Bachelor's degree in social, public and nonprofit management
Linz, Austria
DURATION
6 Semesters
LANGUAGES
German
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
30 Jun 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 363 / per semester *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* plus the ÖH contribution for students from EU and EEA countries | for students from third countries: €726.72 per semester
Introduction
Shaping the future effectively with meaning: efficient, sustainable, innovative
Social, Public and Nonprofit Management* is a part-time business degree program that focuses on the realities of the social and health sector, the public sector and the NPO sector.
The core of the course is sound business management qualifications. Legal foundations for management, sustainability, digitalization and ethics are also important. The course conveys - in the spirit of the common good - the special features and action logic of non-profit organizations and institutions. In addition, students develop a deeper understanding of the needs of the diverse target groups of public, social and health-related services. Social and personal skills round off the profile of our graduates of this industry-specific management course.
From the winter semester 2024/25, “Social and Administrative Management” will be renamed “Social, Public and Nonprofit Management”*: Tried and tested remains, updated to keep up with the times!
* subject to approval by AQ Austria.
Important facts
- Organisational form: Part-time
- Academic degree: Bachelor of Arts in Business (BA)
- Admission procedure: Interview
- Costs: Information on tuition fees and ÖH contribution
- Duration of study: 6 semesters
- Language: German
- ECTS: 180
Admissions
Curriculum
curriculum
Industry-specific competencies
- Public and nonprofit sector
- Basics of the social economy
- Framework conditions and environments
- Trends and Solutions
- Public Value, Social Impact and Digital Governance
- Governance and Ethics
- Governance and Diversity
Business management skills
- Business administration and organization
- Basics of accounting and financial management
- Management and Transformation
- Advanced Finance and Accounting
- staff
- Marketing
- Innovation in the industry context
- Management Skills
- Controlling and management information
- Special business topics
- Public Value, Social Impact and Digital Governance
- Specialization in human resources management and law
- Entrepreneurial action
Legal competences
- Public law
- Private law
- Innovation in the industry context
- European institutions and European law
- Specialization in human resources management and law
Social and personal skills
- Working effectively
- Marketing
- Scientific and collaborative work
- staff
- Management Skills
- Governance and Ethics
- Governance and Diversity
Scientific and methodological skills
- Business administration and organization
- Working effectively
- Scientific and collaborative work
- Applied Social Research 1
- Applied Social Research 2
Digital user skills
- Management and Transformation
- Trends and Solutions
- Public Value, Social Impact and Digital Governance
elective modules
- Special topics in the social and health sector
- Special topics of the public sector
- Sector-specific special topics Social and health sector
- Industry-specific special topics Public sector
- Business Administration Financing and Controlling
- Business Administration Human Resources and Organization
- Effective digitalization - social and health sector
- Effective digitization - Public Nonprofit Sector
- Industry-specific special topics Social and health management
- Industry-specific special topics Public Management
- Industry-specific special topics Nonprofit Management
- Business Administration Personnel and Organization 2
- Business Administration Financing and Controlling2
Work Experience
bachelor thesis
subjects
- Specifics on the social, public and non-profit sectors
- Sound combination of business administration and law on the pulse
currently - Combining management with creating meaning for society
- Social and personality-building skills
- Know-how and understanding of sustainability, digitalization and digital transformation
- Practical projects and professional internships
- Options for specialization from the 4th semester
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates take on a wide range of management tasks in the areas of human resources, organization and process management, finance and controlling, as well as quality management or Marketing . They bring their expertise to social and health institutions, cities and municipalities, state and federal administrations, public companies, interest groups, social insurance, associations, etc. There they work in the socially relevant areas of health and social affairs, education, mobility, environment and nature, culture and leisure, business and labor market or regional development. Other areas of application include assistant functions, management functions in small and medium-sized organizations or leading teams. This work is therefore meaningful and creates value!
Gut zu wissen
- Dieser Studiengang verbindet bewährte Inhalte mit top-aktuellem Management- und Branchen-Know-how.
- Die Lehrenden des Studiengangs sind Expert*innen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis.
- Der vielfältige Hintergrund der Studienkolleg*innen bildet eine großartige Gemeinschaft, die über das Studium hinaus persönlich und beruflich bereichert.
- Wir sind stolz auf unsere über 800 Absolvent*innen. Viele davon sind mittlerweile in einschlägigen Top-Positionen tätig.
- Die Zusatzqualifikation für die Heimleitung von Alten- und Pflegeheimen kann im Laufe des Studiums ergänzend er worben werden. Diese Expertise kommt bereits durch rund 50 aktive Heimleiter*innen in der Praxis an.
- Mit unserer Forschung leisten wir einen Beitrag zur gesell schaftlichen und sozialen Innovation - durch Organisations-, Dienstleistungs- und Prozessentwicklungen. Wichtig sind dabei auch Bereiche wie digitale Transformation, Nachhal tigkeit, Partizipation und Wirkungsorientierung
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.