Know-how about counseling concepts and techniques create an important foundation for successful and proactive health care and nursing. The certificate master program for further education in Advanced Nursing Counseling will qualify you to provide health and nursing counseling with a focus on preventive, solution and resource oriented counseling for patients, clients and families. This certificate master program focuses on advanced clinical nursing skills combined with evidence-based care, nursing science and research.
Program in accordance with § 64 GuKG
Master of Science (Continuing Education) MSc (CE)
Tuition fee
once payment € 13.1271
+ ÖH contribution + costs for optional additional services, if applicable² / semester
Currently no application possible
1 Alternative model for installments can be found under "Costs".
2 The costs depend on the additional services selected from the University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna, such as work clothing, licenses, tutorials, or excursions.
3 Courses are held ca. 50% online and 50% in person
You have a professional picture of health care and nursing that incorporates proven methods as well as the development towards health promotion and counseling. For this reason, you want to combine and round out your previous nursing experience with science and research. You see evidence-based care as the impetus to improve nursing. Your personal strength lies in communication and negotiation skills. However, you are aware that this alone is not enough. You need special techniques and concepts for professional counseling. Overall, you show strong initiative and have the ambition to help establish an emerging professional field and to further develop structures in health care facilities that both make possible and promote counseling.
You will be learning in real-life situations right from the start: either with our cooperation partners or in our well-equipped functional rooms.
You will gain experience and learn from others in interdisciplinary research projects.
Continue your basic education with unique continuing education opportunities for new career fields.
The relevant admission requirement according to §9 para. 7 FHG is
and at least two years of professional experience in healthcare and nursing (practical relevance).
The required language level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is at least
Applicants may require legalization of documents from countries other than Austria in order for them to have the evidential value of domestic public documents. Information on the required legalizations can be found here in PDF format.
For documents that are neither in German nor English, a translation by a sworn and court-certified interpreter is required. Your original documents should have all the necessary legalization stamps before translation so that the stamps are also translated. The translation must be firmly attached to the original document or a legalized copy.
As part of your online application, upload scans of your original documents including all required legalization stamps. For documents not issued in German or English, scans of the corresponding translations must also be uploaded. The head of the study program decides on the equivalence of international (higher) education qualifications. Therefore, your documents can only be checked as part of the ongoing application process.
Your path to studying at Hochschule Campus Wien begins with your registration on our application platform. In your online account, you can start your application directly or activate a reminder if the application phase has not yet started.
Proof of identity
Change of name - proof
Proof of fulfillment of the relevant admission requirement
If you have not yet completed your studies, please upload proof of all courses completed to date as part of the relevant degree program, including ECTS credits.
Proof of language skills German B2
For admission, German language skills of at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) must be provided.
The following applies as proof:
Proof of a higher language level is also valid.
Your application is valid once you have completely uploaded the required documents. If you do not have all the documents at the time of your online application, please submit them immediately upon receipt by email to the administration of your study program (see section “Contact”).
After completing your online application, you will receive an email confirmation with information on the next steps.
The admission procedure consists of an admission interview, in which we would like to learn more about your motives, skills and knowledge.
Do you still have questions about the program?
Make an appointment with our office at anp@hcw.ac.at and arrange a personal consultation with programme director Sabine Schweiger via Zoom. The program managers also provide information and advice in regular (online) info sessions and at live events.
Link for all online sessions via Zoom (Meeting-ID: 915 4667 6983)
If you have any questions regarding the online info sessions, please contact anp@hcw.ac.at
5.-6.11.2026, Pflegekongress, Austria Center Vienna, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Wien
13.11.2026, Master & More, Austria Center Vienna, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Wien
20.11.2026, Open House der Hochschule Campus Wien, Favoritenstraße 222-232, 1100 Wien
4.-7.3.2027 BeSt, Messe Wien, Halle C, Trabrennstraße, 1020 Wien
12.3.2027, Open House der Hochschule Campus Wien, Favoritenstraße 222-232, 1100 Wien
The course fee is based on actual costs. To pay it, you can choose between two options, each with different payment arrangements. Graduates of Hochschule Campus Wien Health Care and Nursing are eligible for a 5% discount on payment options A and B. In addition to the course fee, you must pay the ÖH contribution each semester.
