Social Sciences

Bachelor programmes: Social Pedagogy - Part-time / Dual; Social Work - Full-time / Part-time / Part-time Dual

Master programmes: Social Work - Full-time / Part-time; Citizen-Centered Digital Health and Social Care¹ - Full-time

Continuing education: Addiction Counselling and Prevention (academic programme) - Part-time external; Addiction Counselling and Prevention (certification programme) - Part-time external; Addiction Counselling and Prevention MSc - Part-time external; Family Group Conference - Part-time external; Mental Health (academic programme) - Part-time external; Mental Health (certification programme) - Part-time external; Mental Health MSc - Part-time external; Short Courses for Social Work Practitioners - Part-time external

Research at the Department of Social Sciences

The Ilse Arlt Institute at the USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten bundles and organises research and development activities of relevant subjects around the study programmes Social Sciences.

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Events

Nov 21, 2025

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Nov 24, 2025

International Week 2025

Jan 23, 2026

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News

Sep 30, 2025

SDG 1 No poverty: Poverty in Old Age

In the first contribution to the SDG-themed series, FH lecturer Lukas Richter provides insights into his research on old-age poverty.

Sep 25, 2025

How Dual Study Programmes Shape Personalities

Ilse Arlt Symposium 2025 on “Dual Study Programmes” and Personal Development

Sep 11, 2025

New Academic Directors

Starting from this semester, three new Academic Directors apply themselves to exciting tasks in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences