BA Lehramt Sonderpädagogik (Special Needs Teaching) at Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg

Programme overview

The Bachelor Lehramt Sonderpaedagogik prepares students to teach children and young people with special educational needs, including disabilities and chronic illness. It prepares for work in special education and counselling centres (SBBZ) and inclusive school settings.

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

What you will study

Educational sciences, one teaching subject, special-needs foundations and fields of action, a first and a second special-education focus (Geistige Entwicklung, Koerperliche und motorische Entwicklung, Lernen, Sprache, Soziale und emotionale Entwicklung) and school placements.

Career pathways

Special education and counselling centres (SBBZ) and inclusive schools; the Master of Education is needed to enter 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, foreign-language proficiency is required (see Sekundarstufe I rules); Art and Sport require a passed entrance examination submitted with the application. Summer semester 2027 deadline: 01.12.2026 to 15.01.2027; the focus areas Koerperliche und motorische Entwicklung and Sprache are allocated by lottery.

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