Management in Nonprofit-Organisations (M.A.)

Osnabrück

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Consecutive Master degree program

4 semesters

28 per semester, one intake per year. Of which 10 study places are reserved for the scholarship holders of the DAAD-Helmut Schmidt Program.

English (some specialisations in German language available)

Winter semester (end of september)

May 1st until July 15th

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.

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.

Managers of foundations, associations, or social institutions require specific skills and know-how to reach the nonprofit aims of their organizations. The Master degree program Management in Nonprofit Organisations provides instruction in just these qualifications.

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 ntercultural 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. 330 Euro semester fee per semester

Yes (ZEvA)

Degree program director:
Prof. Dr. Gesa Birnkraut
Phone: +49 (0)541 969-3527
E-mail: g.birnkraut@hs-osnabrueck.de

Degree program coordinator:
Mechthild Gerdes M.A.
Phone: +49 (0)541 969-3054
E-mail: npo@hs-osnabrueck.de

Here you can find the regulations for this study program (in German language).