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M.Ed. History at University of Göttingen

University of Göttingen, Germany

Programme overview

The programme Master of Education for a teaching profession at the Gymnasium focuses on theories, methods and projects in empirical teaching and school research. The programme is closely linked to the Central Organisation for Teacher Training (ZELB). Its objective is to strongly foster the young scientists in the field of empirical teaching and school research as well as to foster specialised didactics.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Duration: 4 semesters  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Location: Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany

What you will study

The programme comprises the following areas of competence and credits: 50 C in the area of educational-scientific competence development, 36 C in the area of subject-scientific / subject didactical competence development, 8 C for two specialised didactical internships in both teaching subjects, one of which may be a research internship, 6 C for the Master module and 20 C for the Master’s thesis.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application deadline: August 15th (winter semester); February 15th (summer semester). Application: Central Scientific Organisation for Teacher Education (ZEWIL).

Duration: 4 semesters

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/46792.html

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