Higher education

Demographic developments, changing healthcare needs and structures, the increasing need for interprofessional collaboration, digitalization, and technological and scientific developments are already placing changing demands on our future healthcare professionals. Consequently, vocational training programs must be restructured to reflect future-oriented and needs-based requirements.

The key points paper of the federal-state working group "Overall Concept for Health Professions" established this reorganization and strengthening of health professions and simultaneously laid the foundation for fundamental reforms in the corresponding training occupations. With the amendment to 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 be offered exclusively as a degree program for the first time at the end of the transition period in 2023. Nursing training has already undergone partial academicization with the transition to generalist nursing training.

The Berlin/Brandenburg Academy of Health (AdG) supports the path of academic orientation and is already preparing for the changing educational landscape. "We are proud that with the membership resolution of June 2020, we have already taken a pioneering step toward the latest development: the academization of healthcare professions," said Jens Reinwardt, Managing Director of AdG, with the aim of establishing the Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences for Healthcare Professions (HGE) under the auspices of the Academy of Health at its location in Eberswalde.

Against this backdrop, the task is to further advance the academicization of healthcare professions and develop appropriate programs and concepts. Furthermore, research projects are initiated and conducted, and their results are published.

Against this backdrop, the task is to further advance the academicization of health professions and develop appropriate programs and concepts. Furthermore, research projects are initiated and conducted, and their results are published. Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions (HGE)

The Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions (HGE) is committed to ensuring academic training in health professions as well as cross-sectoral networking and care. The establishment of the HGE expands the academic offerings for health professions to the northeastern region of Brandenburg. The HGE offers attractive, local, and equally practical conditions for study, continuing education, and recognition in the health professions, thus actively and sustainably contributing to the recruitment of skilled personnel and thus to securing healthcare.

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 a unique profile for this purpose, in which theory and practice are inextricably linked. This prepares you from the outset for your career as a professionally trained, reflective practitioner in direct healthcare. The program takes place at three learning locations: theory at the university, practical 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 assigned by the university.

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

Dual study programMidwife, B.Sc.

Dual study programNursing, B.Sc.