MEd Lehramt an Gymnasien und Gesamtschulen (all teaching subjects) at Paderborn University

Master of Education teaching degree for grammar schools and comprehensive schools (Gymnasium und Gesamtschule), part of a ten-semester teacher-training programme (six bachelor and four master semesters) covering all school types and almost every teaching subject, followed by an eighteen-month Vorbereitungsdienst (Referendariat). Students learn from the first semester how subject knowledge is taught in school.

Faculty: Natural sciences; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 ECTS  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in German, English, Spanish and French (depending on subject)  |  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 (27 credits); subject content and didactics in a second teaching subject (27 credits); educational sciences (23 credits); school placement semester (Praxissemester) (25 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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