Master
Children- and Family-centered Social Work
part-time
Primary educational institutions are the first non-family, institutional places of education in a child's life. They lay the foundation for a successful educational and professional career and make a significant contribution to an inclusive, democratic society. Professionally trained early childhood education and care professionals are needed to fulfill this important task. During the studies, you will learn how to accompany and support children in their development as an early childhood education and care professional. The dual degree program means that part of your training takes place at the university and the other part at an early childhood education and care institution.
For prospective students who do not have a university entrance qualification (e.g. secondary school leaving certificate) or an equivalent qualification, but who have several years of relevant professional experience in this field, we offer the Bachelor's program (Bachelor Professional) Early Childhood Education and Care.
Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, BA
Tuition fee pro semester
€ 363,361
+ ÖH contribution + costs for optional additional services, if applicable2
Currently no application possible
80
Hochschule Campus Wien + early childhood education and care institution
1 Tuition fees for students from third countries € 727 per semester.
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.
You are very interested in educational work with children aged 0 to 10 years and in working with their families. You are looking for an education that allows you to combine your studies with your job from the very first semester. For you, working in early childhood education and care means taking responsibility, acting according to inclusive and democratic values and accompanying, supporting and encouraging children in their development and education with empathy and appreciation. Your understanding of early childhood education and care goes beyond traditional approaches and is open to current developments such as inclusive education and interdisciplinary cooperation. You want to be able to make pedagogical decisions based on sound knowledge and scientific findings. You also want to critically reflect on your practical professional experience and combine it with academic knowledge.
The Department Social Sciences offers a comprehensive and unique study program in the Vienna area.
Continue your generalized basic training with very specific further training programs.
Active theory-practice transfer with institutions in our network.
You need a general university entrance qualification, proven by
or a relevant professional qualification with additional examinations.
In addition:
Relevant professional qualification with additional examinations. The examination subjects are based on the compulsory subjects of the Philosophy, Arts and Education Studies group (according to §64a UG 2002, e.g. University of Innsbruck, University of Vienna):
If you have completed the College for Early Childhood Pedagogy (BAfEP), up to 60 ECTS can be credited towards your degree program.
In addition to the Bachelor's degree program Early Childhood Education and Care, we offer the Bachelor's program (Bachelor Professsional) Early Childhood Education and Care. General information on the "Bachelor Professional (BPr)" can also be found on the page Study system.
The required language level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is at least
The primary language of instruction in the study program is German, therefore German language skills at level B2 are required at the start of the program. No formal certificate is required for admission; German language skills are determined during the admission interview. Since early childhood education and care professionals act as language role models and lay a decisive foundation for further language development, language competence and language acquisition in the context of early education, a language level of C1 is required by the time of graduation.
If no such certificate is sumitted, we reserve the right to test your language skills during the admission interview.
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.
The German "Fachhochschulreife" (German advanced technical college entrance qualification) is not formally equivalent to the Austrian general university entrance qualification. Whether access to the Bachelor's degree program is possible via a relevant professional qualification and which additional examinations must be taken for this is decided by the head of the degree program or study program after reviewing the application documents in the course of the admission procedure. In your online application in the selection field "Relevant admission requirement", please select the item "Foreign limited higher education entrance qualification".
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
Proof of citizenship
Proof of citizenship is only required if you have uploaded an Austrian driving license or residence permit as proof of identity. For foreign documents, please upload them together in one file:
Change of name - proof
Relevant admission requirement for the bachelor's degree program
The relevant admission requirement is a general university entrance qualification or a relevant professional qualification.
If you do not currently have a certificate, please upload your complete certificate (all pages) from the last completed school level.
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.
During the admission procedure, applicants' suitability for the dual degree program is assessed. The procedure consists of several stages: the online application, a written admission test and an oral admission interview. The results are documented. Participation in the admission procedure is free of charge. The criteria that lead to admission are exclusively performance-related. Once you have completed your online application, you will receive an email confirmation with information on the further procedure.
Find out more about the content and procedure of the study program. Questions about requirements and application will also be answered.
To participate, please use the Zoom link next to the date.
Please note that the online info sessions are held in German.
If needed, you can contact us to arrange a date for an English session at ep@hcw.ac.at.
The Bachelor's degree program Early Childhood Education and Care at Hochschule Campus Wien is characterized by a close combination of theory and practice and prepares you for your professional career as an early childhood education and care professional according to the latest research.
The degree program was developed in cooperation with experts from science and practice. We are in regular contact with early education and care professionals as well as national and international training institutions and universities. Our cooperation partners for the learning location practice organization are large Viennese provider organizations for crèches, nursery schools and day homes.
At a time when the growing need for high-quality childcare facilities is being discussed, it is all the more important to promote the academization of the professional field in conjunction with early childhood education and care research. Hochschule Campus Wien is the first university to offer a complete Bachelor's degree program for basic professional qualification in early childhood education and care.
The focus of the program covers four central areas of competence in the discipline, which are highly relevant in everyday pedagogical practice:
From the 6th semester onwards, you have the opportunity to set your own focus through electives such as "Interprofessional collaboration with selected healthcare professions" and "Multilingual and Translingual Living Environments of Children".
Dual study program
The program Early Childhood Education and Care is designed as a dual study program: Working in an early childhood education and care institution is part of the studies and is therefore considered a learning location. The on-campus lectures at the learning location university take place all day on Thursdays and Fridays.
Unterrichtszeiten
Thursday and Friday all day
As a graduate of this degree program, you will have a wide range of professional fields and career opportunities open to you. After graduation from the six-semester degree program with a total of 180 ECTS, graduates have the qualifications to work as an early childhood education and care professional. They can work in group-leading positions in elementary educational institutions and accompany children and their families so that their developmental and educational processes can unfold in the best possible way. You will maintain networks and cooperate with educational partners. You will be able to fulfill social and socio-spatial mandates.
In all areas in which you work, you will contribute to the further development of your profession as an early childhood education and care professional.
We work closely with numerous organizations in the social and public sectors, universities and research institutes. Our close relationships with early education and care institutions, early educational and care training centers and universities ensures you starting points for your career or your co-operation in research and development activities. You can find information about our cooperation activities and much more at Campusnetzwerk. It's well worth visiting the site as it may direct you to a new job or interesting event held by our cooperation partners!
Head of Degree Programs Social Management in Early Education and Care, Early Childhood Education and Care; Head of Program Early Childhood Education and Care
+43 1 606 68 77-3231
nina.hover-reisner@hcw.ac.at
during the lecture period
Wednesdays, 15.15 - 16.15 Uhr
Favoritenstraße 226, B.2.28 (Campus map)
1100 Wien
Office hours
Thu, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Fri, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
as well as by appointment via phone or email
Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer
Head of Center for Academic Writing; Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer
during the lecture period
Wednesdays, 15.15 - 16.15 Uhr
by appointment by email
during the lecture period from 1.10.2025
Wednesdays, 16.00-17.00 Uhr
by appointment by email


