Engineering
Master of Education in educational science with integrated special-needs education, leading to the teaching career for special-needs education (Lehramt für sonderpädagogische Förderung). It mainly addresses graduates of the Bielefeld Bachelor and Master variants for primary or Haupt-, Real-, Sekundar- and Gesamtschulen with an integrated special-needs focus; up to 60 credit points can be recognised from previous study. The subject variant covers 120 credit points.
Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) | Study mode: full-time; Master of Education (Lehramt) | Intake: Winter or summer semester (teaching is organised for a winter-semester start) | Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Training in the two special-needs fields 'Lernen' and 'Emotionale und Soziale Entwicklung', combined with the qualification for the general teaching careers and integrated educational-science and special-needs modules; graduates are qualified for inclusive models such as joint learning and for work at special schools.
Qualifies for the Vorbereitungsdienst (Referendariat) and teaching career for the chosen school type; the prospects depend on school type and subject combination, regional demand, mobility and education-policy priorities.
A first professional higher education degree with a standard period of at least six semesters. The first degree is qualifying if the Bachelor was completed at Bielefeld with a matching orientation (career goal and subject choice); other degrees can qualify if equivalent achievements for the intended teaching career are shown, and admission may be subject to bridging studies. Admission is checked in an application procedure under the MPO Ed. (Master examination and study regulations). For the Vorbereitungsdienst (Referendariat), knowledge of two foreign languages must be proven, usually already through the Abitur certificate. No Numerus clausus.
Intake: Winter or summer semester (teaching is organised for a winter-semester start)
Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)
Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/studium/studieninteressierte/bewerbung/
Engineering
Bielefeld University, Germany
Engineering
Bielefeld University, Germany
Engineering
Bielefeld University, Germany
Engineering
Bielefeld University, Germany
Engineering
Bielefeld University, Germany
Engineering
Bielefeld University, Germany
Engineering
Bielefeld University, Germany
Engineering
Bielefeld University, Germany
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