Master in Social Innovation
Fachhochschule Salzburg University of Applied Sciences
Key Information
Campus location
Salzburg, Austria
Languages
German
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 semesters
Pace
Part time
Tuition fees
EUR 363 / per semester
Application deadline
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Introduction
Why study Social Innovation at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences?
Our Master's degree in Social Innovation enables you to deepen your knowledge and really specialise in the field of social work. Socio-political, social, and demographic changes are increasingly creating new areas of tension, specially nowadays.
Studying at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences gives you comprehensive skills for innovative planning and responsible management within the social sector. Learn to develop professional strategies for societal change processes based on critical analysis and reflection, such as the following:
- Ageing societies – new forms of health promotion
- Increasing globalisation – migration movements, growing societal diversity
- Social inequality – empowering disadvantaged groups, ensuring social stability
| Study mode: | part-time |
| Degree awarded: | Master of Arts in Social Sciences (MA) |
| Length of study: | 4 semesters (120 ECTS) |
| Study places per year: | 25 |
| Location: | Urstein Campus |
| Language of instruction: | German |
| Lesson times: | two evenings per week (Tuesday and Wednesday from 17.00 to 20.15) and weekend blocks from Friday noon and Saturday all day |
| Tuition: | Euro 363,- per semester + student union fee |
Career Opportunities
Occupational Fields and Career Prospects
As a graduate of the master's programme you are especially qualified for leadership roles in the social profit sector, including the following areas:
- social planning
- health planning in the context of public health
- community development
- development of democracy
- organisations, institutions and enterprises of the social system, such as provincial and district administrations
- social partners, social security, employment services
- child and youth welfare, disability assistance, social assistance, integration assistance
- civil service centres, hospitals and nursing homes, etc.
Curriculum
Study content and focus areas
Our Master's degree in Social Innovation is based on four macro modules, in which qualification is based on the following:
- Social change and ethics
- Science of social innovation
- Areas of action (social innovation)
- (Innovation) action and methods
Furthermore, the curriculum of our Master's programme is divided into seven knowledge lines:
- Social innovation in theory, practice, and ethics
- Scientific work
- Law
- New public health and generations
- Globalisation, migration and diversity
- Social inequality and empowerment
- Methods of innovation and organisational development