Witten/Herdecke University (Witten/Herdecke University) Summary
The University of Witten/Herdecke is a private, non-profit research university in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia. Witten/Herdecke University is a state-recognised private university. It is non-profit, integrating health, medicine, dentistry, psychology, nursing, management, economics, politics, philosophy and interdisciplinary liberal education. The University of Witten/Herdecke was founded in 1982 on the path of its institutional development. It was the first private university in the modern Federal Republic of Germany. Today, its academic profile is characterised by human medicine, dentistry, psychology, psychotherapy, nursing science, community health, management, economics, entrepreneurship, philosophy, politics, law, ethics and interdisciplinary Studium fundamentale. The location matters, because The Witten campus and cooperating hospitals, practices, organisations and businesses connect students to healthcare, social services, entrepreneurship, management, policy, civil society, research and the broader Ruhr metropolitan region.
The course portfolio of this master file consists of 8 undergraduate entries and 6 postgraduate entries. Subject combinations are rolled up under their parent degrees where appropriate. Philosophy, Politics and Economics. * * Business, Politics and Law * * . * * Psychology * * . * * Health Care Management * * . * * Management and Psychology * * . * * Management * * . * * Dentistry * * . * * Human Medicine * *. Postgraduate Study Community Health Nursing Nursing Science Philosophy Politics and Economics Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Management Witten MBA – Leadership and Management Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Management Witten MBA – Leadership and Management Each course is still a parent qualification, but specialisations are recorded within the course entry, not misrepresented as separate degrees. This row highlights the major parent qualifications and keeps concentrations, subject combinations, teaching tracks and elective pathways within the proper degree, not as separate programs.
Admission is managed at the program level. Applicants apply directly to the university using its stated process. All courses have their own academic requirements and selection format. Motivation materials, tests, interviews, assessment stages and program-specific application fees may be used for medicine, dentistry, psychology, management, nursing and social-science programs. Applicants should check the teaching language, entry semester, subject prerequisites, selection procedure and document route before submitting the application. 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. Entry to a doctorate is different from entry to a bachelor's or master's degree and usually requires a feasible research proposal, available supervision and formal acceptance by the relevant faculty.
Witten/Herdecke is a private university and charges program fees. Examples of direct payments today range from €24,048 for the PPE master’s and €29,448 for the Psychology bachelor’s up to €76,800 for Medicine and €110,400 for Dentistry. The contribution for the winter semester 2026/27 is € 326,80. These institutional charges do not include rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs 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 function of the subject mix of the university, not a guarantyd placement scheme. Study is linked with professional settings through clinical placements, partner practices, health organisations, family businesses, start-ups, social enterprises, policy networks, research projects and alumni relationships. Internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility and an externally partnered thesis give students opportunities to increase professional readiness.
The course portfolio of this master file consists of 8 undergraduate entries and 6 postgraduate entries. Subject combinations are rolled up under their parent degrees where appropriate. Philosophy, Politics and Economics. * * Business, Politics and Law * * . * * Psychology * * . * * Health Care Management * * . * * Management and Psychology * * . * * Management * * . * * Dentistry * * . * * Human Medicine * *. Postgraduate Study Community Health Nursing Nursing Science Philosophy Politics and Economics Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Management Witten MBA – Leadership and Management Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Management Witten MBA – Leadership and Management Each course is still a parent qualification, but specialisations are recorded within the course entry, not misrepresented as separate degrees. This row highlights the major parent qualifications and keeps concentrations, subject combinations, teaching tracks and elective pathways within the proper degree, not as separate programs.
Admission is managed at the program level. Applicants apply directly to the university using its stated process. All courses have their own academic requirements and selection format. Motivation materials, tests, interviews, assessment stages and program-specific application fees may be used for medicine, dentistry, psychology, management, nursing and social-science programs. Applicants should check the teaching language, entry semester, subject prerequisites, selection procedure and document route before submitting the application. 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. Entry to a doctorate is different from entry to a bachelor's or master's degree and usually requires a feasible research proposal, available supervision and formal acceptance by the relevant faculty.
Witten/Herdecke is a private university and charges program fees. Examples of direct payments today range from €24,048 for the PPE master’s and €29,448 for the Psychology bachelor’s up to €76,800 for Medicine and €110,400 for Dentistry. The contribution for the winter semester 2026/27 is € 326,80. These institutional charges do not include rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs 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 function of the subject mix of the university, not a guarantyd placement scheme. Study is linked with professional settings through clinical placements, partner practices, health organisations, family businesses, start-ups, social enterprises, policy networks, research projects and alumni relationships. Internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility and an externally partnered thesis give students opportunities to increase professional readiness.
