Continuing Education Research and Organizational Development

Welcome to our website! On this page you will find a compact overview of the Master's degree program Continuing Education Research and Organizational Development as well as useful links to pages where you can find further information on various topics.

To get you started, we recommend that you watch the following video, in which two students give you an insight into the program and student life in Dresden:

In addition, we would like to draw your attention to our series "Studying WBF/OE", in which students and alumni present the degree program from different perspectives.

General information about the degree program

History of the degree program

The accredited Master's degree course in Continuing Education Research and Organizational Development was developed on the basis of an extensive, Germany-wide needs analysis at the Faculty of Education at TU Dresden. The establishment of the degree program has been confirmed by the University Executive Board. Enrolment has been possible since the 2010/2011 winter semester.

Course content

The degree program is based on the need for specialists who have both business and educational
and pedagogical fields of activity, but does not require a background in business and economics.
Business Administration and Economics. The course
The course qualifies specialists who want to work in an interdisciplinary manner and
between social and economic aspects.
The degree program is research-oriented and at the same time imparts application-oriented
oriented skills through its clear theory-practice link. The
modules focus on teaching and applying knowledge relevant to education, the labour market and research, including organizational development, education management, personnel development, human resources management, quality development, controlling, vocational and adult education, educational governance, empirical research methods and lifelong learning.

Interdisciplinary events, practical experience, research projects and key skills round off the program.

Career prospects

Graduates of this degree program have a wide range of employment opportunities in practice and research, for example in the fields of continuing education and organizational development, personnel management, personnel development, education management, program planning and many more. In addition, upon successful completion, the degree program also entitles you to admission to a doctorate in order to pursue an academic career.

We recommend that you take a look at our alumni portraits. In them, our alumni describe the career paths they have chosen after successfully completing their studies, the extent to which their studies have prepared them for this and what advice they have for new "WBF/OE students".

Admission to the program

For admission to the degree program, you need

• a first professionally qualifying university degree in educational science or a related subject and
• proof of special aptitude: proof of performance graded with at least "good" in two of the following four areas:
  (1) Empirical Research Methods, (2) Organizational Development, (3) Adult Education/Continuing Education and/or (4) Lifelong Learning and Educational Systems.

A detailed FAQ on the application procedure can be found here. If you still have questions, please contact our Student Advisory Service at any time.

In the following documents you will find the key data on the degree program in our flyer.