What should you bring with you for your studies?

For the Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Program, it is especially important to have an interest in health-related topics, enjoy working with people, and be willing to grow both professionally and personally. You should be open to closely observing and analyzing everyday activities and working with others to develop appropriate solutions. The following are particularly helpful:

• An interest in health, occupational therapy, and social participation
• Curiosity to observe, analyze, and reflect on sequences of actions
• Socio-emotional and psychological stability, as well as openness, commitment, and a sense of responsibility
• A willingness to learn and take on new challenges
• The ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with people and organizations across interdisciplinary boundaries
• Enjoyment of critical and creative thinking, design, and communication

What you will learn during your studies

In the Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Program, you’ll acquire the professional, methodological, and practical skills needed to support people of all ages in their daily lives. You’ll learn to assess individual abilities and limitations, plan occupational therapy interventions, and evaluate their effectiveness. The focus is on your clients’ independence, functional capacity, and social participation.

Promoting Functional Capacity and Social Participation
You will learn to support clients in developing, maintaining or regaining their individual capacity for action in everyday life. In this way, you will help them to carry out meaningful activities as independently as possible and to participate in social life.

Analyzing Daily Activities and Preparing Assessments
You will assess your clients’ abilities, needs and limitations and analyse their everyday activities. Based on this, you will prepare an occupational therapy assessment, jointly agree on therapy goals, and plan appropriate interventions.

Implementing and Evaluating Occupational Therapy Interventions
You will learn to independently implement occupational therapy interventions and tailor them to the individual life and health situations of your clients. You will then review the results and refine the therapy as needed.

What opportunities will you have after you graduate?

With a Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy, a wide range of career opportunities is open to you. For example, you can work in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, social service agencies, health promotion and prevention programs, or in home-based care. Careers in research, development, and teaching are also possible. You can work as an occupational therapist either as an employee or as a freelancer.

If you’d like to further deepen your knowledge, you can pursue a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy, Health Sciences, or a related field. The specific options depend on the respective admission requirements of the college or university.

How the Program is structured

The Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Program spans six semesters and is worth 180 ECTS credits. Classes are held full-day Monday through Friday and, in some cases, on Saturdays as well. The program is supplemented by five professional internships totaling 1,300 hours, which are an integral part of the curriculum.

You can find detailed information about the program structure and the practical training phases in our FAQs on the Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s program.

General information about the Program

For more information on admission requirements, training contracts, nostrification and recognition, the admissions process, examination regulations and grading, ECTS credits, and the academic calendar, please refer to the General Study Information.