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Teaching Degree for Special Needs Education (Lehramt für Förderpädagogik, L5), Erste Staatsprüfung at Justus Liebig University Giessen

Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Programme overview

University (first) phase of teacher education preparing for teaching at special-needs schools and in counselling and support centres; special-needs teachers are also increasingly active in mainstream schools through inclusion. Ends with the First State Examination.

Faculty: Special education (Förderpädagogik)  |  Department: Zentrum für Lehrkräftebildung  |  Duration: 9 semesters, 240 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 special-education specialisations (such as the support focus Learning and Intellectual Development) and further modules, one teaching subject, 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: 9 semesters, 240 LP plus First State Examination

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

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