foreign Language Skills

In order to study this course at the University of Oldenburg as a student from outside of Germany, you need an adequate knowledge of German.

German Language Proficiency
You can proof your German language proficiency with the following language certificates:

DSH: Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang (Level 2)
TestDaF: Test – Deutsch als Fremdsprache (with level 4 in all four areas)

The proof of language proficiency must be presented for the enrolment. For other proof possiblities see: Language requirements

Careers and Areas of Employment

The degree programme equips students to take up roles in the fields of out-of-school special and rehabilitation education, such as:

the field of outpatient or inpatient child and youth welfare;
social and vocational rehabilitation or the integration of people with health impairments;
counselling, support and advocacy at different stages of life;
(rehabilitation) facilities for people with disabilities or older people;
management roles and academic work.

Target Group/Admission Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Special Needs Education and/or Pedagogy and/or Educational Science or in a closely related field worth at least 60 credit points
At least 9 credit points in methods of quantitative and/or qualitative research

Application/Admission Procedures

This course of studies accepts a limited number of applicants, and application is only possible in the winter semester.
The application deadline for the winter semester is 15 July.

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