M.A. Human Resources Management

In order to successfully cope with social change, the shortage of skilled workers and frequent staff changes, companies are dependent on HR professionals. If you have a Bachelor's degree and aspire to a professional career in which you can play a significant role in shaping a company's HR management, the Master's programme in Human Resources Management (M.A.) is just right for you! The programme focuses on the core areas of human resources management, psychology and labour law.

Locations

You can study the programme M.A. Human Resources Management at the following locations:

Curriculum

Description of the programme

Helping to shape the future of companies: Advancing digitalisation, globalisation and a shortage of skilled workers - due to the numerous challenges, companies are dependent on good human resources management that also sets an important course for the future.

Expand your expertise: You will gain important legal skills, learn about different labour laws and deal with quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Set your focus: In the fourth semester, you decide on two compulsory elective modules from the topics:

- Personnel psychology

- Tools in coaching and counselling

- Current topics in labour law

Make a career start: After graduation, a variety of career prospects are open to you to embark on a successful career: jobs in recruiting and HR development, managerial positions in HR or in organisations, as well as self-employment.

Online platform StudyPlus: On our online platform StudyPlus you can also develop personally and take various additional courses. You decide whether you want to strengthen your soft skills, learn a foreign language or get to know new tools!

Semester abroad & internship

Due to the consistent practical orientation, you will not only gain the knowledge but also the practical skills to successfully take on specialist and management responsibility after graduation.

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: Master of Arts
Programme type: full-time
ECTS points: 120
Language: German

state-recognised

Start of studies: winter semester (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Köln, München), summer/winter semester (Hamburg)
Regular period of studies: 4 semesters

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

German language skills required

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finished Bachelor studies

Language certificate German

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