German Languages and Literatures Continuation Subject (Secondary and Comprehensive Schools ('Haupt-', 'Real-', 'Sekundar-' and 'Gesamtschule')) (wenn mit Ba-Arbeit)
FsB vom 15.12.2021 mit Änderungen vom 16.05.2023 und 28.06.2024
Studieninteressierte haben ein Interesse an der deutschen Sprache und Literatur und Freude an deren Vermittlung. Der Master of Education baut auf den Inhalten des Bachelorstudiums Germanistik für das Lehramt auf und bereitet gezielt auf den Schuldienst an Hauptschulen, Realschulen, Sekundarschulen und Gesamtschulen vor. Die Studierenden vertiefen und erweitern einerseits die im Bachelorstudium erworbenen fachwissenschaftlichen Kenntnisse und Kompetenzen und betrachten die entsprechenden Inhalte andererseits verstärkt aus einer schulbezogenen und fachdidaktischen Perspektive.
Ein zentraler Teil des Masterstudiengangs ist die Praxisphase, mitsamt auf das Fach Deutsch zugeschnittenen Vorbereitungs-, Begleit- und Nachbereitungsveranstaltungen. Damit verbunden ist eine enge, schulfachbezogene Verzahnung von Schulpraxis und fachdidaktischer Forschung. Dieses forschende Lernen zeichnet den Bielefelder Masterstudiengang besonders aus. In einzelnen Veranstaltungen werden zudem fachwissenschaftliche Inhalte aus dezidiert schulbezogener Perspektive beleuchtet.
Besonderes Kennzeichen der Bielefelder Germanistik ist die Verbindung einer qualitativ hohen wissenschaftlichen Ausbildung mit dem Anspruch hochschuldidaktischer Innovation in den Bereichen Curriculumsentwicklung und Digitalität (einschließlich Digital Humanities). Im Studienfach verankert ist eine explorative und kollaborative Lernkultur, die neben der fachwissenschaftlichen und -didaktischen Ausbildung kommunikative, kooperative und mediale Kompetenzen schult.
The courses
The courses
You will find the programme of lectures for this course in the eKVV.
An overview of the introductory and information events is provided by the central student counselling services.
Formalities / Important information
Course start
Course start
Studies can be commenced in both winter and summer semesters. Courses are targeted to commencing studies in winter semester. Student counselling to plan the course of studies is recommended.
Length and scope of studies
Length and scope of studies
The standard period of studies is 4 semesters. Information on studying part time can be found on the following webpage.
The studies Continuation Subject (Secondary and Comprehensive Schools ('Haupt-', 'Real-', 'Sekundar-' and 'Gesamtschule')) German Languages and Literatures comprise 30 credit points.
Access requirements
Access requirements
Access to the Master of Education is granted to those who can provide evidence that they have a first university degree which has a standard period of study of at least six semesters and qualifies them a for profession. Whether the first degree provides suitable access also depends on the kind of teaching qualification to be pursued.
A first degree for a subsequent Master of Education programme with the professional goal of a teaching qualification is generally given if the Bachelor degree was completed at Bielefeld University (according to the Bachelor Examination Regulations (German ‘BPO’) for the 2011 study model) with a corresponding orientation (professional goal and choice of subjects).
Other degrees may be accepted if applicants can provide evidence of academic achievements for the intended teaching qualification that are substantially equivalent to those of the above-mentioned bachelor degree. For example, these can be degrees
- granting a teaching qualification for a different school type,
- with a different choice of subjects,
- with a subject-specific orientation (i.e. degrees that do not encompass a teaching qualification)
- a degree from another university.
Access to the Master of Education may be subject to the completion of alignment studies. The fulfilment of the access requirements is checked in each case during the application procedure.
The exact regulations for the access procedure can be found in the examination and study regulations for the Master programme (see navigation).
Access to the preparatory service (German ‘Referendariat’) requires knowledge of two foreign languages. This is usually provided via the German ‘Abitur’. The Bielefeld School of Education (BiSEd) counselling service will respond to further questions.
Application, admission and enrolment 1
Application, admission and enrolment
The study places for this degree programme are not subject to any admission restrictions (numerus clausus). Nevertheless, you need to apply within the currently applicable application deadlines.
As soon as you receive positive responses in the application- and status portal (notices of access), you can submit your application for enrolment within the set deadline.
Important notice: Please note the applicable deadlines for application, enrolment and change of degree programme. If you want to do the preparatory training within the 1st and 2nd semester, shortened deadlines may apply for the practical semester.
Step by step to a Master programme without NC
To the application portal
Further links
Further links
Internet pages of the subject German Languages and Literatures
Internet pages of the responsible institution(s):
Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies with the courses offered
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The information on admission restrictions / numerus clausus (NC) refers to applications for the winter semester 2025/26 and summer semester 2026.
Information on NC values from previous years