B.Sc. Osteopathie

You want to help people and are fascinated by holistic therapy methods? With the Bachelor's study programme in Osteopathy (B.Sc) at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, we teach you one of the oldest diagnostic methods in the world, which is more in demand today than ever before. Osteopathy is a manual form of therapy that relieves tension and blockages throughout the body and thus treats a wide range of illnesses. With the study programme, we comprehensively prepare you for your Heilpraktiker examination and your later professional life.

Locations

You can study the programme B.Sc. Osteopathie at the following locations:

Curriculum

Description of the programme

The Bachelor's study programme in Osteopathy (B.Sc.) combines interdisciplinary specialist knowledge with practice-oriented skills in osteopathy. The focus is on the thematic focal points:

Osteopathic diagnostics and therapy, Medical and biological basics, Social communication skills, Scientific methodological skills.

You will learn to work osteopathically and to justify your actions in an understandable way. The programme also teaches you to work with research results and to gain new scientific knowledge.

The Bachelor's study programme in Osteopathy (B.Sc.) is practice-oriented from the very beginning. Many practical applications help you to deepen your theoretical knowledge in practice. You work in teaching practices and carry out supervision. You take part in a patient group and also complete your placement preparation week there for practical clinical training in Germany or abroad in the seventh semester.

Whether practical applications, internships or potential employers: with our broad network of cooperation partners, we help you to establish new contacts and gain exciting perspectives. One cooperation partner, for example, is the renowned A.T. Still Research Institute in Kirksville, Missouri - the birthplace of Andrew Taylor Still, who founded the principles of osteopathy.

Why enrolling in this programme?

Osteopathy is considered a medical science in Germany. Only recognised non-medical practitioners and doctors are allowed to practise osteopathy. The examination for healing practitioners is therefore a decisive milestone in your training, for which we prepare you intensively. You will not receive your professional certificate and licence as an osteopath until you are 25 years old, but you can already work osteopathically under supervision before then.

With a successful bachelor's degree in osteopathy (B.Sc.) and a passed healing practitioner examination, you can get started. Osteopaths work in many areas of the health sector - these include:

Private practices, clinics and hospitals, rehabilitation centres, sports clubs and competitive sports.

It is also possible to set up your own practice or to pursue a subsequent Master's degree - for example in osteopathy (M.Sc.), therapeutic sciences (M.Sc.), naturopathy & complementary medicine (M.Sc.) or health education (M.A.).

Accreditations & awards

All study programmes at the Hochschule Fresenius Heidelberg are accredited before they start for the first time and then regularly checked for conformity with the regulations. This ensures that they meet the quality standards of the Accreditation Council Foundation. The accreditation system in Germany provides for higher education institutions to have either individual study programmes (so-called programme accreditation) or the internal quality assurance system of the higher education institution (so-called system accreditation) accredited. The FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) accreditation of the study programmes of the Hochschule Fresenius Heidelberg guarantees the equivalence of corresponding study and examination achievements as well as degrees and enables student mobility within the scope of German law and the Lisbon Convention. Studying at the Hochschule Fresenius Heidelberg guarantees you a degree that meets all the requirements of the German accreditation system and the quality standards in the European Higher Education Area.

Overview

Degree: Bachelor of Science
Programme type: full-time
ECTS points: 240
Language: German

state-recognised

Start of studies: winter semester
Regular period of studies: 8 semesters

Application deadlines:
15/09/2023 (WS), 15/03/2023 (SS)

German language skills required

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