FAQ

Here you will find a list of frequently asked questions about the Professional Skills Certificate.

Our goal is to prepare students for the global job market of the future. This market is undergoing increasingly rapid change. For our students, this means that they must prepare themselves now for professions and occupations that in some cases do not yet exist. It is therefore becoming increasingly difficult to predict what graduates will need to enter and succeed in working life. However, one thing is certain: change will bring with it a high level of importance for interdisciplinary (transversal) skills. Creative ability, critical thinking, adaptability, initiative and participatory goal setting are irreplaceable skills that the labour market 4.0 will demand of employees. Social conflicts require ‘the ability to develop new and previously unknown approaches, to break new ground and to relate previously unconnected things to each other in new ways.’

All students enrolled at the University of Würzburg, regardless of their semester or degree programme, can obtain the Professional Skills Certificate.

Due to our limited English course offerings, the certificate can currently only be completed in German.

You can apply for the certificate every semester. Ten students will then be selected at random from the applications.
The application deadline is 15 September. If you are interested, please apply via jmu-psz@uni-wuerzburg.de

Applications for the start in

• the summer semester are accepted until 15 January.
• the winter semester are accepted until 15 July.

You can apply more than once. You can reapply every semester.

The certificate consists of 20 ECTS credits, which you can earn within four semesters. Accordingly, 5 ECTS credits are planned per semester. Each module consists of various courses, which you can choose yourself.

It is up to you to decide how many of the required ECTS credits you complete in which semesters. Unlike the maximum study period of 4 semesters, there is no minimum study period.

Yes, we also recognise events that were attended up to one year before the introduction of the additional ‘Professional Skills Certificate’ degree programme (WS25/26).

You can independently select courses from the Career Centre's offerings, provided that they correspond to the required areas of competence. The colour coding indicates which areas of competence a course covers.

No, you can decide the order yourself.

You must compile a portfolio for each of the four modules. The portfolios are not graded, but they must be passed. Regular attendance at the courses is required to pass the module.

• 15-20 pages each
• Font size: 12
• Font: Standard, e.g. Aptos, Arial or Calibri
• Line spacing: 1.5
• Margins: Standard setting

Submission:

• Winter semester:
• Summer semester: