Justus Liebig University Giessen campus

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Teaching Degree for Lower Secondary Schools (Lehramt an Haupt- und Realschulen, L2), Erste Staatsprüfung at Justus Liebig University Giessen

Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Programme overview

University (first) phase of teacher education preparing for teaching in grades 5-10 at lower secondary, intermediate and comprehensive schools, ending with the First State Examination; the teaching qualification follows after the preparatory service and Second State Examination.

Faculty: Teaching subjects across faculties  |  Department: Zentrum für Lehrkräftebildung  |  Duration: 7 semesters, 180 LP plus First State Examination  |  Study mode: full-time; Staatsexamen (teacher training); German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Gießen, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

Studied in parallel: educational sciences (education, political science, psychology, sociology), two teaching subjects of choice, a basic internship and a practical semester, and a work-placement internship.

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Application information

Entry requirements

No admission restriction (no NC). A recognised higher education entrance qualification is required; foreign qualifications are checked via anabin. Application deadlines for winter semester 2027/28 are not yet published.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 7 semesters, 180 LP plus First State Examination

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/studium/bewerbung

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