Teaching Degree (Lehramt, Staatsexamen): Chinese at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Supplementary teaching program for teaching secondary education (Gymnasium) Chinese can be studied as an additional subject as part of a teaching degree program and prepares students to teach Chinese at secondary schools (Gymnasium) in Bavaria.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology  |  Duration: 9 semesters (4.5 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Staatsexamen (teaching degree)  |  Intake: Summer semester, Winter semester  |  Location: Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Chinese as an additional subject for teaching secondary education (Gymnasium) can be studied as an additional subject alongside two main subjects. The standard duration of study in the degree program is nine semesters. The degree program is split into the three areas language training, subject knowledge and teaching the subject.

Career pathways

Completing the degree program qualifies you to teach Chinese in secondary schools (at Gymnasium). Chinese is offered as a subject for the Abitur at nine secondary schools (Gymnasium) in Bavaria.

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