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MEd Lehramt an Förderschulen (Special-Needs Schools) at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany

Programme overview

Three-semester Master of Education at RPTU Landau for special-needs school teaching, building on the B.Ed. Completion is recognised on request as the First State Examination.

Department: Lehramt an Förderschulen (LAFöS), Landau  |  Duration: 3 semesters (90 ECTS)  |  Intake: Winter and summer semester  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Erste Staatsprüfung recognition on application  |  Location: Kaiserslautern und Landau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

What you will study

90 ECTS: Sonderpädagogik (70 ECTS), school placements (4 ECTS) and master thesis (16 ECTS). Two support areas are chosen freely without place limit from Lernen, sozial-emotionale Entwicklung, motorische Entwicklung, ganzheitliche Entwicklung and Sprache, covering support, counselling, accompaniment and diagnostics, and inclusion research projects. 30 ECTS from the Vorbereitungsdienst are credited to complete the degree.

Career pathways

Prerequisite for the Vorbereitungsdienst and Second State Examination for special-needs schools.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Master of Education: a completed B.Ed. in the same school-type track, on which the master builds. Open-admission subjects at Landau. Application deadlines (open-admission, higher subject semester): 15 Sept (winter), 15 March (summer).

Requirements published at program group level.

Intake: Winter and summer semester

Duration: 3 semesters

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