Teaching-related Internships

Internships are an integral part of teaching and studying and represent therefore merely a special form of teaching and study events. They serve the purpose of career orientation and profiling. Accordingly, different internships are provided for in the various degree programs.

The following table shows which internships must be completed in which degree programs.

  Social Work Internship Initional Teaching Practice General Teaching Practice Teaching Practice Phase I Teaching Practice Phase II

Special Teaching Practice and

Period of Teaching Experience

Teaching Practice Phase
Bachelor's degree program
"Education, upbringing and teaching"
4 weeks 5 weeks          
Dual-subject Bachelor program 4 weeks 5 weeks          
Bachelor's degree program
"Vocational education"
    5 weeks        
Master's degree program
"Primary Teacher Education (Grundschule)"
            18 weeks
Master's degree program
"Secondary Teacher Education (Haupt- und Realschule)"
            18 weeks
Master's degree program
"Secondary Teacher Education (Gymnasium)"
      5 weeks 4 weeks    
Master's degree program
"Vocational Teacher Education"
          5 weeks  
Master's degree program
"Vocational Teacher Education for Specialized Bachelor"
    5 weeks        

Please note:
This table shows the pure internship times. However, these internships are embedded in modules that may include other components such as preparatory events, follow-up events, internship reports/portfolios.

More detailed information on the internships as part of the teacher education program can be found on the following pages:

Contact persons

The relevant contact persons and their contact details can be found on the pages linked above for the respective internships.