Degree programme Vocational Education and Personnel Capacity Building (Master) accredited

Important information

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Admission requirements

The admission requirement for the study course is a degree from a university recognised in Germany, and at least one year of relevant professional activity.

German language requirements

International applicants and German applicants with foreign school leaving certificate please find information here: language requirements.

Application hints and tips

If, at the time of the application, proof of the first degree that qualifies for a profession cannot yet be provided, applicants will be considered if 80% of the achievable points of the university degree can be proven by a certificate of the university of origin (Examining Office), on the basis of a completed module exam, assignment paper or colloquium. For Master study programmes with restricted admission (TU-NC), the certificate shall also include a provisional average mark, calculated on the basis of academic achievements already completed.

General information for the degree programme

This programme aims at developing scientific and methodological skills and qualifications as well as practical qualifications for professions in vocational education and human resources development, particularly country-specific projecting, planning and design of vocational (continuing) education and company-related human resources development.

The course of study consists of nine mandatory modules and one mandatory elective, which enables students to chose a specialisation. The following mandatory modules have to be attended: "Basics of Vocational and Continuing Education", "Design of Learning and Teaching Processes", "Psychology of Learning", "Management Processes", "Analysis of Research-Production-Education", "Scientific Work", "Projecting of Educational Systems", "Professional Internship" and "Master´s Thesis". Students are able to choose one of the following mandatory electives: "Human Resources Development", "Design of Communication Processes", "Quality Management Systems", "Subject-specific Didactics" or "Educational Technology".