Latein – Lehramt Gymnasium at University of Regensburg

Programme overview

Latin for the Gymnasium teaching degree in Bavaria, ending with the First Staatsexamen; a two-year preparatory service (Referendariat) with the Second Staatsexamen follows. Philological and literary study of Latin language and literature from the beginnings to late antiquity and into the present (Neo-Latin), with a focus on the classical period.

Faculty: Faculty of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies | Duration: 9 semesters (270 ECTS) | Study mode: full-time; Staatsexamen; German-taught and partly taught in other languages | Intake: Winter and summer semester | Location: Regensburg, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Gymnasium teaching degree: two teaching subjects, educational science (school pedagogy, pedagogy and psychology) and placements. Compulsory placements for all teaching degrees: an orientation placement (three to four weeks), an eight-week work placement (also possible abroad), a pedagogical-didactic school placement (150-160 teaching hours, 6 ECTS) and a study-accompanying placement.

Career pathways

Qualifies for teaching at Gymnasien (academic secondary schools). The typical career goal is teaching Latin at Gymnasien.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Latin at least at the level of the Latinum (roughly Abitur level). Admission to the First Staatsexamen also requires proof of Greek, which need not be available at the start; the Institute of Classical Philology offers preparation courses. No numerus clausus (open admission). Applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification must prove German proficiency.

Intake: Winter and summer semester

Duration: 9 semesters (270 ECTS)

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-regensburg.de/studieren/wege-ins-studium/zugang-bewerbung-und-einschreibung

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