Staatsexamen Fine Art Education, Secondary School - Double Specialisation (Lehramt an Gymnasien Kunst) at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

This project-oriented Gymnasium-level teacher certification programme builds artistic and design-related competence together with knowledge of art-pedagogical concepts, history and theory of art and design, and didactics. It is studied with a second subject at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and concludes with the First State Examination.

Faculty: Faculty of Art and Design  |  Duration: 10 semesters (5 years), including one practical semester  |  Study mode: full-time; Staatsexamen (First State Examination); German-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

Fundamentals of artistic and design practice, art and design history and theory, visual communication, arts and research, didactics, methodology and developmental psychology, with an integrated practical semester based on the Jena Model. Students join projects in Fine Art, Product Design, Visual Communication and Media Art and Design.

Career pathways

Qualifies for the preparatory phase and employment as an art teacher at a Gymnasium or Gemeinschaftsschule, and for positions in extramural and museum-educational institutions. Thuringian double-specialisation certification is recognised in all other federal states.

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