Lehramt für Sonderpädagogik
[Teacher training in special needs education]
Qualification
: Master of EducationFaculty
: Business, Economics and Social Sciences; Education; Humanities; Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences; Psychology and Human MovementDuration
: 4 semestersTeaching language
: GermanProgram start
: winter semester, Important semester datesApplication period
: 01.06. to 15.07.Admission restrictions
: yesTuition Fees
: none, but Semester contribution
Program description
The master's degree in teacher training in special needs education (MEd) enables students to pursue the teaching subjects taken during the bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry, English, German, French, geography, history, Protestant religion, mathematics, music, physics, social sciences, Spanish, sport, Turkish, visual arts, or work studies / technology in greater depth. Students also take the special needs education module, enabling them to focus on one of the following seven specialist areas: learning difficulties, speech difficulties, emotional and social development, physical and motor skills development, intellectual development, hearing impairment, or visual impairment. The master’s phase includes a six-month core placement.
Career prospects
The program qualifies students for a career in teaching at special needs and comprehensive inclusive schools. Before taking up employment as teachers, graduates must complete the teaching practice period (Vorbereitungsdienst), which lasts eighteen months in Hamburg and concludes with the state examination (Staatsexamen).
Program structure
The master's degree in teacher training in special needs education comprises the following components:
- education, including subject-specific didactics and special needs education
- teaching subject selected during the bachelor’s degree
- core placement
- final module with master’s thesis
Upon successful completion of the master’s degree program, students are awarded a Master of Education (MEd).
Additional information on degree program
- Infoportal Lehramt [Information portal on teacher training programs at Universität Hamburg]
http://www.lehramt.uni-hamburg.de (German) - Information by the Faculty of Education - "Teacher Hamburg"
https://lehrer-in-hamburg.blogs.uni-hamburg.de (German) - Information by "Zentrum für Lehrerbildung Hamburg (ZLH)" ["The Hamburg Center for Teacher Education (ZLH)"]
https://www.zlh-hamburg.de (German) - Information by Zentrales Prüfungsamt für Lehramtsprüfungen (ZPLA) [Central Examination Office for Teacher Training Programs]
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/zpla (German)
- Information about School internships ("Kernpraktikum")
https://www.zlh-hamburg.de/studium/praktika (German) - Information about the degree component educational science
https://www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/studium/studiengaenge-la (German)
Examination regulations
Information on studying at Universität Hamburg
Applying
General admission requirements for all master’s degree programs:
Proof of first degree, language proficiency
Further details ...
Special admission requirements for this degree program:
- a bachelor’s degree meeting the requirements for a type 6 teaching career according to the KMK (Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs), i.e.,
- two teaching subjects in a combination permitted at Universität Hamburg—so one teaching subject and special needs education. Two of the three areas of learning, language and behavior must have been covered in the discipline of special needs education
- subject-specific didactics
- education
- teaching placements
- For the hearing impairment specialist area within the special needs education module: proof of basic knowledge of German sign language
Separate proof may be required for individual teaching subjects.
Further information: Admission Bylaws for the teacher training programs at Universität Hamburg (German)
Applying / Application procedure
Application period(s)
Selection criteria
Application information
You will find current information relating to STiNE online applications for the winter semester 2023/24 here. (Application period: 1 June – 15 July 2023):
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/master/bewerbung-lehramt-med.html
Contact
General academic advising
Subject-specific advising
Studien- und Prüfungsbüro Erziehungswissenschaft
[academic office and examination office]
(Advising mainly for enrolled students)
http://www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/de/studium/studien-pruefungsbuero.html (German)
If you have questions about the different teaching subjects and questions about the transfer of credits if you transfer to Hamburg from a different university, please contact the advisors of the teaching subjects:
http://www.lehramt.uni-hamburg.de/information-und-beratung/teilstudiengaenge-dezentral (German)
Online-Advising
daslehramtsblog
http://www.daslehramtsblog.uni-hamburg.de/ (German)
03. Mai 2024