BA Lehramt Sekundarstufe I (Secondary Teaching, Years 5-10) at Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg

Programme overview

The Bachelor Lehramt Sekundarstufe I prepares students for teaching pupils in years 5 to 10. It covers two subjects, school placements and educational sciences, and is the first professionally qualifying degree on the way to the Master of Education, which is required to enter the teaching preparatory service in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Study mode: full-time | Location: Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Two teaching subjects, school placements and educational sciences (basic knowledge of educational science, psychology and sociology). Subjects offered include Biology, Chemistry, German, English, Ethics, French, Geography, History, Computer Science, Mathematics, Music, Physics, Political Science, Sport, Technology and Economics. Cooperation with the PSE allows attending open courses at the University of Stuttgart, University of Hohenheim and the Stuttgart art and music academies. Study focus areas include Beratung, Bildungsinformatik, Deutsch als Zweitsprache, Erlebnispaedagogik, Medienpaedagogik, Paedagogik der Vielfalt and Spiel- und Theaterpaedagogik.

Career pathways

Transfer to a teaching-qualifying Master of Education, a Master without teaching reference, or out-of-school educational fields. A Master of Education is required to teach at state schools and to start the preparatory service.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bachelor: general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur); Fachhochschulreife only with the passed Delta examination of the University of Mannheim. Admission is competitive: the Abitur grade is converted to points (tripled for teaching degrees) plus up to 15 extra points for vocational selection points; a Studienorientierungstest (CCT, www.bw-cct.de) must be uploaded. Applicants with a non-German entrance qualification need German at C1 level (DSH, TestDaF or equivalent). Applications go online through the PH Ludwigsburg eCampus portal. Subject-specific: for German or English, a foreign-language proficiency is required (for German: English and a further foreign language; for English: English B2 and Latin or a further foreign language), to be provided by the end of the fourth semester if not already held. Art and Sport require a passed entrance examination submitted with the application; Music requires a motivation letter, no entrance examination. Summer semester 2027 deadline: 01.12.2026 to 15.03.2027.

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