VIA Social Entrepreneurship  

All over the world, people encounter problems and challenges in relation to health and living conditions. These challenges demand creativity, fresh thinking and decisive action by professionals working for the well-being of both children and adults.

Fieldwork as a part of the education

As part of the Social Entrepreneurship programme, you will experience four weeks of fieldwork in various schools, institutions or organisations. You will learn about co-creation processes, innovative research facilitating, documenting and evaluating innovative processes and solutions.

Target groups

You have the opportunity to focus on one of the following target groups:

• children and young people with special needs
• people with social difficulties
• people with mental and/or physical disabilities
   

In trying to understand these target groups, we do not just ask them what they want. Instead, we try to explore what they say, what they do, what they think and how they feel.

The modules

During the semester in Social Entrepreneurship, you will attend two modules. Both modules are mandatory. 

1. Social entrepreneurship, placement, innovative didactics and field work. Health promotion, living conditions and physical activity (20 ECTS)

• You will learn how to facilitate, plan, carry out, document and evaluate innovative processes with various target groups. You will also take an active part in co-creating processes.
• You will also learn how to facilitate and motivate innovative health prevention processes and physical activities that improve people´s living conditions. 
  You gain knowledge and insight in theories concerning health promotion, living conditions and physical activity.
   

2. The cross-professional element (10 ECTS)

• You can identify, analyse and reflect about cross-professional and cross-sectorial challenges and potential opportunities. You must also take part in, coordinate and manage holistic and cross-professional processes of cooperation.
   

Exams

There are two exams during the semester.

More information

• Read more about aims and learning outcomess (in English)
• Read more about Exchange semester social entrepreneurship (in English) (pdf)

You can participate at the exchange semester in either spring or autumn.

Autumn

• Mid-August till Mid-December 
• Application deadline: 1 June
   

Spring

• Mid-February til Mid-June 
• Application deadline: 1 December
   

Who can apply?

Many applicants are students becoming teachers or social workers, or students within the field of health. Some are simply people who are interested in finding new ways of improving health and living conditions.

Application

You have to fill in an online application form.

Go to the application form (use Google Chrome or Firefox when you fill in the form)

As a student in Social Entrepreneurship, you can rent a room in Viborg at Camp Logos. This student housing is just next to Campus Viborg, where the semester will take place.

Both Danish and international students live at Camp Logos.

Read more about Campus Viborg (in English).