Master of Education Vocational schools

The Master of Education Vocational Schools is designed for a study period of four semesters and can only be taken up in the winter semester. It is divided into three areas and an application-oriented Master's thesis.

Modules from the field of educational science:

• Introduction to vocational pedagogy
• Didactics and professional teaching processes
• Theories, institutions and legal bases of vocational education
• Research methods
• Heterogeneity and inclusion
• Psychological principles and methods of analysis and control of teaching and learning processes
• Interdisciplinary educational science basics

Modules from the specialist scientific area:

• subject-specific modules of the general education subject (German, English, French, ethics, Protestant or Catholic religious education, social studies, sport, mathematics)

Modules from the subject didactic area:

• didactic-practical modules of the general education subject
• didactic-practical modules of the vocational field

Master's thesis:

• application-oriented Master thesis

Examinations regulations

Examinations regulations for Master program Education for Vocational schools

Didactic internships

• a didactic internship in the selected basic subject
• two didactic internships in the chosen major subject

more Information about didactic internships

Internships in educational science

• Internship in the field of: Diagnosis, Assessment and Counselling
• Internship in the field of: education, classroom management, conflict resolution

more Information about internships in educational science

1. a university degree qualifying for admission to a profession

a) with specialist scientific study components for one of the following professional specialisations totalling at least 102 credit points/ECTS

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Metal Technology
• Health
• Care
• Body care
• Social Pedagogy

b) with specialised scientific study components for one of the following general subjects of at least 60 credit points/ECTS:

• German
• English
• Ethics
• Protestant religious doctrine
• French
• Catholic religious doctrine
• Mathematics
• Social Studies
• Sport

If you only provide evidence of admission requirements according to a), you can be admitted on condition that you complete the Master's programme in six part-time semesters so that you can simultaneously acquire the necessary subject-specific fundamentals for a general education subject in the scope of 60 credit points/ECTS in a certificate programme in accordance with a Bachelor's secondary course of study at the University of Erfurt ("side entrants").

2. a phoniatric report or a teaching unit in the scope of 3 LP on "Speech Training"

Whether the content of your studies (university or university of applied sciences) can be regarded as equivalent to one of the professional fields and, if applicable, to a general education field, will be checked within the scope of your application.

Till BA Degree:

• German: Upon application, international applicants must prove German language skills at level B1.
• If the general education subject is a foreign language, knowledge of level C1 must be demonstrated in this language.

Language Centre

The Language Centre (Sprachenzentrum) offers around 140 language courses per semester in 16 modern and ancient (foreign) languages. It supports you in acquiring and deepening your language skills.
www.uni-erfurt.de/sprachenzentrum

International applicants

International applicants whose native language is not German must provide proof of sufficient German language skills (level B1) upon application.

Information on required German language skills and the German language test for university admission (DSH):

Language and Admission Requirements 

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