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

Elementary school, middle school, secondary school, grammar school From mechanics to optics, from heat to electricity – a physics degree opens up a universe full of exciting insights. But as a future teacher, you need more than just specialist knowledge. Learn in physics didactics how to communicate your knowledge to students in an understandable way.

Faculty: Faculty of Sciences  |  Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Staatsexamen (teaching degree)  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

At FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, the modularized teaching degree program for the teaching professions at elementary, middle and secondary schools is offered in the scope of 210 ECTS (7 semesters) and at grammar schools in the scope of 270 ECTS (9 semesters). The course of studies for the teaching profession at grammar schools is structured in such a way that after 6 semesters the Bachelor of Science (BSc) can be acquired, which, if necessary, enables a postgraduate Master’s course of studies.

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