Sonderpädagogische Zusatzqualifizierung für Lehrkräfte an beruflichen Schulen at University of Würzburg

Programme overview

Part-time continuing-education studies (University Certificate) giving teachers at vocational schools a basic qualification in special education, focused on the support needs 'emotional-social development' and 'learning'. Cohorts are about 10 teachers per year and the programme started in winter semester 2016/17.

Faculty: Faculty of Human Sciences | Department: Institute of Special Education, Chair of Special Education V | Duration: 4 semesters (60 ECTS, 34 semester hours per week) | Intake: Winter semester | Study mode: full-time; continuing-education programme (weiterbildender Studiengang) | Location: Würzburg, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Blended learning with one attendance day per week at Würzburg (Monday) over two study years; content covers behavioural disorders (slightly higher volume) and learning impairments, inclusive teaching at vocational schools, individual support planning, and counselling. It ends with a qualifying paper documented by a university certificate.

Career pathways

Applied within teaching at vocational schools; it does not replace the qualification of fully trained special-education teachers.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

Local admission restriction (Numerus clausus): application directly to the University required. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent (for example Diplom, Staatsexamen) is required. Application by the deadline is required.

Intake: Winter semester only

Duration: 4 semesters (60 ECTS, 34 semester hours per week)

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/studium/studienangelegenheiten/bewerbung-und-einschreibung/

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