Evidence-based care is becoming increasingly important as the basis for high-quality, professional care. Therefore, research and scientific studies play an important role in healthcare and nursing training. In this academic expert program, you will deepen your knowledge in applied healthcare and nursing, underpin this with knowledge from nursing science and research and combine numerous didactic methods. The academic university course is recognized in accordance with § 65a GuKG as training for teaching tasks in accordance with § 17 GuKG and qualifies you as a nursing educator.
When applying, you can choose between two specializations: Simulation Training or Practice Mentoring.
You complete the simulation training specialization with the certificate Simulation training in the Educational Setting. If you complete Practice Mentoring, you will be recognized as a practice instructor in accordance with § 64 GuKG.
Academic teacher for health care and nursing
Tuition fee
once payment € 9.9901
+ ÖH contribution + costs for optional additional services, if applicable2 / semester
Application Winter semester 2027/28
15. September 2026 - 20. August 2027
1 Alternative model for semester 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.
You see the potential of healthcare and nursing and want to pass on your enthusiasm to trainees. It is important to you to expand the spectrum of your current work. Nursing education is your area of interest and you are motivated to expand your skills in the areas of practice mentoring or simulation in educational settings. You recognize the importance of evidence-based nursing for the development of new roles in theoretical and practical education at different educational levels.
With the in-depth focus on practice mentoring or simulation training in the educational setting, you can expand your expertise in healthcare and nursing with specialist practical skills. To this end, you want to underpin your previous nursing experience with science and research and reflect on it. You are keen to develop your profession further. You would like to take responsibility for the individual and professional guidance and supervision of trainees at all levels of training. You are aware of the relevance of practice-oriented learning, professional didactic expertise and skills in simulation training settings.
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.
For admission you need
In case of submitting a diploma you will also need either
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 (HCW) 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
Relevant admission requirement for the academic expert program
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.
Proof of your relevant two years of professional experience
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 interview in which we want to find out 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 tuition fee is determined according to the actual costs. You can choose between three payment models, which are linked to different payment modalities. In addition to the tuition fee, you pay the ÖH fee each semester.
Note for employees of the Vienna Healthcare Group:
For employees of the Vienna Healthcare Group, the financing of the academic expert program can be covered by the GD/PEA after verification of the requirements. A release from work by the respective clinic is required in any case. The application for funding must be submitted to the GD/PEA in good time.
This model assumes that you will complete and pay for the entire program. The cost of € 9.990 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: € 9.990
(due approximately four weeks before the start of the first semester)
This option allows you to pay the course fee in three installments of € 3.495 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: € 3.495
(due approximately four weeks before the start of each semester)
Total amount: € 10.485
You can apply for financial aid for academic programs, master’s programs, as well as courses and seminars.
For information on funding agencies, see Funding and Scholarships.
" There are so many professional fields, new professions. It was clear to me that if I wanted to stay up to date, I had to continue my education."
Markus Altrichter studied healthcare and nursing, practice mentoring.
Hochschule Campus Wien was the first university of applied sciences in Austria to launch a bachelor's degree program in Healthcare and Nursing in 2008 and has extensive expertise and a large network. Our students also benefit from innovative teaching methods with current best practice examples as well as application-oriented research. Practical relevance is also guaranteed when we organize our freely accessible Campus Lectures with top-class experts.
As the largest university of applied sciences for nursing and health sciences in Austria, Hochschule Campus Wien covers a broad spectrum of training for highly qualified healthcare and nursing: starting with the bachelor's degree program, the Continuing Education master's programs (CE) Advanced Nursing Counseling (Healthcare and Nursing Counseling), Advanced Nursing Practice (Management) and Advanced Nursing Education (Teaching) through to subject-specific academic expert programs. Students and lecturers thus have the opportunity to exchange ideas and network across disciplines.
The aim of this course is for you as a teacher to actively accompany the learning process of students and support them in their personal responsibility. You will provide the next generation of professionals with an innovative approach to healthcare and nursing that combines science and professional practice. The academic expert program helps to link theory, practice and science even better and to further improve the quality of healthcare and nursing. Based on your professional experience as a qualified healthcare and nursing professional, you will use your new knowledge to increase the effectiveness of your nursing decisions. You will also specialize in either practice mentoring or simulation training. As a graduate, you will be authorized to instruct trainees of all levels and hold the additional title of practice instructor or you will receive the certificate that qualifies you for simulation in educational settings.
The academic expert program combines the following six core elements:
You will differentiate between different educational theories, didactic models and concepts. In addition, you will apply individual communication strategies and rhetorical skills and develop presentation techniques. You will classify role models on the basis of teaching and learning theories and develop individual roles from them.
You will identify age and population cohorts and justify epidemiological care priorities. You will specify current challenges relating to health and illness concepts from a social science and socio-medical perspective, as well as ethics, and justify diversity as a central requirement for social relationships and networks in a professional context.
You will acquire basic skills required for scientific work and systematic consideration of care from a scientific perspective and you will implement applied research in teaching practice; you will also write your final thesis based on these prerequisites.
You will develop methodological and didactic concepts, plan teaching and learning processes to suit the content and the target groups, validate and apply them. You will differentiate between different media and design specific e-learning settings and digital learning spaces. You will evaluate the results and performance of trainees and employees and assess and measure their competences.
You will analyze topics in knowledge, project and quality management in educational institutions. You will systematically and independently record curriculum developments and training plans. Furthermore, you will explain education-specific legal bases and conduct professional counselling interviews with trainees, employees and colleagues at all organizational levels in the setting of teaching practice.
You will develop professional competence and organize yourself in specific fields of practice. You will plan, carry out and evaluate teaching sequences.
As part of the in-depth focus on practice mentoring
As part of the in-depth focus on simulation training in the educational setting
Twice a month in blocks
Thursday afternoons or Friday through Saturday, all day
Thursday 4:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Friday 8:45 a.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Saturday 8:45 a.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Start of semester: Calendar Week 36 (2027)
End of semester: Calendar Week 6 (2028)
Start of semester: Week 8 (2028)
End of semester: Week 28 (2028)
Start of semester: Calendar Week 38 (2028)
End of semester: Calendar Week 47 (2028)
*Mandatory additional exam day
July 1, 2028 – December 15, 2028
January 15, 2029 – January 19, 2029 (subject to change)
February/March 2029 (Date to be announced)
Class times may vary slightly; minor changes are possible each semester. Due to the exam schedule, classes on Thursdays may start as early as 3:30 p.m. Up to approximately 50% of the class sessions take place online (each semester; information subject to change!)
As a graduate of this academic expert program, you will have a wide range of professional fields and career opportunities to choose from. Read here where your career path can take you.
You have already gained your first professional experience in healthcare and nursing in the higher intermediate service. With this program, you can help shape the field of practice as a teacher and support evidence-based nursing care. You will work in teaching primarily at training institutes for nursing assistant professions (PA, PFA), schools for medical assistant professions (MFA), schools for social care professions and colleges for social care and nursing (BHS). As a teacher, you can also offer teaching and learning guidance. In addition to teaching, you are also active in education management. You will work in public and private healthcare and education institutions.
We work closely with the Vienna Healthcare Group, the Vinzentinum Vienna, the Barmherzige Brüder Vienna, the University of Vienna, the professional association and other healthcare institutions. Our cooperations provide you with starting points for your career or your collaboration in research and development activities. Many of our cooperations are shown in the campus network. It is always worth taking a look and may lead you to a new job or an interesting event organized by one 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
Opening hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8.00-13.00
Tuesday: 8.00-15.30
Thursday: 8.00-17.00
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
