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Teacher training at elementary school; acquisition of the teaching qualification

In order to qualify for the teaching profession at elementary school, students must have completed their academic training at university and have completed their practical training in a seminar and at the host school.

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Hochschule für Musik Würzburg

Street address

Hofstallstr. 6-8
97070 Würzburg

Postal address

Hofstallstr. 6-8

97070 Würzburg

Universität Bamberg (Otto-Friedrich-Universität)

Street address

Kapuzinerstr. 16
96047 Bamberg

Postal address

Kapuzinerstr. 16

96045 Bamberg

Street address

Schloßplatz 4
91054 Erlangen

Postal address

Postfach 3520

91023 Erlangen

Website

www.fau.de

Street address

Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München

Postal address

Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1

80539 München

Website

www.lmu.de

Universität Passau

Street address

Innstr. 41
94032 Passau

https://www.uni-passau.de/universitaet/kontakt/

Postal address

94030 Passau

Street address

Sanderring 2
97070 Würzburg

Postal address

Sanderring 2

97070 Würzburg

Phone

+49 931 31-0

Street address

Ostenstraße 26
85072 Eichstätt

Postal address

85071 Eichstätt

Email

info@ku.de

Website

www.ku.de

Procedure details

The degree course for elementary school teaching comprises

  • the study of the subject Educational Science,
  • the study of elementary school didactics,
  • the study of a teaching subject (subject-specific and subject-didactic area),
  • a written term paper and
  • corresponding internships.

Educational science studies include: General pedagogy, school pedagogy, psychology and one of the following fields: Political science, sociology, ethnology; plus philosophy or Protestant or Catholic theology.

You can acquire the qualification to teach at elementary school in the following ways:

  • by successfully completing all the required modules during your studies,
  • by successfully passing the first teacher training examination for the teaching profession at elementary school in a teaching subject, the subject of elementary school didactics and the subject of educational science
  • and, building on this, by completing the two-year traineeship (Referendariat) and then successfully passing the second state examination.

Status: 17.06.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus
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