Degree programme Continuing Education Research and Organisational Development (Master) accredited

Important information

Please note that not all information is translated. Please refer to the german version for missing information.

Admission requirements

Every person having a university degree in Education or a related discipline can be accepted. Special aptitude is given if two of the four following disciplines have been marked with at least "good":
• Empirical research methods
• Organisational Development
• Adult education / training
• Lifelong learning and education systems
It the aptitude cannot be derived from documents an aptitude interview is conducted.

Aptitude assessment

• Notes and Rules of Procedure for the Aptitude Test (Eignungsfeststellungsordnung) on the webpage of the faculty
• Basis for the selection procedure: http://www.verw.tu-dresden.de/AmtBek/PDF-Dateien/2009-04/vergabeo05.06.2009.pdf TU Dresden Regulations for Award of Master's degrees] (Mastervergabeordnung der TU Dresden)

German language requirements

International applicants and German applicants with foreign school leaving certificate please find information here: language requirements.

Application hints and tips

If, at the time of the application, proof of the first degree that qualifies for a profession cannot yet be provided, applicants will be considered in the aptitude test procedure and the numerus clausus selection procedure if 80% of the achievable points of the university degree can be proven by a certificate of the university of origin (Examining Office), on the basis of a completed module exam, assignment paper or colloquium. The certificate shall also include a provisional average mark, calculated on the basis of the examinations already completed. The form can be found on the web pages of the Admission Office.

General information for the degree programme

The graduates of the Master programme have in-depth knowledge in the areas listed below: Quantitative Research Methods and Multivariate Statistics; Organisational Theory, Modelling and Analysis; Quality Development in Continuing Education Organisations; Education Management; Approaches, Research Areas and the Current State of Research in Adult Education/Continuing Education and also Background Knowledge of Social History Regarding Aspects of Competence Development and Evaluation.

Moreover, the graduates acquired advanced knowledge in: Controlling in Educational Institutions; Education Systems in International Comparison; Higher Education System, Policy and Research; Structural Development and Control of Educational Systems; Competence Development by Continuing Education; Educational Technology; Teaching and Learning in Continuing Education; Occupational Physiology, Work Organisation and Structuring; Production and Management Systems; Arrangement of Working Time; Logistics Concepts; the Concept of Lifelong Learning from an International Perspective and also Life Course Research.

The graduates are able to: plan, conduct and evaluate research projects independently and problem adequately; analyse processes of continuing education research and organisational development and to assess their effects to be able to justify management decisions on a scientific basis; understand and critically evaluate qualitative and quantitative studies in the context of adult education/continuing education and also evaluate the competencies of teachers in continuing education; understand and assess the economic activeness of an educational institution; analyse and classify approaches and results of empirical life course research and put in the context of lifelong learning; analyse and evaluate practical forms of work and also justify management decisions regarding job design on a scientific basis; analyse teaching and learning processes in continuing education and assess their effects; analyse developments and change in educational systems and, in particular, political-administrative and institutional control problems and reflect the results from the perspective of education policy; integrate theory and practice, transferand apply learned concepts.

Study contents

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Professional field

The degree programme offers you the opportunity to enter into a career as a researcher or practitioner at:
• university facilities
• external research institutions
• public and private training institutions or continuing education institutions
• companies

Your activities could include:
• organisational development
• personnel management
• personnel development
• educational management & vocational training within companies
• programme development, planning and carrying out events
etc.