
Hello,
I moved to Germany very recently to be employed full time as a software dev. My personal and professional interests don’t line up, however, and it’s a goal of mine to go back to university to pursue a degree that corresponds to what I would actually like to study. I went to a technical university in my country and the CompSci degree I have is not a Bachelors’ degree, rather more like at the Ausbildung level. I’m 24, EU citizen and my German is at the B2/C1 level.
I’ve been trying to figure out if it would be possible & feasible for me to start doing a degree on the field I’m actually interested in (Humanities), and I have come across many different options while researching this. For the most part, I’ve used the following resource to check for available courses and universities with Teilzeitstudium opportunities: [https://www.daad.de/en/study-and-research-in-germany/courses-of-study-in-germany/all-study-programmes-in-germany/](https://www.daad.de/en/study-and-research-in-germany/courses-of-study-in-germany/all-study-programmes-in-germany/). I’ve contacted many universities, but I am not sure that the Teilzeitstudium would fit me. Some universities have pointed out that the possibility is available only after the third semester, that it is actually quite unusual and one has to be checking with a given faculty. It seems a difficult road to go down to.
On the other hand, I’ve been checking academic institutions such as Fresenius, Internationale Hochschule and others. I think these offer better possibilities for modalities like what I’m looking for, but my issue is that they offer courses that are much more technical / applied than I would prefer. I’d like to pursue a degree on subjects such as philosophy, history, psychology, liberal arts, and these institutions seem to be more keen on offering degrees on business, law, computer science… I’ve found psychology study options but they seem to be more specialized and technical like business psychology, applied psychology, etc.
For me, the important question is the following: Are there study modalities available to do a Bachelors degree that allow one to study / attend courses say at night or the weekends which don’t interfere with the regular work week of 9-17h Mo-Fri & by institutions that offer degrees on the humanities?
Thank you in advance and I apologize beforehand if what I’m asking for has already been asked and answered. I couldn’t find much on these concerns on the FAQ or wiki.
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>my issue is that they offer courses that are much more technical / applied than I would prefer. I’d like to pursue a degree on subjects such as philosophy, history, psychology, liberal arts, and these institutions seem to be more keen on offering degrees on business, law, computer science
Because that’s what they can get people to pay their fees for.
If you know German, you might consider the Fernuni Hagen, though they too are somewhat short on the “pure” humanities.