Primary Teacher Education (Grundschule)
Would you like to become an elementary school teacher? In that case, study a combination of Bachelor's and Master's degree programs at our university!
The first milestone in your academic career marks the Bachelor's degree of Education and Teaching. Subsequently, you can study for a Master of Primary Education (Grundschule). The successful completion of the latter opens the door to the preparatory service. During this final phase, you will already be working at a school, but will also receive further training at the study seminar in order to start your career as a teacher.
The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) is used to assess academic achievements. This also applies in many other countries and facilitates the mutual recognition of academic achievements.
Do you have any questions?
You can easily find out who to contact regarding your request on the website of the Center for Teacher Education (ZLB) under Contact persons by subject area.
Presentation at the HIT!
The lecture “Becoming a teacher in Osnabrück: Primary and secondary teacher education (Grund, Haupt- und Realschule” (PDF, 767 kB) at the Osnabrück University Info Day HIT (in German)
Bachelor of Education and Teaching
In the Bachelor's phase, you will study two subjects in six semesters. These are supplemented by a four-week work/social internship, a five-week Initial Teaching Practice and the core curriculum for teacher education, in which you will acquire pedagogical, psychological, social science and didactic skills. You can write your Bachelor's thesis in one of the two teaching subjects or in the core curriculum for teacher education. You will earn 180 credit points during your Bachelor's degree.
| Sem. | Components of the degree program | |||
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| 1 | 1st subject - 50 CP | 2nd subject - 50 CP | Core curriculum for teacher education - 52 CP | Work/social Internship - 6 CP |
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| 3 | Initial teaching practice - 10 CP | |||
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| 6 | Bachelor thesis - 12 LP | |||
Master of Primary Education (Grundschule) (Master of Education/M.Ed.)
After successfully completing your Bachelor's degree, you can continue on to a Master's degree course lasting four semesters, for which you will need to reapply. The Master's degree is a prerequisite for admission to a traineeship and thus a professional career in the teaching profession.
The course content in the Master's phase includes your two teaching subjects with a practical phase (18-week school internship / seminars for its preparation, support and follow-up) and the creation of a project in one subject (project implementation during the internship / seminars for its preparation, support and follow-up). You can also study a third subject, a so-called extension subject. In addition, there is the core curriculum for teacher education (KCL) for teaching pedagogical, psychological, social science and didactic skills. You can write your Master's thesis in one of your subjects or in the core curriculum for teacher education (KCL). You will earn a total of 120 credit points in the Master's degree program.
| Sem. | Components of the degree program | ||||
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| 1 | 1st subject - 12 CP | 2nd subject - 12 CP | CP Practical phase - 34 CP | Project - 15 CP | Core curriculum for teacher education (KCL) - 24 CP |
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| 4 | Master's thesis - 20 CP & colloquium - 3 CP | ||||
Subjects and Subject Combinations
As part of the teacher training course, two teaching subjects are studied in combination. You can find specific information on the content, possible admission restrictions and how to apply by clicking on the respective subject. For the teaching subject " Sachunterricht", there are the possible main subjects of work/economics, biology, geography, history, physics and politics.
At least one of the subjects must be German or mathematics !
You can combine the above subjects with each other or with one of the following subjects:
Regulations and module descriptions
Click on your subject to find the admission and examination regulations as well as module descriptions relevant to your Bachelor's or Master's degree program.