Studying to become a regular school teacher

Your way into the classroom - teacher training in the Bachelor's/Master's system

Structure of teacher training: After completing your studies at the University of Erfurt (Bachelor's degree and Master of Education degree) and the subsequent preparatory service, you can become an english teacher, german teacher, history teacher, religion teacher, art teacher, music teacher, ethics teacher, social studies teacher, economics and technology teacher, maths teacher, french and russian teacher or physical education teacher at secondary schools and community schools (secondary level I). Teaching profession without NC - you can enrol directly for the teaching profession at secondary schools. Most subjects are free of admission (note the aptitude tests).

Teaching profession at secondary schools: What subjects does the teaching profession prepare students for?

* Für Lehramt Regelschule muss mindestens eines dieser Studienfächer ("starke Fächer") gewählt werden.
Subject Teaching Subject
English and American Studies* English
Protestant Religion Protestant Religion Education
German Studies* German
History History
Catholic Religion Catholic Religion Education
Arts* Arts
Mathematics* Mathematics
Music* Music
Philosophy Ethics
Religious Studies Ethics
Romance Studies* French
Slavic Studies* Russian
Physical Education* Sport
Economics, Law and Social Sciences Social Studies
Technology* Handicrafts/Technology etc.

Phases of teacher training

Bachelor's programme

In the Bachelor's degree programme, you combine a major subject relevant to teaching with a minor subject relevant to teaching. With the subjects of study, you choose your teaching subjects. You prepare for two teaching subjects during your studies.

Combination rules

Subject combinations for teaching profession secondary schools

Studimat

For a teacher training programme, one of the following subjects ("strong subjects") must be studied either as a major or minor subject:

  • English and American Studies for the subject English
  • German Studies for the subject German
  • Arts for the subject Art Education
  • Mathematics for the subject Mathematics
  • Music for the subject Music
  • Romance Studies for the subject French
  • Slavic Studies for the subject Russian
  • Sport and Physical Education for the subject Sport
  • Technology for the subject Business Studies/Technology

Combine now!

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You can apply for open-admission degree programmes from 1 May to 15 September. Please note the special admission requirements (e.g. aptitude test) for the degree programmes Arts, Music and Sport and Physical Education. The application deadline for degree programmes with restricted admission (e.g. Sport and Physical Education) is from 1 May to 15 July!

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Master's programme: specialisation & school practice

The Bachelor's degree is followed by the Master of Education secondary schools.

Master of Education secondary schools

On the basis of a corresponding Bachelor's degree, the Master's programme prepares you for the teaching qualification for two teaching subjects. On the one hand, you will gain knowledge about the social framework of school and teaching and, on the other hand, you will develop competences that will enable you to plan, implement and reflect on subject- and school-type-related processes of teaching and learning in a theory-based manner.

Master's programme teaching profession secondary schools

Internships in the teacher training programme

In the Master's programme, school practice is reinforced. Apply what you have learned in the various internships.

  • Subject didactic internships
    (two internships in each chosen subject)
  • Educational science internships
    (in the 1st semester: diagnosis, assessment and counselling, in the 2nd semester: education, classroom management, conflict resolution)
  • Complex school internship in Thuringia or abroad
    (in the 3rd or 4th semester: 15-week internship at the learning location school)

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Stays abroad in the teacher training programme (optional)

The various internships during the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes offer you the opportunity to look beyond your own nose, get to know schools in other countries and create unique experiences abroad as part of your teaching degree.

School internship abroad

Dream job teacher

Our former students

Alumnus Friedrich Lehramt Regelschule
Graduate Friedrich

Friedrich combined Music with Mathematics and completed a Master of Education in secondary schools. Today he works as a teacher at a secondary schools in Thuringia.

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Alumnus Jan Lehramt Regelschule
Graduate Jan

Jan combined English and American Studies with Romance Studies and completed a Master of Education in secondary schools. He deliberately chose the teaching profession of secondary schools.

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Thuringian secondary schools as an attractive place to work

School portrait: State secondary schools Floh-Seligenthal

School portrait: State secondary schools Floh-Seligenthal

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School portrait: State secondary schools Nessetalschule in Warza

School portrait: State secondary schools Nessetalschule in Warza

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School portrait: State secondary schools Gotthold-Ephraim-Lessing in Nordhausen

School portrait: State secondary schools Gotthold-Ephraim-Lessing in Nordhausen

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School portrait: Sibylle-Abel-Gemeinschaftsschule Sonneberg

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School portrait: State secondary schools Gebrüder-Reichenbach-Schule in Altenburg

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School portrait: Pestalozzi State Secondary Schools in Apolda

School portrait: Pestalozzi State Secondary Schools in Apolda

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School portrait: "Werratal" state secondary schools in Bad Salzungen

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How do I become a secondary school teacher?

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Ricardo is studying Technology and Maths as a teaching profession

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