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Zertifikat Erziehungswissenschaft (Educational Science) at University of Erfurt

University of Erfurt, Germany

Programme overview

Certificate study giving basic educational-science knowledge, research-methods skills and job-related action competence, enabling graduates to plan, coordinate and evaluate educational processes in organisations.

Faculty: Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät  |  Duration: 6 semesters part-time, 60 ECTS (scope of a Bachelor minor)  |  Study mode: part-time; weiterbildendes Zertifikatsstudium; German-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

Orientation phase (education and educational theories, history, research methods, structure of the education system and fields of action) and a qualification phase with fields of action: vocational education, children's and youth media, special needs education, social pedagogy, further and adult education.

Career pathways

Vocational and in-company training, further and adult education, children's and youth media, out-of-school education, special-needs care and counselling, education counselling, coordination of educational provision and child and youth welfare.

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Entry requirements

No special language skills required. Completed university degree, or half of an Erfurt Bachelor degree (90 ECTS including the orientation-phase requirements) proved by passed module exams; the certificate is issued at the earliest once the Bachelor is completed in that case. No Numerus clausus. Enrolment 1 May to 15 September for the winter semester.

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 6 semesters part-time, 60 ECTS (scope of a Bachelor minor)

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