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Become a primary school teacher

State-regulated path

Teaching at public schools requires a teacher-education degree for one of the school types defined by the KMK (Master of Education or state examination) followed by the state's preparatory service (Referendariat).

Official source: kmk.org

OWWZ guidance

Primary teacher education combines teaching methods in German, mathematics and general studies with pedagogy and school placements.
How is this ordered?

First, programmes whose university states the requirement is met (full qualification before a first stage). Then, first, programmes with one of this goal’s subjects (Primary education, General studies (Sachunterricht, including school garden), Educational science) as main subject whose official name mentions a core topic of the goal – more important core topics first, teacher training last. Then the other programmes with one of these main subjects, the subjects taking turns. Then programmes that have one of these subjects only as a minor, finally programmes of other subjects with a fitting curriculum, by share of the programme. In every step universities take turns in a fixed order that stays the same for each goal and does not follow the alphabet; among the first ten places a university has at most two where others exist. An evaluated curriculum is shown but does not change the order. Not a quality ranking.

Teacher-training programme (first phase of teacher education) – then the teacher traineeship (Referendariat)

By the programme’s degree and subject (official data), not ordered by curriculum.

  1. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    State examination

    Universität Kassel · Kassel

    7 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  2. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    State examination

    Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg · Bamberg

    7 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Open admission, aptitude procedure No tuition fees

  3. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    State examination

    Universität Rostock · Rostock

    10 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  4. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    State examination

    Universität Leipzig · Leipzig

    8 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission, aptitude procedure No tuition fees

  5. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    State examination

    Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden · Dresden

    8 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Open admission, aptitude procedure

  6. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    State examination

    Universität Passau · Passau

    7 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Open admission No tuition fees

  7. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    State examination

    Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg · Würzburg

    7 semesters Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission, aptitude procedure No tuition fees

  8. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    State examination

    Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg · Halle (Saale)

    8 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  9. Lehramt Grundschule, Mittelschule, Realschule

    State examination

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · Erlangen

    7 semesters German and English Full-time Winter semester Open admission No tuition fees

  10. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    State examination

    Universität Augsburg · Augsburg

    7 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Open admission, aptitude procedure No tuition fees

First stage (Bachelor) – then a matching Master of Education and the teacher traineeship (Referendariat)

  1. Lehramt Grundschule

    B.A.

    Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd · Schwäbisch Gmünd

    6 semesters German and English Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Restricted admission No tuition fees for EU students · non-EU: €1,500 per semester

  2. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    2-Fächer-Bachelor

    Technische Universität Braunschweig · Braunschweig

    6 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  3. Lehramt Primarstufe

    B.Ed.

    Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg · Senftenberg

    6 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  4. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    B.A.

    Universität Duisburg-Essen · Essen

    6 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  5. Lehramt an Grundschulen (G)

    B.Ed.

    Universität Paderborn · Paderborn

    6 semesters German and English Full-time Summer semester and Winter semester Open admission No tuition fees

  6. Lehramtsbezogener Bachelorstudiengang – Grundschule

    B.Ed.

    Universität Koblenz · Koblenz

    6 semesters German Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Open admission No tuition fees

  7. Lehramt Grundschule

    B.A.

    Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg · Ludwigsburg

    6 semesters Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Restricted admission No tuition fees for EU students · non-EU: €1,500 per semester

  8. Lehramt Grundschule

    B.A.

    Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten · Weingarten

    6 semesters German Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Restricted admission No tuition fees for EU students · non-EU: €1,500 per semester

  9. Lehramt Grundschule

    B.A.

    Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd · Schwäbisch Gmünd

    6 semesters Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Restricted admission No tuition fees for EU students · non-EU: €1,500 per semester

  10. Lehramt an Grundschulen

    B.A.

    Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln · Köln, Siegen

    6 semesters German Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Restricted admission, aptitude procedure No tuition fees

All 25 programmes for this goal in the finder

Teaching subjects (part of a teacher-training programme)

Teaching or didactics subjects taken as part of a teacher-training programme; on their own they do not lead to the teaching qualification.

  1. Grundschuldidaktik (Lehramt Grundschule/Unterrichtsfach)

    State examination

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · München

    7 semesters German Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Open admission No tuition fees

  2. Didaktik der Grundschule

    State examination

    Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg · Würzburg

    7 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  3. Lehramt an Grundschulen / Didaktik der Grundschule

    State examination

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · Erlangen

    7 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  4. Grundschuldidaktik (Lehramt Sonderpädagogik mit Grundschuldidaktik/Unterrichtsfach)

    State examination

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · München

    9 semesters German Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Open admission No tuition fees

  5. Grundschuldidaktik

    State examination

    Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg · Würzburg

    9 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Open admission No tuition fees

  6. Sachunterricht

    State examination

    Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main · Frankfurt am Main

    7 semesters German Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  7. Sozialwissenschaftlicher Sachunterricht

    B.A.

    Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg · Freiburg im Breisgau

    6 semesters Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Restricted admission No tuition fees for EU students · non-EU: €1,500 per semester

  8. Bildungswissenschaften - Integrierte Sonderpädagogik Schwerpunktfach (Grundschule mit Integrierter Sonderpädagogik)

    B.A.

    Universität Bielefeld · Bielefeld

    6 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Open admission No tuition fees

  9. Sachunterricht (Lehramt an Grundschulen)

    State examination

    Universität Rostock · Rostock

    10 semesters German Full-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees

  10. Bildungswissenschaften (Lehramt an Grundschulen)

    B.A.

    Universität zu Köln · Köln

    6 semesters German Full-time Winter semester and Summer semester Open admission No tuition fees

All 193 teaching subjects in the finder

Related programmes in other subjects do not lead to this qualification. Programmes in Primary education: Primary education in the finder

Choose two to four programmes.

Collected automatically from the institutions’ websites; each institution’s own page is authoritative. OWWZ guidance: Editorial orientation by OWWZ, not a statement by any university and no claim about career prospects.