Vocational education and human resources development

full time

Master of Arts

Master
Degree

4 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

Stuttgart

Location

January 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

January 2025 (EU), January 2025 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • Vocational Pedagogy
  • Human Resource Management

Focus

Human Resources and Staff Management, Vocational Education

Target group

The target group is graduates of a six-semester Bachelor's degree course in vocational and business education who wish to work in vocational education and training or personnel development.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

The prerequisite is a degree in a Bachelor's degree course of at least six semesters (or equivalent) in vocational and business education or in a closely related degree course with qualifying examination results, or alternatively: knowledge and skills acquired during the degree course which are equivalent in scope and standard to those of the Bachelor's degree course in vocational and technical education. As well as an 18-week course-related internship.

Lecture period

  • 07.04.2025 - 19.07.2025
  • 13.10.2025 - 07.02.2026

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

    For all information for international students, visit www.uni-stuttgart.de/studium/bewerbung/international-degree/

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

Winter semester (2025/2026)
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    For all information for international students, visit www.uni-stuttgart.de/studium/bewerbung/international-degree/

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    15.05.2025 - 15.07.2025

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    15.05.2025 - 15.07.2025

Tuition fee

The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg charges tuition fees for a second degree (EUR 650/semester) and for students from non-European countries (EUR 1,500/semester). For information about tuition fees, please refer to our website.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German