Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen

What you'll study

The curriculum comprises ten modules across three semesters, blending scientific deepening with applied practice and emphasising theory–practice transfer and care research. Students expand nursing science knowledge, clinical decision making and the design of innovative, sector‑crossing care concepts.

• Qualitative und quantitative Forschungsmethoden
• Forschungsmanagement
• Grundlagen der erweiterten pflegerischen Versorgung im gesellschaftlichen Kontext
• Erweiterte Kompetenzen in der klinischen Entscheidungsfindung
• Erweiterte Kompetenzen in der patientenzentrierten Langzeitversorgung
• Innovative sektorenübergreifende Versorgungskonzepte
• Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Versorgungspraxis
• Vertiefung Clinical Assessment
• Praxismodul
• Masterarbeit

Some selected classes are taught jointly with the Advanced Practice Midwifery programme to foster interdisciplinary exchange. The course combines presence days (predominantly Thursday and Friday in the summer semester) with online sessions (Monday and Tuesday afternoons), and in holiday weeks teaching is online only.

Entry requirements

Admission requires a first professional qualifying higher education degree in a dual, integrated nursing programme of at least 210 ECTS that includes a recognised nursing professional qualification (e.g. Krankenpflege, Kinderkrankenpflege, Altenpflege, Pflegefachperson under PflBG). Alternatively, applicants with a nursing professional qualification and a first degree of at least 210 ECTS in nursing or a closely related field (e.g. Pflegewissenschaft, Gesundheitswissenschaft, Pflege‑/Medizinpädagogik, Pflegemanagement) may be admitted; the examination board decides on relatedness.

Holders of a 180 ECTS bachelor are eligible if they can demonstrate additional nursing‑specific competencies either by passing an oral admission exam at HWG Ludwigshafen or by providing a nursing specialist continuing education of at least 300 hours (for example practice instruction, intensive care). The oral admission test evaluates understanding of nursing and health‑science issues and research methodology and cannot be repeated if failed.

Career prospects

Graduates are prepared to assume advanced roles in clinical and community settings, including Community Nursing, School Nursing, Disaster Nursing and work within interdisciplinary teams. The programme targets nurses who will take responsibility for independent, evidence‑based nursing care, lead implementation of cross‑sector care concepts and contribute to care process management and research.

Scholarships & funding angle (general)

The programme page does not list specific scholarships. Prospective students should explore institutional funding, public scholarships for postgraduate study, employer sponsorship (given the course’s relevance to professional practice), and regional/national funding schemes for healthcare postgraduate education. Contact the programme office to ask about available university support and recommended external funding sources.