Lehramt Sonderpädagogik at University of Regensburg

Teaching degree in special-needs education (Sonderpädagogik) for Bavarian schools, ending with the First Staatsexamen; a two-year preparatory service (Referendariat) with the Second Staatsexamen follows.

Faculty: Faculty of Human Sciences  |  Duration: 9 semesters (270 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time; Staatsexamen; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Regensburg, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Two special-needs education specialisations (an in-depth one with 90 ECTS and a qualification study with 30 ECTS), educational science (school pedagogy, pedagogy and psychology) and, as a choice, either primary-school didactics or the didactics of a subject group of the Mittelschule; placements apply the theory in school practice. 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

Special-needs teachers often work at special education centres and in inclusive settings (for example the mobile special-needs service). Working in and leading an interdisciplinary team, intensive work with and counselling of parents and cooperation with teachers of all school types, doctors and therapists are part of the job.

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