University education

Demographic developments, changing care needs and structures, the increasing need for interprofessional collaboration, digitalization, and technical and scientific developments are already placing changing demands on our future healthcare professionals. As a result, training occupations must be reorganized with regard to future-oriented and needs-based requirements.

The key points paper of the federal-state working group "Overall concept for health professions" laid down this reorganization and strengthening of health professions and at the same time created the basis for fundamental reforms in the corresponding training occupations. With the amendment of the Midwifery Act, the profession of midwife/obstetric nurse is the first training occupation under the umbrella of the Academy of Health, which by law will only be offered as a degree course for the first time at the end of the transition period in 2023. Nursing training has already undergone partial academization with the switch to generalist nursing training.

The Academy of Health Berlin/Brandenburg eV (AdG) supports the path of academic orientation and is already preparing for the changing educational landscape. "We are proud that with the member resolution of June 2020 we have already taken a pioneering step into the latest development, the academization of health professions," says Jens Reinwardt, Managing Director of AdG, aiming to establish the Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions (HGE) under the sponsorship of the Academy of Health at its location in Eberswalde.

Against this background, the task is to further advance the academization of health professions and to develop appropriate offers and concepts. In addition, research projects are initiated and carried out and their results are published.

Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions (HGE)

The Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions (HGE) stands for ensuring academic training in health professions as well as cross-sector networking and care. The establishment of the HGE extends the academic offering for health professions to the north-eastern region of Brandenburg. The HGE opens up attractive, local and equally practical conditions for study, further training and recognition in the health professions, thereby making an active and sustainable contribution to recruiting skilled personnel and thus to securing health care.

With the practice-integrating bachelor's degree programs at the HGE and its practice partners, you can obtain the academic degree of Bachelor of Science and at the same time obtain state professional licensing within seven semesters.

Our dual bachelor's degree programs combine vocational and academic education and enable you to pursue independent, reflective professional activities. The degree programs have a strong focus on practical training and thus on professional work. They lead to a clear professional profile at an academic level.

The HGE has developed an independent profile for this purpose, in which theory and practice are inextricably linked. This means that you will be prepared from the outset for your work as an academically reflective practitioner in direct healthcare. The course takes place in three learning locations: theory at the university, practice-related study components in our skills labs and professional practice with our cooperation partners. Together with these partners, we have developed a cross-institutional concept for the practical study phases. The fundamentally necessary theory-practice-theory transfer is significantly supported by practical assignments issued by the university.

The HGE currently offers two primary qualifying dual study programs, each leading to a Bachelor of Science and a state-recognized professional qualification:

Dual study programMidwife, B.Sc.

Dual study programNursing, B.Sc.