Vocational Teacher Education for Specialized Bachelor
Have you already obtained a university degree and would like to become a teacher at a vocational school? At Osnabrück University, this is possible if you have studied one of the following or comparable subjects:
- Electrical Engineering
- Metals Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
- Nursing Science
- Social Education
- Business Administration and Economics (expected from winter semester 2025/26)
Your studies start directly into the Master's phase, which is usually completed after four semesters with the academic degree Master of Education (M. Ed.). The course content includes a general education subject, vocational and business education, and didactics of your vocational subject area. You will also complete a general teaching practice and write a Master's thesis.
You can combine your vocational specialization with one of the following general education subjects: German, English, Protestant Religion, Computer Science, Catholic Religion, Islamic Religion, Mathematics or Physics.
A successful Master's degree enables you to absolve a traineeship as a teacher: During this final phase of your education, you will work at a school in the preparatory period of service prior to qualifying for the teaching profession.
Please do not mix up!
This program is not a "lateral entry" program where you immediately start working as a teacher at a school and continue your education at the same time. Your career as a teacher begins after you have successfully completed your studies!
Do you have any questions?
Department of Vocational and Business Education
+49 541 969 6238
insa.grieme@uni-osnabrueck.de
You can find more information - including on the specific fields of work and activities, access requirements and proof of practical work experience - on the pages of the Department of Vocational and Business Education and in the individual course descriptions:
Study Plan for the Master's degree program - 120 LP
For the vocational subjects Electrical Engineering, Metals Engineering, Nursing Science, Social Education and from winter semester 2025/26 probably also Business Administration and Economics
| General education subject - 63 CP | Vocational and business education - 39 CP | |||||||
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| 1st semester | Optional subjects:
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| Introduction to the theories, structures, and functions of vocational education - 5 CP | Didactics of vocational subject areas - 7 CP (The content differs depending on the vocational subject area). | General teaching practice - 9 CP Preparation Follow-up | |||
| 2nd semester | Vocational Didactics - Advanced studies 9 CP | |||||||
| 3rd semester | (The content differs depending on the general education subject) | Structures and functions of vocational education - Advanced studies - 9 CP | ||||||
| 4th semester | Master's thesis - 15 CP Master's colloquium - 3 CP (can be written/completed either in the general education subject or in vocational and business education). | |||||||
Regulations and module descriptions
Here you will find the admission and examination regulations as well as module descriptions that are relevant for your studies.
Which is which?
Subject-specific access regulations specify which requirements you must fulfil to be admitted to a Bachelor's or Master's degree program, e.g. language skills or prior knowledge of the subject. If there are no access regulations for your subject, you will find all the necessary information in the interdisciplinary requirements for a degree program.
Subject-specific admission regulations determine how places are allocated in degree programs which are subject to admission restrictions.
The examination regulations contain legally binding regulations on the timing, content and organisation of the respective degree program. These include information on program content (mandatory and mandatory elective modules) and examinations (requirements, repeatability, free attempt).
General Examination Regulations
The General Examination Regulations (PDF, 671 kB) apply to students of almost all degree programs. These contain general regulations and other regulations applicable to all degree programs.
Program-Specific Examination Regulations
Program-specific examination regulations contain regulations that only apply to one degree program. For example, they determine which degree is awarded upon graduation.
Subject-Specific Parts
For multi-subject degree programs (e.g. dual-subject Bachelor degrees), additional subject-specific sections apply for the individual subjects in addition to the general examination regulations and the program-specific examination regulations, which regulate a range of factors including the modules you must study during your degree program.
A module is a single component of a program that is a complete learning unit in terms of content and time, in which students are taught skills and knowledge in a specific subject area. It is made up of various courses (e.g. seminars, lectures, practical courses). The module descriptions contain information on the workload, coursework and grading.
The program-specific examination regulations for single-subject degree programs and the relevant subject-specific and interdisciplinary sections for multi-subject degree programs (see "Examination Regulations") set out the modules you have to complete in your subject area.