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

Programme overview

The Master of Education Lehramt Sonderpaedagogik is the teaching-qualifying degree for special education and leads to the preparatory service. It prepares for special education and counselling centres (SBBZ) and inclusive school settings.

Study mode: full-time; Staatsexamen route | 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 educator in SBBZ and inclusive schools after the preparatory service.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Master of Education: a completed teaching-related Bachelor degree, or at least 144 ECTS from the Bachelor with the degree to follow; the subjects continue those of the Bachelor; the orientation and introduction placement (OEP) must be completed, and for some programmes the integrated semester placement (ISP). Selection is by ranking: up to 45 points for the Bachelor grade plus up to 15 points for additional competences (subjects/didactics, educational sciences, school placements), 60 in total. German at C1 for applicants with a foreign qualification (DSH-2 or higher, TestDaF, telc C1 Hochschule). Applications go online through the eCampus portal; deadlines are in November (summer semester) and May (winter semester), with the 2026/27 call for the Master of Education running 01.12.2026 to 15.01.2027. Subject-specific requirements are set in the admission regulations for Sonderpaedagogik.

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