The Office for Recognition of Prior Learning

To all students in the Bachelor's degree programs

• Social Work,
• International Social Work,
• Diaconal Studies and
• Religious Education

are offered the possibility to study at an individual pace. This means that the study plan can be put together independently within a certain framework and modules do not have to be taken in a fixed semester. For students, this results in an extended maximum duration of study of 18 semesters. More detailed information can be found in the corresponding study and examination regulations.

The following bachelor's degree programs can be studied at an individual pace:

• Diaconal Studies, combinable with Social Work or International Social Work.
• Religious Education, combinable with Social Work
• Social Work (Campus Ludwigsburg and Campus Reutlingen)
• International Social Work

This opens up more opportunities for voluntary, professional or family commitments alongside your studies, or for more self-directed study to deepen your individual focus.

At the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg, it is possible to study at an individual pace in the Bachelor's degree programs Social Work, International Social Work, Diaconal Studies and Religious Education at any time. For this, a regular application and admission for studies in the respective degree programs is necessary. Information on the application process can be found here.

Bachelor students from the 2nd semester onwards must register for courses/modules via the HISinOne portal. Detailed information on this as well as enrollment periods can be found in the HISinOne portal. Excluded from this procedure are all students of the Bachelor's program Education in Childhood (Childhood Pedagogy), for which the enrollment takes place via the LSF portal of the University of Education Ludwigsburg.

For the enrollment of courses/modules in the 1st semester, you will receive more detailed information and an introduction to the HISinOne portal during the introductory week.

Students with special challenges are granted the right to take courses preferentially upon request. You can find more information on the right to preferential enrollment here.

If you have any questions regarding the individual design of the study plan, please contact the office for recognition of prior learning.

For students in the Bachelor's degree programs in Social Work (Ludwigsburg Campus and Reutlingen Campus), International Social Work, Diaconal Studies and Religious Education, there is an extended maximum duration of study of 18 semesters.

It is recommended to study on the basis of the recommended study plan. However, in the Bachelor's degree programs in Social Work, International Social Work, Diaconal Studies and Religious Education, it is generally possible to arrange the sequence of modules independently within a certain framework. In doing so, the prerequisites for admission to individual modules stated in the module handbooks must be observed. You can find more detailed information in the corresponding module manuals or in the study and examination regulations. For this purpose, please also make use of the advisory service offered by the office for recognition of prior learning.

In the bachelor's degree programs in Social Work, International Social Work, Diaconal Studies, and Religious Education, it is also possible to study at an individual pace without recognition of prior learning.

You can have competencies and achievements acquired outside of higher education be recognised to your study program, such as:

• vocational training (e.g. for educators),
• competences acquired in the course of professional activity or certified further and advanced training or
• informally acquired competencies

For the recognition of prior learning, a regular application and admission in the respective degree program is required. More detailed information on the application procedure can be found here. More detailed information on the recognition of prior learning can be found in the study and examination regulations or in our handout (under Downloads).

For certain vocational qualifications, the equivalence between the competencies to be acquired in modules of the study program and the existing competencies was verified once in advance. The results of this comparison are thus potentially relevant for all graduates of the vocational qualification to be recognised. Students with the corresponding qualification are granted a general recognition without individual examination upon application. Please take advantage of the non-binding advisory service offered by the office for recognition of prior learning.

Which competencies - in addition to general recognition - are recognised always depends on the individual case.

Individual recognition of prior learning is particularly useful for people who have already completed training or have professional experience. However, other further training or proof of voluntary work can also be recognised if equivalent. Please make use of the non-binding advisory service offered by the Office of recognition of prior learning. Here you will receive an assessment of which modules you may be able to have recognised.

In principle, recognition of prior learning is possible in all degree programs. Detailed regulations and general options may differ between the study programs. Please contact the Office of recognition of prior learning and consult the respective study and examination regulations for more information.

Applications for the recognition of prior learning can be submitted to the Office for recognition of prior learning after enrollment. It is recommended that you take advantage of a non-binding consultation with the Office for recognition of prior learning in advance. You will receive an estimate of how many modules may be recognised on your study program.

You will receive the applications and forms for recognition of prior learning in the course of the consultation. You can find a diagram illustrating the application procedure for credit transfer requests in our handout (under Downloads).

The respective study and examination regulations specify whether and to what extent relevant practical periods can be recognised. Whether practical activities performed outside of the university can be recognised to the practical study semester must be examined on a case-by-case basis. Please take advantage of the advice offered by the Office for recognition of prior learning.

No, in principle applications for recognition of prior learning can be submitted at any time. However, in order to ensure a smooth and speedy procedure, it is recommended to submit the applications directly after enrollment in the program or before the beginning of the next semester.

If you would like to make use of the recognition of prior learning, please contact the Office for recognition of prior learning, if possible, before you apply for a study place or before the next enrollment phase of the following semester.

At the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg, modules conclude with a final module examination that tests all competencies acquired in the module from all associated courses. Normally, modules are recognised without a grade and recorded as passed. This can lead to a change in the weighting of grades. If a module examination must be completed, it should be noted that this must always be taken as an overall examination. This means that competencies acquired in recognised courses of the module can also be examined.