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Study Early Childhood Education – with Head, Heart, and Hand

The Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education at Alanus University combines general educational and reform pedagogy approaches and places the child at the center. Here, our students acquire the ability to shape education in a lively, empathetic, and individual way – academically grounded, reflective, and practice-oriented.

Plenty of room to grow: studying at Alanus University.

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Degree

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
state-recognized

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Admission

No numerus clausus, individual admission interview. More information here.

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Start and Duration of Studies

Start of studies:
Autumn semester (September)

6 semesters

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Information Dates

Current events and online information sessions here.

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Tuition Fees

€310 per month or
€1,800 per semester

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Application

Possible at any time. We do not have application deadlines, but the number of places is limited. So it pays to be quick. Apply now!

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Why Alanus?

The unique Alanus vibe – you’ll only find it here! A special campus with its own studio building. We see people holistically and in all their facets. Sounds good? Here’s our university profile.

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Advising

Department of Educational Sciences
Agnieszka Gardynik (Department Assistant)
Phone: +49 2222 9321-1501
Email: kindheitspaedagogik@alanus.edu

Shaping the future professionally and personally with a degree in Early Childhood Education

The Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education with a focus on reform pedagogy is a practice-oriented and well-founded degree program for anyone seeking a meaningful career with diverse responsibilities and wishing to accompany children on their journey.

In the Bachelor’s program in Early Childhood Education at Alanus University, both the students and the child are at the center. Theory and practice are combined throughout the program so that content can be experienced directly and tested in projects. Small groups and modern teaching methods promote academic, creative, and personal development. Intensive engagement with various educational approaches and their related disciplines such as psychology or sociology, as well as reform pedagogy approaches – especially Waldorf education – opens up new perspectives and paths for our students.

Thanks to our study structure with only three university days per week (Monday to Wednesday), there is the option of studying with a practice partner – similar to a dual study program. The degree program is also offered as a part-time degree program.

If you are interested in certified continuing education instead of a degree program, you will find a wide range of options here.

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Top ranking in the CHE University Ranking 2025/26

Once again, students have rated the Bachelor’s degree program in Early Childhood Education outstandingly: this is the result of the CHE University Ranking 2025/26. Students report consistently positive experiences during their studies and particularly highlight the professional mentoring provided by the teaching staff. They are always approachable and offer students comprehensive support, both with academic tasks and in terms of their personal development. In addition, students value the committed implementation of practical projects, which prepares them optimally for their future professional lives as educators.

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Between innovative facilities and creative spaces

Our students can expect our modern Campus II – Villestraße between Cologne and Bonn.

The Department of Educational Sciences is located on our Campus II – Villestraße. Our students study and work in seminar rooms and a studio building with plenty of space for creative development.

More information and impressions of our campuses in Alfter and Mannheim can be found here.

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Looking for inspiration? Here’s what our students & alumni say!

What can I expect from the degree program? What happened afterwards? Our students and alumni offer insights into their very own Alanus stories.

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Study Early Childhood Education – and then what? Alanus University graduates in portrait

Cathrin Becker and Christian Forss studied in the Bachelor’s degree program in Early Childhood Education at Alanus University. Cathrin works at the SOS Children’s Village Center in Dortmund. Christian is an educational specialist at the early intervention center in Haus des Kindes in Frankfurt am Main. In the video clip, they talk about their work, share personal insights, and explain how their studies shaped them.

Is financing your studies a challenge? We’re happy to help.

Our financing advisory service helps with all questions about BAföG, loans, scholarships, and more.

Alanus University is a private university and receives no public funding whatsoever. It must therefore finance itself entirely through tuition fees and donations from supporters and charges tuition fees to its students. The current fees are summarized here.

To make studying at Alanus University accessible to a broad range of prospective students nevertheless, Alanus students have access to a whole շարք of partly exclusive scholarships that are regularly advertised. In addition, our students are eligible for scholarships from private foundations as well as the Deutschlandstipendium. BAföG, student loans, and education funds complete the range of options.

So you don’t lose track, our financing advisory service is available to all prospective students free of charge and without obligation and helps with all matters relating to financing.

Contact

Student Administration
T +49 2222 93211011
finanzierungsberatung@alanus.edu

Hours & Appointments

Monday to Friday
09:00 – 15:00

Appointments by arrangement only.
Please send this online form in advance.

On our information page about study financing, we have compiled numerous tips and pointers.

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There is much to discover at Alanus University. Here you will find all news, events, offers for prospective students, and much more.

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