MEd Informatik, Lehramt HRSGe (Computer Science teaching) at Paderborn University

For students interested in computer science who enjoy working with children and young people. As computer systems grow in importance, computer science is increasingly relevant as a school subject at all school types and age levels, with rising demand for trained teachers. Master of Education teaching degree for lower secondary schools: Hauptschule, Realschule, Sekundarschule and Gesamtschule.

Faculty: Computer science and mathematics; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); 18 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 content and didactics in this teaching subject (18 credits); subject content and didactics in a second teaching subject (18 credits); educational sciences (23 credits); Sekundarstufe I focus area (18 credits); master's thesis (18 credits). The school placement semester is normally taken in the second master's semester, covers one school half-year and consists of a school-based part and accompanying university courses.

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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