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• On March 1st 2016, the Hochschule für Kunsttherapie Nuertingen (HKT) merged with Nuertingen-Geislingen University (HfWU).
• Since then, Nuertingen-Geislingen University offers at its campus in Nuertingen the innovative and internationally recognised master degree program Art Therapy. 
• It leads to the degree Master of Arts (M.A.).
• Our consecutive master's degree course is an application-oriented follow-up from the first professional qualification and results in an artistic and academic double qualification for professional practice in many settings.
• The course contains practical projects which students carry out on their own initiative.
• It can be seen as a central area of learning and is embedded in a research workshop where students learn to implement their practical project in a methodical manner and to evaluate it.

Course structure:

• Course focus: Integration of practice with accompanying research
• Course focus: Art therapy practice
• Practical project / research workshop

Course focus: Integration of practice with accompanying research

• Artistic review and aestetic research
• Qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Process evaluation and quality control
• Diagnostics and treatment planning

Course focus: Art therapy practice

• Art therapy in interdisciplinary contexts and complex systems
• Current and multicultural concepts of health and illnesses, norm and deviation
• Professional ethics

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• The application for a full bachelor's or master's degree program takes place completely online and has certain deadlines.
• Before submitting your application, please inform yourself about the criteria for the admission and selection procedure.
• If you have any questions regarding the content or subject of your study or the bonus, please get in touch with the contact person of the respective study degree program.
• All information (e.g. applicants with a foreign Higher Education Entrance Qualification (HEEQ)/Secondary Education) can be found on

A level of B2/Upper intermediate in English according to CEFR is required.

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Deadlines for spring/summer term:

• Nomination deadline: November 15^th
• Application deadline: December 1^st

Deadlines for fall/winter term:

• Nomination deadline: June 15^th
• Application deadline: July 1^st

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• Our Nuertingen-Geislingen University (HfWU), situated on the outskirts of Stuttgart region in proximity to the scenic landscape of the Swabian Alb, has developed over the past decades to a remarkable University of Applied Sciences.
• Founded in 1949 as a College for Agricultural Engineering, HfWU became a public University of Applied Sciences in 1972 and offers academic education to more than 5000 students today.
• Our main teaching and research focus lies on subject areas within the range of Business & Economics as well as Agriculture & Landscape Planning.
• In the combination of these subject areas we intensely pursue the inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching of economic, ecological and societal aspects of Sustainable Development.
• Nuertingen is located within the greater Stuttgart area, the capital of the State Baden-Wuerttemberg in one of the strongest economic regions in Germany and Europe.
• Therefore, we maintain excellent contacts with world-leading companies in Southern Germany such as Porsche, Mercedes and BayWa Group.
•  As a University of Applied Sciences we pursue a hands-on approach and attach great importance to the applicability of research findings and academic knowledge.
• This is why all our study programs – Bachelor’s and Master’s – comprise a compulsory practical term or training in cooperation with actors from economy or civil society.
• With HfWU being part of an international academic community, our students and researchers contribute to – and benefit from – a worldwide exchange of experience and expertise.
• We value our good contacts to over 80 partner universities worldwide.
• International students, staff and researchers are always welcome at our Nuertingen-Geislingen University!
• On this website you will find further information about our university.
•  We hope it allows you to gain a good insight in our university's teaching and research activities and life on campus.
• We would be delighted to welcome you in person at our university in the near future!