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Teaching degree at secondary schools; acquisition of the teaching qualification

In order to qualify for the teaching profession at secondary schools, students must have completed their academic training at university and have completed their practical training at a seminary and at the host school during their preparatory service.

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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

Arcisstr. 21
80333 München

Postal address

80290 München

Procedure details

The study program for the teaching profession at secondary schools includes

  • the study of the subject of educational science,
  • the study of the didactics of a subject group at secondary school,
  • 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 secondary schools in the following ways:

  • by successfully passing the first teacher training examination in a teaching subject, the subject didactics of a secondary school subject group and the subject educational science
  • and, building on this, by completing the two-year preparatory service (traineeship) and then successfully passing the second state examination.

Status: 25.09.2024
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus
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