Activities
Become a special needs 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.orgOWWZ guidance
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 (Special needs education) 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.
Europa-Universität Flensburg · Flensburg
6 semesters German and English Full-time, Dual study Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees
Sonderpädagogik
M.Ed.Freie Universität Berlin · Berlin
4 semesters German Full-time, Part-time, Dual study Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees
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.
Universität Bielefeld · Bielefeld
4 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Open admission No tuition fees
Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg · Ludwigsburg
4 semesters Full-time, Part-time alongside work Summer semester and Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees for EU students · non-EU: €1,500 per semester
Biologie (Lehramt Sonderpädagogik)
State examinationUniversität Leipzig · Leipzig
10 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees
Chemie (Lehramt Sonderpädagogik)
State examinationUniversität Leipzig · Leipzig
10 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees
Universität Bielefeld · Bielefeld
4 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Open admission No tuition fees
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg · Hamburg
6 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Restricted admission, aptitude procedure No tuition fees
Universität der Künste Berlin · Berlin
4 semesters Full-time, Part-time, Dual study Winter semester Open admission, aptitude procedure No tuition fees
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg · Hamburg
6 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Restricted admission, aptitude procedure No tuition fees
Deutsch (Lehramt Sonderpädagogik)
State examinationUniversität Leipzig · Leipzig
10 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Restricted admission No tuition fees
Universität Bielefeld · Bielefeld
6 semesters German Full-time, Part-time Winter semester Open admission No tuition fees
Related programmes in other subjects do not lead to this qualification. Programmes in Special needs education: Special needs education in the finder
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.