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MEd Maschinenbautechnik in Verbindung mit einer kleinen beruflichen Fachrichtung, Lehramt BK (Mechanical Engineering Technology with a minor vocational subject teaching) at Paderborn University

Paderborn University, Germany

Programme overview

Master's degree for teaching mechanical engineering technology at vocational colleges, combined with a minor vocational subject (for example Manufacturing Technology). Master of Education teaching degree for vocational colleges (Berufskolleg).

Faculty: Electrical and mechanical engineering; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); 27 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 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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Application information

Entry requirements

Professional bachelor's degree (at least 6 semesters, German or equivalent foreign) in matching vocational subjects, including at least 118 credits of subject science and didactics in the major vocational subject Mechanical Engineering Technology (6 credits didactics) and credits in the minor subject Manufacturing Technology. Admission-free: no numerus clausus, so all applicants meeting the enrolment requirements are admitted.

Intake: Summer and winter semesters

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); 27 of 120 ECTS in the degree

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

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