Protestant University for Applied Sciences Freiburg

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The Protestant University of Freiburg ( Freiburg EH ), School of Social Work, diakonia and Religious Education is a confessional, nationally recognized professional school based in Freiburg im Breisgau. Support the university is the Evangelical Church in Baden. The core courses offered by the EH Freiburg form the bachelor's degree programs social work, religious education / community diakonia, and pedagogy of childhood. The university was able to expand in recent years, its academic offerings with new masters courses and training in the field. The largest research institution in the field of social work ( research and innovation network in EH Freiburg FIVE ) in Germany is located at the EH Freiburg. In several institutions will, inter alia, worked on issues of gerontology, social science research on women, development of civil society and of child and youth research. In exchange with FIVE, the Institute for Continuing Education ( Kiel Institute ) and the Academy for social housing connects the EH Freiburg research and training ( eg in palliative care and case management).

History

Through the women's movement that pursued the goal of a gender proper professional training in welfare nursing field, originated in Germany between the turn of the century and the beginning of the 1920s Social Women's schools. More motivation to their occurrence provided the plight of the First World War, especially from the women were affected, which should be supported by qualified female forces.

In Freiburg Marie Marshal drove to Bieberstein that the politician Adolf Marschall von Bieber stone, as the founder of the " Evangelical Women's Association for Home Mission in Baden " widow the establishment of such educational institution forward. On July 16, 1918, the first inaugural meeting of the Working Committee (now Board ) took place. On 1 October 1918, the teaching was recorded under the name Protestant woman vocational school for church and social work with twelve students. A year later arose with the Social Women's School Freiburg's also one of the two predecessor schools from which later the Catholic University of Freiburg should emerge.

The Protestant woman vocational school for church and social work was, however, recognized by the state in 1921 and changed its name to " Evangelical Social Women's School". After Rector Lina Mayer- Kulenkampff Julie Schenck led (* 1895) in 1923 the school. This drew 1926 in the Goethe Street 247.9898857.844462, which was soon extended to a boarding school. 1943 took over the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden sponsorship. 1945, the teaching was evacuated shortly after Constance and put the lessons later in the Goethe street continues.

Schenck led the school until they came in June 1955 after a long illness died. In the same year there was a further change of name to " Evangelical Seminar for welfare and community service." In 1956 men were admitted. In 1957, a new building on the corner Goethe-/Kronenstraße be obtained. From 1968 to 1971, the institution was called " a professional college of the Evangelical Church in Baden ." Following a change in the Higher Education Act in 1971 it became the Protestant University of Applied Sciences for Social Welfare, Religious Education and community diakonia. 1975 could be moved into a new building by architect Fritz Eberhard close to the social focal district vineyard west of Freiburg. The old premises were abandoned.

For the summer semester 2007, the then government of the CDU and FDP a tuition fee of 500 €. Regardless of this government decision were upon the decision of the carrier, the Protestant Church, also introduced tuition fees at two evangelical colleges in Baden- Württemberg, by the tuition fee regulations were enshrined in canon law. This applies to newly -starting students, career changers and students for exceeding the standard period of study. In agreement with the student exemptions and hardship provisions were drawn up, the cause of 15% of the revenue from tuition fees flow back to the students. In addition, the university has a federal financial aid model developed and established a loan fund.

The newly elected red-green state government abolished the summer semester of 2012, the tuition fees at public universities again. However, the Protestant Church, however, raises still further reduced tuition fees in the amount of 280 € instead of 500. The reason given is that limit the compensation payments made by the state government to state universities. An exception to this is since the winter semester 2013/14 the bachelor's degree program of pedagogy in childhood, as it is funded by the funding social programs at non-governmental universities in the state of Baden- Württemberg.

Since the building designed for 500 students have become too small, the university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church is extended by a new building for 6.5 million euro since March 2013. The construction costs are borne entirely by the Protestant Church in Baden. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 8 May 2013. Is built according to a design by architects & Lamott Lamott from Stuttgart. Construction is expected to be related to the winter semester 2014.

Courses

In the winter semester 2005/2006 all courses were converted in the course of the Bologna Process at the Bachelor's and Master's programs. In July 2005, the Council of Ministers of the State of Baden- Württemberg has pronounced the state recognition for the requested courses EH Freiburg.

The following undergraduate programs are offered:

• Social Work
• Religious Education / Community Diakonia
• Pedagogy of childhood

These master's degree programs, there are:

• Social Work ( consecutive, research-oriented )
• Education and training in childhood (Consecutive)
• Religious Education (Consecutive)
• Social management (application- oriented)
• Supervision
• Management, ethics and innovation in the nonprofit sector

Management

The three organs of the EH Freiburg are the Great Senate, the Senate and the Rector or the Rector. The Senate shall elect among others the / the Rector or the Rector. The Senate decides on matters of teaching, study, training and research that are not transmitted are of fundamental importance and the final decision of the Rector or the Rector, the departments or institutions of higher education. The Rector or the Rector manages and represents the University of Applied Sciences, leads, inter alia the direct supervision of the teachers and the other staff members and acts through the Dean or the Dean points out that the teachers perform their teaching and examination obligations. He or she controls the internal organization of the administration of the college, including the use of the administrative staff of the departments and higher education institutions. Another body of the university 's Board of Trustees, which oversees the university is up - provided by the Evangelical Supreme Ecclesiastical Council of the Evangelical Church in Baden.

Church sponsorship

Church sponsorship means that the college mission of the Evangelical Church perceives in a specific manner in Baden, contribute to social education and social activities. As a result of teaching, research and development, a special place of reflection in anthropology and ethics, and interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of human and social sciences. Theology and Religious Studies to be included therein as equal partners. The Protestant colleges committed to openness and tolerance in research, teaching and training. According to § 3 (1 ) of the Ecclesiastical Law college of the Evangelical Church in Baden on 23 October 2003 is: " The university is free in teaching and research; it is bound by the ecclesiastical order and the state and church law. "

Research and innovation network

Since 1985, there is a research institution " FIVE - research and innovation network at the Protestant University of Freiburg as an independent, but structurally the EH Freiburg toothed, registered non-profit association. FIVE is the largest research institute at colleges in the field of social work in Germany. It is a member of the Social Service Agency of Baden. The institutes of the contact point are:

• AGP - Institute for Applied Social Research work. Society. participation
• SoFFI F. - Social Science Women's Studies Institute Freiburg
• ZfKJ - Centre for Child and Youth Research
• Zze - Center for civil society development

In self-publishing the contact point FEL research and project reports are published.

Institute of Continuing Education

The Institute for Continuing Education is part of the training and continuing educational mission of the university. With its training offer is aimed at graduates of colleges of social work and religious education as well as to employees in comparable occupations. The main focus will find training on developments in social work and economics instead.

The Competence Center Education Early Childhood activities are brought together in the area early childhood education at the Protestant University of Freiburg and thus a combination of education, training, research and practice made ​​. The competence center offers a continuous conference program, coupled with continuing education and training opportunities.

The Academy for social housing in EH Freiburg provides training that deal with issues surrounding the topic of housing, such as advice on rent arrears and conflict management in residential complexes.