Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Education
Alfter, Germany
Villestrasse 3 D-53347, Alfter
Contact information:
Prof. Dr. Jost Schieren (Dean)
bildungswissenschaft@alanus.edu
+49 2222 9321-1500
Study programs: Full-time and part-time programs, 2-3 years
Teaching language: German
Number of students: 336 (2023)
Permanent faculty: 50
Guest faculty: 15-20
Degrees offered:
• Art-Education-Therapy (full-time; Bachelor of Arts)
• Early Childhood Education (part-time or full time; Bachelor of Arts)
• Philosophy, Arts, and Social Entrepreneurship (full-time; Bachelor of Arts)
• Teaching Art (full-time; Master of Education)
• Waldorf Education (part-time; Master of Arts)
• Education (Practice-based Research) (part-time; Master of Arts)
• Educational Action Research (part-time; Master of Education)
• Curative Education (part-time; Master of Arts)
• Waldorf Education (part-time certificate course)
• Doctoral program in Education (PhD)
Alanus University is a state-approved private University of Arts and Social Sciences comprised of six departments. The Department of Education is responsible for scientific and artistic training and research, and for providing professional qualifications in teaching, curative education and early childhood education. An interdisciplinary General Studies course is also offered, as well as other courses in artistic and educational fields, geared toward professional practice in schools, kindergartens, curative education, and other pedagogical areas. A central concern of these courses is the promotion of dialogue between Waldorf education and the various streams of modern education, both inside and outside of universities. The Department of Education has held the right to award PhD degrees in Education since 2010.
The Department is composed of six institutes on two campuses (Alfter and Mannheim), each with its own area of responsibility:
Alfter:
Department of Educational Science, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Art and Waldorf Education
Department of Philosophy and Aesthetics
Mannheim:
Department of Waldorf Education, Inclusion and Intercultural Communication
