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MEd Ernährungs- und Hauswirtschaftswissenschaft with Lebensmitteltechnik (combined vocational subjects, Lehramt BK) at Paderborn University

Paderborn University, Germany

Programme overview

Teaching degree for vocational colleges in the vocational subject Nutrition and Home Economics Science, which can only be combined with the vocational subject Food Technology. Master of Education degree.

Faculty: Health and sport; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); 120 of 120 ECTS in the degree  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Summer and winter semesters  |  Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

The 120-credit degree comprises subject science and didactics of both vocational subjects, educational sciences and vocational pedagogy, the school placement semester and the master's thesis. The school placement semester is embedded in a study year, preceded by preparatory courses in the first master's semester, and covers one school half-year with a school-based part and a school research part.

Career pathways

The M.Ed. completes the first phase of teacher training; after the eighteen-month Vorbereitungsdienst (Referendariat) graduates can work as teachers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

First-phase teaching degree: a bachelor's degree in teaching for vocational colleges (Berufskolleg) from Paderborn University with the same teaching subjects as chosen for the master's, or an equivalent degree at another university. Sufficient German (normally shown by the entrance qualification); two foreign languages must be shown during the degree, normally via the entrance qualification. A relevant practical activity of 12 months is required for access to the Vorbereitungsdienst for vocational colleges, mostly completed before the end of the master's; it is not an enrolment requirement. Admission-free: no numerus clausus, so all applicants meeting the enrolment requirements are admitted.

Intake: Summer and winter semesters

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); 120 of 120 ECTS in the degree

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-paderborn.de/zv/3-3/formalitaeten

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