Study Teacher Training – Vocational Schools (State Examination) ✔ TU Dresden

Planned changes

Amendments to the degree program are planned for the 2023/24 winter semester. Starting then, it will include the teacher training subjects of Biology and Automotive Engineering. The teacher training subject of Laboratory and Process Technology will be renamed Chemistry Technology.

Important information

Please note that not all information is translated. Please refer to the german version for missing information.

Courses

1. Subject Area

Color Technology, Interior Design and Surface Technology
Construction Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Food and Nutritional Science and Domestic Science
Health and Nursing Care (NC selection)
Laboratory and Process Technology
Metals and Machine Technology
Social Pedagogics (NC selection)
Wood Technology

2. Further Subject Area

Catholic Religion
Chemistry
Computer Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
English (Aptitude assessment)
Ethics / Philosophy
Food and Nutritional Science and Domestic Science
French (Aptitude assessment)
German
History
Italian
Laboratory and Process Technology
Mathematics
Metals and Machine Technology
Physics
Protestant Religion
Russian
Social Pedagogics (NC selection)
Social Studies / Legal Instruction / Economics

Admission requirements

A prerequisite for application is the general high-school graduation certificate (Abitur) or a comparable qualification for admission to higher education.

NC (numerus clausus) selection

General information regarding NC selection procedures can be found here.
A short version regarding the NC selection procedure in English can be found here.

German language requirements

International applicants and German applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification are kindly advised to read the requirements for German-language courses.

Information on Studienkolleg

Applicants with foreign higher education entrance qualifications that do not allow immediate admission to a university in Germany, can attend a Studienkolleg (preparatory college) to acquire the subject-specific university entrance qualification. Please find further information on the Studienkolleg pages.
This degree program relates to the following specialized course at the Studienkolleg:
depending on study programme

Application hints and tips

For applications for joint degree programs where at least one subject has restricted admission requirements, the application deadline for restricted admission degree programs applies.

The required language skills apply regardless of the choice of subject. Certain subjects may have their own discipline-specific admission requirements.

General information for the degree programme

The primary goal of the programme is to provide students with the qualifications for a degree in teaching, which is required for teaching at state schools. The course of studies expands on knowledge and understanding of subjects studied as well as of the connection between vocational education and psychology, i.e., about 55% of the curriculum are devoted to two specific disciplines relevant to secondary technical/vocational schools (e.g., an (applied) engineering or social science discipline such as metals and machine technology or health and nursing studies, mathematics, English, German, other Languages or humanities and sciences disciplines), about 45% of the curriculum is devoted to didactics, curriculum and instruction, teaching practice in schools, educational psychology and learning sciences.
The goal is to impart in-depth knowledge of the areas teaching, education, assessment and innovation. Graduates possess instrumental and systemic competences in order to make use of their knowledge in new and non-familiar situations related to the subjects studied and to integrate knowledge and deal with complexities. The course of studies also qualifies for occupational areas related to the branch of study as well as educational and scientific vocational pedagogics.
During their studies students learn how to deal with questions arising in the social sciences and how to make use of appropriate empirical research methods. Additionally, complex connections of the design, the development, the implementation and the management of didactic media/materials in vocational education are taught.
Opportunities for individual specialisation are given by choosing courses from the compulsory optional areas Communication Processes, Theories and Methods of Vocational Education Thinking, Quality Management Systems and Media Research and Vocational Education (cf. “Zeugnis über Modulprüfungen” for subjects). The programme concludes with the “Erste Staatsprüfung”.