06.05.2011

Studying in three continents

On 9th May 2011, a new Master Course in International Diaconic Management will start in Bielefeld, Germany. Twelve students, four women and eight men, from Tanzania, Ghana, the DR Congo, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka, will take up the two-years course offered by the Institute of Diaconic Science and Diaconic Management (IDM), which is part of the Protestant University of Wuppertal/Bethel.

Developed in cooperation with the UEM

The programme, which is subtitled “International Contextual Studies in Normative Governance”, ends with a Master of Arts degree (M.A.). It has been developed in cooperation with the United Evangelical Mission (UEM). The programme provides academic and practice-oriented competences.

Five Modules

In order to implement a completely international approach, IDM and UEM established contracts with universities in the Philippines, South Africa and Tanzania.  The programme consists of five modules of four weeks each. The modules will be taught at the IDM in Bethel/Germany, the University of Stellenbosch/South Africa, the Silliman University Dumaguete/Philippines and the Sebastian Kolowa University College in Lushoto/Tanzania. The programme ends in Bethel in 2013 with the writing of a thesis and a final examination.

Scholarships

Scholarships have been made available by UEM, the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Protestant Development Service/Germany (eed) and different churches and organisations. IDM and UEM will provide close academic, educational and organisational accompaniment of the students throughout the course. More