MEd Technik, Lehramt GyGe (Technology teaching) at Paderborn University

Practice-oriented degree for students who are interested in technology, question technical relationships and look for innovative solutions; it combines technical subject knowledge and practical skills with didactics. Master of Education teaching degree for grammar schools and comprehensive schools (Gymnasium und Gesamtschule).

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 (winter semester recommended)  |  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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