Protestant University of Applied Sciences Dresden (ehs Dresden) Summary
The Protestant University of Applied Sciences Dresden is a religious university of applied sciences in Dresden, Saxony. The Protestant University of Applied Sciences Dresden is a state-recognized specialist institution for social work, childhood education, nursing, community health, advanced nursing practice, religious and community education, counselling and social management. In Saxony, its institutional development consisted of the establishment of predecessor traditions in Protestant social, community and nursing education. 1991 – after German reunification the modern Protestant university was founded. Today its academic profile is built up by social work, childhood education, nursing, nursing practice development, community health nursing, advanced nursing practice, religious education, community education, counselling, diversity, social management and applied social research. The location matters, because Dresden has welfare, childcare, hospital, long-term-care, church, counselling, cultural, municipal, migration and nonprofit-management networks for placements and projects.
This master file is the course portfolio. It contains 7 undergraduate entries and 4 postgraduate entries. Where appropriate, subject combinations are grouped under their parent degrees. Later entries include Primary-Qualifying Nursing, Nursing: Practice Development, Protestant Religious and Community Education. Examples of undergraduate courses are Social Work, Employment-Linked Social Work, Childhood Education, Childhood Education: Leadership and Management, Primary-Qualifying Nursing, Nursing: Practice Development. Postgraduate study includes Social Work, Community Health Nursing and Advanced Nursing Practice Social Management Counselling in the Setting of Diversity to Community Health Nursing and Advanced Nursing Practice Social Management Counselling in the Setting of Diversity Each course is still a parent qualification and specialisations are recorded in the course entry and not as misrepresented separate degrees. The official qualification structure retains the full-time, part-time, dual, employment integrated and continuing variants.
admission control at program level The university has a special application procedure, which is based on the applicant’s motivation and compatibility. Full-time bachelor’s deadlines varied by course for 2026/27, with Religious and Community Education extended to August 31. Before you submit, you must check the teaching language, entry semester, subject prerequisites, selection procedure and document route. International School or University Qualifications External evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation where applicable or other proof of academic equivalence may be required. Master’s committees may ask for module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience, or interviews. Admission to doctoral studies is independent of admission to bachelor or master studies and normally requires a feasible research proposal, qualified supervision and formal acceptance by the responsible faculty.
For the winter semester 2026/27, most full-time programs have no additional tuition fee and a contribution of €354.93 including the ticket. Tuition €120.73 (without optional semester ticket for Germany, €234.20) Continuing courses for the master's degree Separate tuition published Employment-integrated courses selected The institutional fees do not cover rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project expenses or personal travel. Special tuition may be applied in the case of continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree or long-term study formats, if provided for by the relevant law or program regulation. Funding may include BAföG for eligible students, the Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment or university-specific awards, but each funding application is assessed independently from admission.
Career preparation is a reflection of the mix of subjects in the university and is not a guarantyd placement scheme. Welfare organisations, hospitals, nursing services, childcare centers, churches, schools, counselling agencies, municipalities and nonprofit providers support practice and graduate employment. Internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility and an externally partnered thesis all contribute to the students’ readiness for the profession.
This master file is the course portfolio. It contains 7 undergraduate entries and 4 postgraduate entries. Where appropriate, subject combinations are grouped under their parent degrees. Later entries include Primary-Qualifying Nursing, Nursing: Practice Development, Protestant Religious and Community Education. Examples of undergraduate courses are Social Work, Employment-Linked Social Work, Childhood Education, Childhood Education: Leadership and Management, Primary-Qualifying Nursing, Nursing: Practice Development. Postgraduate study includes Social Work, Community Health Nursing and Advanced Nursing Practice Social Management Counselling in the Setting of Diversity to Community Health Nursing and Advanced Nursing Practice Social Management Counselling in the Setting of Diversity Each course is still a parent qualification and specialisations are recorded in the course entry and not as misrepresented separate degrees. The official qualification structure retains the full-time, part-time, dual, employment integrated and continuing variants.
admission control at program level The university has a special application procedure, which is based on the applicant’s motivation and compatibility. Full-time bachelor’s deadlines varied by course for 2026/27, with Religious and Community Education extended to August 31. Before you submit, you must check the teaching language, entry semester, subject prerequisites, selection procedure and document route. International School or University Qualifications External evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation where applicable or other proof of academic equivalence may be required. Master’s committees may ask for module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience, or interviews. Admission to doctoral studies is independent of admission to bachelor or master studies and normally requires a feasible research proposal, qualified supervision and formal acceptance by the responsible faculty.
For the winter semester 2026/27, most full-time programs have no additional tuition fee and a contribution of €354.93 including the ticket. Tuition €120.73 (without optional semester ticket for Germany, €234.20) Continuing courses for the master's degree Separate tuition published Employment-integrated courses selected The institutional fees do not cover rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project expenses or personal travel. Special tuition may be applied in the case of continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree or long-term study formats, if provided for by the relevant law or program regulation. Funding may include BAföG for eligible students, the Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment or university-specific awards, but each funding application is assessed independently from admission.
Career preparation is a reflection of the mix of subjects in the university and is not a guarantyd placement scheme. Welfare organisations, hospitals, nursing services, childcare centers, churches, schools, counselling agencies, municipalities and nonprofit providers support practice and graduate employment. Internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility and an externally partnered thesis all contribute to the students’ readiness for the profession.