This model assumes that you will complete and pay for the entire program. The cost of € 13.127 is due in full at the start of the program and is non-refundable in the event of early termination of the program, unless HCW is at fault.
One-time payment: € 13.127
(due approximately four weeks before the start of the first semester)
This option allows you to pay the course fee in four installments of € 3.445,75 each. If you withdraw from the program early, you must still pay the full course fee. Installments already paid will not be refunded.
Semester installment: € 3.445,75
(due approximately four weeks before the start of each semester)
Total amount: € 13.783
Financial aid is available for academic courses, master courses and for courses and seminars.
You can find information about funding agencies under grants and scholarships.
Hochschule Campus Wien is now the largest university of applied sciences for health in Austria. Since being the first university of applied arts in Austria to establish a bachelor's degree program in nursing already in 2008, we now possess extensive expertise and a large network of partners. This includes the University of Vienna, with whom we have a teaching network. Important partners from the industry include the Vienna Healthcare Group, with whom we work closely to organize our extensive internships for the bachelor's degree program, and the Vinzenz Group. In addition to teaching, we are also involved in research and development. R&D projects in the field of health care and nursing offer you the opportunity to participate in application-oriented practical research and to make valuable contacts for your future career. Based on evaluation studies, we further develop the contents of the program or examine issues such as what do "simulation patients" offer as a third place of learning. There is great potential in multi-site research projects. Practical relevance is also guaranteed at our Campus Lecture evenings, which are open to all and feature contributions from prominent experts.
The certificate master program in Advanced Nursing Counseling combines the following three core areas:
Times
One or two times per month in blocks on Thursday afternoons or all day Friday and Saturday
Courses are held ca. 50% online and 50% in person
Studienjahreinteilung AN-28 (PDF 112 KB) Content only available in German (starting winter semester 2026/27)
Number of teaching weeks
14 per semester
Language of instruction
German
As a graduate of this program, a wide range of occupational fields and career opportunities are open to you. Find out here where your path can take you.
You have already gained experience in upper grade health care and nursing. With this certificate master program for further education you can help shape this emerging professional field as a health and nursing counselor and support evidence-based nursing. You are an expert when it comes to providing counseling in public and private health care facilities. You will be involved in the areas of inpatient, day-patient and out-patient care. You will be responsible for discharge management in hospitals, nursing facilities or clinics. At nursing support or counseling centers you will be involved in case and care management. Your counseling will also take the social environment into account. You will not only counsel patients and their families, but also entire organizations and nursing teams. You will take on case counseling, process or project consulting and coaching. You will not only be active face to face, but also online. In addition, you will be responsible for knowledge management. You will also apply your knowledge in research projects at universities and colleges.
We closely cooperate with the Vienna Healthcare Group, the Vinzentinum Vienna, the Barmherzige Brüder Vienna, the University of Vienna, the Professional Association and other health care institutions. Our cooperations ensure that you have points of contact for your career or your participation in research and development activities. You will find many of our cooperations in the Campusnetzwerk. A look at them is always worthwhile and may lead you to a new job or to an interesting event of our cooperation partners!
Head of Programs Advanced Nursing Counseling, Advanced Nursing Education, Advanced Nursing Practice, Nursing Education; Senior Lecturer
+43 1 606 68 77-4040
sabine.schweiger@hcw.ac.at
Application management
Favoritenstraße 222, F.1.16
1100 Vienna
Office hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Tuesday: 8.00 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Thursday: 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Deputy Head of Programs Advanced Nursing Counseling, Advanced Nursing Education, Advanced Nursing Practice, Nursing Education; Senior Lecturer (Parental Leave)
theresa.amon@hcw.ac.at
+43 1 606 68 77-4963
Deputy Head of Bachelor’s Degree Program Health Care and Nursing; Head of Program Division 4 Health Care and Nursing
hans_peter.koellner@hcw.ac.at
+43 1 606 68 77-4015
