Teacher training

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Exciting teacher training programs await you at the University of Kassel, offering you the freedom to combine a wide range of subjects according to your interests. Regardless of whether you are passionate about elementary school, Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium, or vocational school, the variety of subject combinations allows you to shape your own personal educational path as a teacher:in. 

Teaching profession at general schools (first state examination)

Elementary school

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Secondary and high school

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High school

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Special education

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Teacher training at vocational schools (Bachelor's degree)

Vocational education - metal technology and electrical engineering

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Business Education

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Vocational Education in Health (cooperative study program with Fulda University of Applied Sciences)

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The teaching subjects

The possible combinations of subjects vary depending on the type of school chosen. However, one subject is always compulsory: the "core studies".

The teaching subjects
Prof. Hedda Bennewitz explains the core curriculum

Here you can compare the degree programs based on the teaching subjects:

German, English

English, German

French, German

Core studies

Art

Mathematics

Music

Religion (Protestant or Catholic)

Physical education

Sport


The course comprises 4 subjects. The 3 compulsory subjects are underlined. A further subject is optional. One of the three subjects is an (intensive) long subject, the other two subjects are short subjects. Music, art and sport are automatically studied as long subjects.

Industrial science

Biology

Chemistry

German, English

English, French

French, German

History

Core studies

Art

music

Physics

Politics and Economics

Religion (Protestant or Catholic)

Spanish

Sport


The course comprises 3 subjects. The compulsory subject is underlined. Two further subjects are optional.

Biology

Chemistry

German, English

English, German

French, German

History

Core studies

Art

Mathematics

music

Philosophy

Physics

Politics and economics

Religion (Protestant or Catholic)

Spanish

Sport


The course comprises 3 subjects. The compulsory subject is underlined. Two further subjects can be chosen. Art and music cannot be combined.

  • Educational and social science core study program
  • Biology
  • German
  • Special needs and inclusion education
  • Mathematics
  • Music (aptitude test required)
  • Religion - Protestant
  • Religion - Catholic
  • Sport (aptitude test required)
  • Politics and Economics


The course comprises 3 subjects. The 2 compulsory subjects are underlined. A further subject is optional. 

Chemistry

German, English

English, German

French and German

Core studies

Mathematics

Metal or electrical engineering

Physics

Politics and economics

Religion (Protestant or Catholic)

Spanish

Sport


The course consists of the underlined main subject and one optional subject.

Chemistry

German, English

English, German

French and German

Core studies

Mathematics

Physics

Politics and Economics

Religion (Protestant or Catholic)

Spanish

Sports

Business, labor and social law

Business education


The course consists of the underlined main subject and one optional subject.

Chemistry

German, English

English, German

French, German

Health

Core studies

Mathematics

Physics

Politics and Economics

Religion (Protestant or Catholic)

Spanish


The core subject and possibly a second subject are studied in Kassel. The main subject and, if applicable, a specific subject in Fulda.

Individual focus in the teacher training program

There are also additional specialization options in the teacher training course. Here are our topics:

  • KuPra - Cultural practice in schools
  • Talking about sexualized violence in (religious) education
  • InterESD - Internationalization and Education for Sustainable Development
  • Interreligious competence

Individual focus in the teacher training program: More on the web of the Center for Teacher Education

Should know

Center for Teacher:ing Education (ZLB)

The Center for Teacher Education is an academic institution and networks all those involved in teacher education - both internally and externally (e.g. with the Hessian Teacher Academy). The ZLB also advises and informs students as part of a special teacher training consultation hour.

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