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Master of Arts (M.A.)

Consecutive Master degree program

4 semesters

Osnabrück – Caprivi Campus

Winter semester

Non-EU applicants with foreign degree apply via Uni-Assist Portal from February 1st to April 1st, 2025 for the Winter Semester 2025/2026

EU applicants with foreign degree apply via Uni-Assist Portal by July15^th, 2025 for the Winter Semester 2025/2026. It is recommended to submit your application by June 15th. to ensure that the application is forwarded in a timely manner by uni-assist.

Applicants with a German degree apply via the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences Application Portal from May 1st to July 15th, 2025 for the Winter Semester 2025/2026

Applicants for the DAAD Helmut Schmidt Scholarship apply via Online-Application Portal the from June 1st to July 31th, 2025 for the Winter Semester 2026/2027

1. A bachelor's degree in economics or a bachelor's degree in social sciences or other professionally appropriate study. The selection committee decides whether a Bachelor's degree is suitable.
2. Applicants must demonstrate at least B2 level English at the time of application. In addition, foreign applicants must provide proof of at least level A1 German.

Yes, 28 study places, 10 of which are reserved for the scholarship holders of the DAAD Helmut Schmidt Program

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English (some specialisations in German language available)

Here you can find the Regulations Governing Admission to the Master’s program in Management in Nonprofit-Organisations

Since 2009, the Master degree program Management in Nonprofit Organisations has hosted up to 10 students every winter semester from Africa, Latin America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and countries of the Near and Middle East as part of the DAAD Master scholarship program "Helmut Schmidt Programm". For this reason, between 30-50% of the students of the degree program are international.

Key Competences (Modules):
Organisation and Leadership for the Nonprofit-Sector, Human Resource and Volunteer Management for the Nonprofit-Sector Process-, Quality- and Projectmanagement,  Marketing and Public Relations, Financial Management and Controlling in Nonprofit-Organisations, a.Zukunftskonzepte für den Nonprofit-Bereich - ein Praxisprojekt or b.Future Concepts for the Nonprofit Sector - an international Project, Fundraising, Scientific Methods and Research for the Nonprofit-Sector, Monitoring, Evaluation and Social Impact

General Competenes (Modules):
Leadership and Reflection in an Intercultural Context, Ethics for Nonprofit-Organisations, Law for Nonprofit Organisations

Specialisations:
Specialisation 1 (compulsatory): Spheres of Activities of Nonprofit Organisations
Specialisation 2 (one Specialisation of your choice): Development Cooperation (in English Language), Change Management (in German Language), Personalmanagement (in German Language) or Bildungsmanagement und -planung in der Kommune (in German Language).

Approx. 350 Euro semester fee per semester

Yes (ZEvA)